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Zafar Mahmud
ظفر محمود
Personal details
Born(1923-12-04)4 December 1923
Died(2016-03-20)20 March 2016
Lahore, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani (born under the British Raj in India)
OccupationRoyal Indian Air Force (1945–1947)
Pakistan Air Force (1947–1973)
Diplomat (1974–1985)
Military service
Years of service1944-1973
Rank Air commodore

Zafar Mahmud (Urdu: ظفر محمود; 4 December 1923 – 29 March 2016) was a Royal Indian Air Force officer, then an officer in the Pakistan Air Force, and later became a member of the Pakistan foreign service as an ambassador.

In the 1950s, as part of his military career, Zafar traveled to the U.S. to observe United States Air Force trainings. In 1956, he held the rank of Wing Commander.

Zafar may have represented the Pakistan Air Force's interests in the Hamood-ur-Rahman commission that was created by the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and the breakup of the country into Pakistan and Bangladesh.

In 1975, Zafar joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan and served as the country's ambassador to Somalia, and Poland before retiring in 1985.

He died due to medical complications at the Combined Military Hospital Lahore on Sunday, 20 March 2016 and was buried the same day next to his wife, Najma Mahmud, who died in 1992. Survivors include his son, daughter, as well as seven grandchildren.

References

  1. "Service Record for Air Commodore Zafar Mahmud 3007 GD(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak.
  2. "Pakistan Colonel Is At Robins Observing Training Program". The Macon News. 14 October 1956.
  3. "Dinner Party Honors Pakistan Air Force Officer". Albuquerque Journal. 12 August 1956.
  4. War, Pakistan Hamoodur Rehman Commission of Inquiry into the 1971 (2000). The Report of the Hamoodur Rehman Commission of Inquiry Into the 1971 War, as Declassified by the Government of Pakistan. Vanguard. ISBN 978-969-402-351-9. Names of the following officers, who were to act as the representatives of each of the three services, were intimated on Jan 12 1972. They were: (i) Air Commodore Zafar Mahmud, PAF; (ii) {{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. South and East Asia Report No. 870. United States Joint Publications Research Service. 14 February 1980.
  6. Kronika Wielkopolski (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. 1985. p. 310.
  7. Europa (1926). The Europa Year Book 1982 A World Survey Vol.-i. p. 1005.
  8. "Air Commodore Zafar Mahmud Celebration of Life" – via www.youtube.com.
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