Interview with Ahmad Saeed, July 20, 2006

Project: Partition's First Generation Oral History Project

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This interview with retired history professor Ahmad Saeed begins with a discussion of his family background and his childhood in Chandigarh (India). He talks about his family's migration to Pakistan via truck in 1947, as well as his uncle, who was educated at Government College University in Lahore (Pakistan), which was unusual for a Muslim at the time. Saeed then talks about his educational background before returning to the topic of his family. He talks about his memories of the day Pakistani founder Mahomed Ali Jinnah died, as well as his memories of his grandfather, who was a government contractor to supply German prisoners of war with food. Saeed then talks about why he feels the nation of Pakistan should have been established in Uttar Pradesh (India) and describes the opportunists who took advantage of the establishment of Pakistan. He also talks at great length about the Muslim intellectual tradition of which he is a part, as well as Islam's place in modern day Pakistan. Next, Saeed describes what the words "independence" and "partition" mean to him, as well as when he feels that Pakistan's history began. Finally, he talks about creating a library to honor the Pakistan movement before briefly discussing Shiite and Sunnite sectionalism, which he feels is instigated and inflamed by agencies within and outside of Pakistan.

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2016oh320_site049

Interviewee Name

Ahmad Saeed

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Amber Abbas

Interview Date

2006-07-20

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Saeed, Ahmad Interview by Amber Abbas. 20 Jul. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Saeed, A. (2006, July 20). Interview by A. Abbas. Partition's First Generation Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Saeed, Ahmad, interview by Amber Abbas. July 20, 2006, Partition's First Generation Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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