Masood Dakik
Sultan Masood Dakik | |
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Sultan, Sayyid | |
Born | Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan | 19 August 1967
Spouse | Princess Nargis bint Assadullah bin Muhammad bin Fazlullah bin Hasan |
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House | Barakzai (Telai Cadet Branch) |
Father | Prince Abdul Khaliq bin Abdul Qayyum bin Abdulaziz bin Sultan Mohammed |
Mother | Princess Rahima bint Muhammad bin Fazlullah bin Hasan |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Occupation | Lobbyist, Businessman, Statesman and Sportsman |
Styles of Sultan Masood | |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Highness |
Sultan Masood Dakik (born in 19th August 1967 Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan) is an Afghan Barakzai Sultan (below Shah and above Prince), Lobbyist and Economical Development Specialist.[1]
Early Life
During the Saur Revolution 1978 executions of Afghan Royals were carried out, including all Ministers, Generals and Diplomats of the former government. President Hafizullah Amin however saved the life of his former Science Professor Prince Abdul Khaliq Khan, who acted as a freshly appointed Minister under his cousin President Daoud Khan. This amnesty gave Prince Abdul Khaliq´s son Sultan Masood Dakik the chance to absolve his high school education in year 1984 at the francophonic Elite school "Lycée Istiqlal".[2][3]
Escape from Afghanistan
Once Sultan Dakik was admitted to Kabul Medical School, his father Prince Abdul Khaliq had been imprisoned by President Barbark Karmal, who feared an uprising of Prince Abdul Khaliq, which was the reason why Sultan Masood Dakik had to flee the country alongside his mother, according to Thomas Hesse for 7 days by feet to Pakistan. From there they have been evacuated to Western Germany by the German Government. It was on the occasion of this experience that Sultan Masood Dakik would later in Germany support refugees in a high intensity.[4][5][6][7]
New Life in Germany
In Western Germany Sultan Masood Dakik started a new life by taking care of his mother as well as other family members in need and maintaining his family´s heritage, working as a young management professional and Senior Executive in various industries.[8]
He logistically supported the Afghan people in their struggle against the Soviet Union and was involved in humanitarian aid projects in Afghanistan as well as various African countries including Tanzania, Nigeria and Uganda. He eventually adopted 49 children and took care of them by providing long term assistance to them in the form of establishing habitat, granting education and initiating career empowerment. He also strongly comitted himself to the alphabetization and education for Afghan women.[9][10][11]
Achievements in Sports
Sultan Dakik is a passionate Judoka, having had achieved many notable awards as member of the Federal Judo Cader of Germany. He also won the European Sport Shooting Competition called the Summer Edition Cup 2012 in which famous Olympic sport shooters from Europe have participated in. He has won, hitting 59 clays out of 60.[12][13]
Cultural Commitments
As a cultural scholar, he studied arts extensively in the 90s. For the purpose of specialization in the field of Islamic Arts, he decided to continue his studies autodidactically by travelling around the world and negotiating with experts of his time.
Notable cultural works of his were projects that consisted of renovations of historical sites related to his colateral ancestor Sayyid Mir Jan in Pakistan, reviving Mughal and Victorian history in Punjab, Pakistan. He also created his own calligraphical style from his studies of the calligraphic style of his direct ancestor Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib. It was also in light of his respect for his relative the islamic Saint Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, that he has established businesses in the textile industrial sector, for Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani is regarded as the father of textile Production in Kashmir. Thus has Sultan Masood Dakik in his honor supported Afghan women in the field of Alphabetization and textile quality management education.[14][15][16]
Focus on the Development Sector
After his mother Sayyida Rahima Begum Dakik passed away in year 2006, he pursued his career as a Lobbyist specialized in the field of oil and gas and renewable energy economy with a significant presence in the sector of rapprochement between the Orient and Occident. His rapprochement included know-how transfer and business cooperations like joint venture establishments. He also acted as a specialist for countries in the field of Development and consulted various humanitarian and development procedures worldwide.[17][18][19][20][21]
In year 2015 he was in light of his social commitments nominated by the former Governor of Northrhine-Westphalia Hannelore Kraft and a judge in Dusseldorf to receive the Federal Cross of Merit. This nomination was granted by federal President Joachim Gauck.[22]
Sultan Masood Dakik has found the Alliance of International Aid that is dedicated to upscale the Quality of Life in Third World Countries through transfer of know-how and resources.[23]
Sultan Masood Dakik returned to Afghanistan after 38 years of Exile upon an invitation of Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar and foreign Minister Muttaqi to advise on rapprochement with the West and Development of Afghan Infrastructure including the Oil and Gas Sector and Humanitarian Aid.[24][25][26]
Reputation
Sultan Masood Dakik is credited as the first Afghan to be an officer of the German Federal Cross of Merit, which is regarded as a milestone in German-Afghan Relations by the Pangloss Institute for Cultural History.[27] He is furthermore honored as the only Afghan Royal who additionally is descended from Prophet Muhammad. He is venerated as a holyman in Pakistan with followers encompassing the Iqbalist established, that includes influential governmental officials.[28][29][30] Sultan Masood Dakik is additionally member of the industrial Club in Potsdam[31] and member of the advisory council of the German-Arab Association in Berlin.[32]Sultan Masood Dakik was an honorary guest alongside Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn at the Hanse Club in Hamburg.[33]He was alongside Federal President Christian Wulff invited to the Civil Fest at the Schloss Bellevue upon invitation of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.[34]Niemeier referred to Sultan Dakik as an islamic reformer in light of his descent to Prophet Muhammad and significant humanitarian projects, especially for women empowerment.[35]
Private Life
In year 1996 he married his cousin Sayyida Nargis Dakik, who also belongs to the family of Sayyid Mir Jan, supporting him wholeheartedly in all his projects as a Manager. She is also a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Both have issued three children:[36][37]
1. Prince Sayyid Raphael Dakik, Oil and Gas Lawyer and Heir
2. Prince Sayyid Matin Dakik, Economy Student
3. Prince Sayyid Hamid Dakik, Engineering Student
Sultan Masood Dakik has a family office that administrates his private affairs. His son and heir Prince Raphael Dakik has an own Task Force consisting of a significant amount of highly specialized envoys including US Congressmen, Professors and Diplomats.[38]
Honors and Recognitions
Sport Awards
- Member of the Federal German Judo Cader
- Summer Edition Champion 2012 (Sport Shooting)
Hereditary titles:
- Prince (Sardar of the Kingdom of Afghanistan)
- Sultan by birth ("Higher Sardar" Appointed by His Majesty King Zahir Shah under the nomination of Field Marshal Prince Shah Mahmud Khan´s son Sultan Mahmud Khan Ghazi)
- Sayyid (Descendant of Prophet Muhammad through his mother Rahima bint Muhammad bin Fazlullah bin Sayyid Mir Hasan)
Ancestry
Template:Ishaani Line of Succession
According to the British Genealogist Christopher Buyers Sultan Masood Dakik is from his father´s side a member of the Telai Cadet Branch of the Afghan Barakzai Royal Family.[39][40][41]
According to Yaseen Qasoori his mother Princess Rahima hails from an influential saintly family that intermarried with the Timurid and Mughal Dynasty. According to Qasoori Princess Rahima is a patrilineal descendant of Imam Hussein ibn Ali through Imamzadeh Amir Hamzah and according to David Damrel a cognatic descendant of various saints including The Hazrat Ishaan, Bahauddin Naqshband and Abdul Qadir Gilani. Harvard Professor Annemarie-Schimmel additionaly testifies Bahauddin Naqshband´s lineage to Imam Hasan al Askari.[42][43][44][45][46]
Closest lineage to Prophet Muhammad
The closest Lineage of Sultan Masood Dakik according to Yaseen Qasoori is the following:[47]
- 1 Muhammad
- 2 Ali and Fatima Al Zahra
- 3 Imam Hussain Shaheede Reza
- 4 Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
- 5 Imam Muhammad al Baqir
- 6 Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq
- 7 Imam Musa al Kazim
- 8 Abu Qasim Sayyid Mir Hamza
- 9 Sayyid Mir Qasim
- 10 Sayyid Mir Ahmad
- 11 Sayyid Mir Muhammad
- 12 Ismail Muhammad Hakim
- 13 Sayyid Mir Latif
- 14 Sayyid Mir Muhammad
- 15 Sayyid Mir Kulal
- 16 Sayyid Mir Ahmad
- 17 Sayyid Mir Hashim
- 18 Sayyid Mir Mustaali
- 19 Sayyid Mir Dost Ali
- 20 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Latif
- 21 Sayyid Mir Abdullah
- 22 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Shamah
- 23 Sayyid Mir Latifullah
- 24 Sayyid Mir Ruhollah
- 25 Sayyid Mir Baitullah
- 26 Sayyid Mir Nimatullah
- 27 Sayyid Mir Azimullah
- 28 Sayyid Mir Hasan
- 29 Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha, brother of Sayyid Mir Jan
- 30 Sayyid Mir Muhammad Jan
- 31 Sayyida Bibi Rahima Sadat
- 32 Sayyid Sultan Masood Dakik
References
- ^ Afghan Biographies register in Sultan Masood Dakik
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Thomas Hesse in Rheinische Post: "The kind human from Afghanistan"
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Thomas Hesse in Rheinische Post: "The kind human from Afghanistan"
- ^ Karl Heinz Klarner in Mitteldeutsche Zeitung: Royal Visit to Sangerhausen
- ^ Redaktion Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holsteiner Zeitung: "The Royal helper of refugees"
- ^ Thomas Hesse in Rheinische Post: "The kind human from Afghanistan"
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Alliance of International Aid in Sultan Masood Dakik
- ^ Thomas Hesse in Rheinische Post: "The kind human from Afghanistan"
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Official Ranking List of the Summer Edition Cup in Werlte, Lower Saxony
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Alliance of International Aid in Sultan Masood Dakik
- ^ https://aalequtub.com/hazrat-khawaja-khawand-mehmood-naqshbandi-known-as-hazrat-eshan-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%B0%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%81/
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Alliance of International Aid in Sultan Masood Dakik
- ^ Svenja Aufderheide in NRZ: "The New Coup of Sultan Masood Dakik"
- ^ Press Release of the University of Hohenheim: "Carbon Farming of the University Hohenheim: Saudi-Arabian Desert ready for a 10.000 Hectar large Jatropha-Plantage"
- ^ https://www.agrar-presseportal.de/landwirtschaft/wissenschaft-forschung/carbon-farming-der-universitaet-hohenheim-saudi-arabische-wueste-fuer-10-000-hektar-grosse-jatropha-plantage-20205.html
- ^ Thomas Hesse in Rheinische Post: "The kind human from Afghanistan"
- ^ Alliance of International Aid in Sultan Masood Dakik
- ^ Abdul Raqib Sail in Pajhwok News: "Development expert Dakik returns to Kabul after 38 years"
- ^ MENAFN: "Afghanistan - Dakik, govt high-ups talk execution of development projects"
- ^ TON SAF in Afghanistan: Dakik to produces gas, energy from Gazak pile
- ^ Official Website of Pangloss Institute
- ^ Aale Qutb in Khwaja Khawand Mahmud
- ^ Alliance of International Aid in Sultan Masood Dakik
- ^ Thomas Hesse in Rheinische Post: "The kind human from Afghanistan"
- ^ Industrial Club in Potsdam
- ^ https://www.wiki-data.de-de.nina.az/Deutsch-Arabische_Gesellschaft.html
- ^ Hanse Club „Quo Vadis Europa?“
- ^ 'Bürgerfest des Bundespräsidenten' at Schloss Bellevue. Featuring: Bettina Wulff, Christian Wulff, Sultan Masood Dakik Where: Berlin, Germany When: 08 Sep 2017
- ^ Jörg Niemeier in: "Parallel Societies and the Future reflected by media and literature"
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Thomas Hesse in Rheinische Post: "The kind human from Afghanistan"
- ^ Official Website of the Private Office of Prince Raphael Dakik
- ^ Christopher Buyers in The Royla Ark, Afghanistan Capital: Telai III
- ^ https://www.bwg-ev.net/veranstaltung/was-folgt-aus-dem-afghanistan-desaster/
- ^ Adamek in "Who is Who in Afghanistan"
- ^ Pain and Grace: A Study of Two Mystical Writers of Eighteenth-Century Muslim India” p.32, Annemarie Schimmel
- ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore), p. 65, 281
- ^ Khatme Ziyarat Hazrat Ishaan by Kooperatis Lahorin
- ^ Tariq Jameel in Zikr-e-Jamiliyya
- ^ David Damrel in Forgotten grace: Khwaja Khawand Mahmud Naqshbandi in Central Asia and Mughal India, p. 67
- ^ Tazkare Khwanadane Hazrat Eshan(genealogy of the family of Hazrat Eshan)(by author and investigator:Muhammad Yasin Qasvari Naqshbandi company:Edara Talimat Naqshbandiyya Lahore), p. 65, 281
- 1967 births
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