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| He was a large powerful man, weighing 250 pounds and standing over six feet in his prime.<ref name=EwL/> He had a distinctive moustache and a warm, extrovert manner which made him popular with clients and the other hunters.<ref name=HtP>{{citation |title=Home to Pakistan |page=198 |author=Omar Kureshi |year=2003 |isbn=978-9690018236}}</ref> He liked joking and jazz, racehorses and rifles, fast cars and food, women and whisky — his favourite was ].<ref name=WH/> Besides hunting, he was also an enthusiastic ] player and ] driver.<ref name=AH/> He took part in the ] four times and placed once.<ref name=AH/> | He was a large powerful man, weighing 250 pounds and standing over six feet in his prime.<ref name=EwL/> He had a distinctive moustache and a warm, extrovert manner which made him popular with clients and the other hunters.<ref name=HtP>{{citation |title=Home to Pakistan |page=198 |author=Omar Kureshi |year=2003 |isbn=978-9690018236}}</ref> He liked joking and jazz, racehorses and rifles, fast cars and food, women and whisky — his favourite was ].<ref name=WH/> Besides hunting, he was also an enthusiastic ] player and ] driver.<ref name=AH/> He took part in the ] four times and placed once.<ref name=AH/> | ||
| It was the hunting which was most dangerous as he was once mauled by a leopard and finally gored by a ] in ].<ref name=AH/><ref name=WH/> The buffalo inflicted injuries which ruptured his liver and, despite blood transfusions in ], the complications killed him in 1970.<ref name=KG/><ref name=WH/> | It was the hunting which was most dangerous as he was once mauled by a leopard and finally gored by a ] in ].<ref name=AH/><ref name=WH/> The buffalo inflicted injuries which ruptured his liver and, despite blood transfusions in ], the complications subsequently killed him in 1970.<ref name=KG/><ref name=WH/> | ||
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| Bali Mauladad | |
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| Born | Mohamed Iqbal Mauladad (1926-08-30)30 August 1926 Nairobi |
| Died | 18 February 1970(1970-02-18) (aged 43) Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi |
| Occupation | hunter |
| Children | 4 |
Mohamed Iqbal Mauladad (1926-1970) known as Bali Mauladad was a big game hunter in Kenya.
He came from a rich family as his father, Chaudry Mauladad, was a successful civil engineer in East Africa. But rather than join the family business, he chose to be a professional hunter in Kenya where he was born and spent his life. He joined the well-established business, Safariland, after World War 2. He was successful as a big game hunter, leading rich clients on safari and killing many game animals, especially elephant. British shooting-brakes were converted into safari cars for these shooting parties and he designed a lightweight shooting rack for these which was made in Naroibi for him and the most of the other hunters by the gunsmiths Wali Mohamed & Co.
Though he was from an Asian background, he was admitted to the East African Professional Hunter's Association which was normally only open to white hunters. His closest colleague in the hunting business was another Asian, Ikram Hassan, who ran the business African Hunting Safaris, and they hunted elephant together in the coastal regions of Keyna.
He was a large powerful man, weighing 250 pounds and standing over six feet in his prime. He had a distinctive moustache and a warm, extrovert manner which made him popular with clients and the other hunters. He liked joking and jazz, racehorses and rifles, fast cars and food, women and whisky — his favourite was Johnny Walker Black Label. Besides hunting, he was also an enthusiastic cricket player and rally driver. He took part in the Safari Rally four times and placed once.
It was the hunting which was most dangerous as he was once mauled by a leopard and finally gored by a buffalo in Kibwezi. The buffalo inflicted injuries which ruptured his liver and, despite blood transfusions in Aga Khan University Hospital, the complications subsequently killed him in 1970.
References
- ^ Kenya Gazette, vol. 75 (6): p. 107, 2 Feb 1973
{{citation}}:|page=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Jan Hemsing (1994), Encounters With Lions, p. 118, ISBN 978-1882458059,
Mohamed Iqbal Mauladad, 'Bali' as he was always called, was a huge man. Born in the mid-1920's he stood six foot one (two meters) in his socks, weighed 250 lbs (113 kilos) and sported a magnificent moustache.
- ^ "Iqbal Mauladad (Bali) (1926-1970)", Africa Hunting, 20 July 2010
- ^ Brian Herne (2001), White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris, Henry Holt & Co, pp. 175, 179, 234–5, ISBN 978-0805067361
- "White Hunters' Business Booms", Mansfield News Journal, p. 4, 6 February 1966
- Omar Kureshi (2003), Home to Pakistan, p. 198, ISBN 978-9690018236
External link
- Bali Mauladad – The Legendary Hunter of the 60's - biography
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