Abdur Rahman Peshawari
Abdur Rahman Peshawari (Turkish: Abdurrahman Peşaveri; Urdu: عبدالرحمن پشاوری; 1886–1925), also known as Abdurrahman Bey (Turkish: Peşaverli Abdurrahman Bey), was a Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat who was born in Peshawar in British India (now Pakistan).
Abdur Rahman Peshawari | |
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Turkish: Abdurrahman Peşaveri Urdu: عبد الرحمن پشاوری | |
| Born | Abdur Rahman Samdani Peshawari 1886 Peshawar, Punjab Province, British India (later the North-West Frontier Province and now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died | 1925 (aged 38–39) Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey |
| Cause of death | Assassination (Gunshot wound) |
| Nationality | British Indian Turkish |
| Other names | Peşaverli Abdurrahman Bey |
| Alma mater | Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College |
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| Years active | 1912–1925 |
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| Relatives | Mian Abdul Aziz (brother) Mohammed Yahya (brother) Mohammad Yunus (brother) |
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| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
| Service/ | Ottoman Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1918 |
| Battles/wars | World War I Turkish War of Independence |
| 1st Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office 1920–1922 | |
| Prime Minister | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Fakhri Pasha |
Born into a wealthy family of Kashmiri–Pashtun heritage, he completed his schooling in Peshawar and attended the prestigious Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh. A Muslim nationalist, Peshawari left his education and journeyed to Ottoman Turkey in 1912 among a group of volunteer medics from British India to aid Ottoman forces in the Balkan War. At the end of the war, he chose to stay behind in Turkey and joined the Ottoman Army, earning a distinguished military career participating in the First World War. He also briefly worked as a journalist for Anadolu Agency. In 1920, he was appointed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Turkey's first envoy to Afghanistan.
In 1925, he was the target of an assassination attempt in Istanbul in what is believed to be a case of mistaken identity, and died of gunshot wounds a month later in a hospital.