Biography of Dr. Muhammad 'Ata'ur-Rahim

Muhammad Ata’ur-Rahim lived much of his life in Hyderabad, India, before moving to Pakistan at the time of the Partition in 1947. He was awarded the degrees of BT, LLB and MA at the Muslim University of Aligarh, before completing his further studies in education at the Universities of Edinburgh and London, where he was awarded his MRST. He was the Government of India Scholar in the Archaeology, Art and Religion of Ancient India. After being promoted to the rank of Colonel during the Second World War, in which he served with distinction, Muhammad Ata’ur-Rahim became the Principal of the Urdu College in Karachi, Pakistan. His other books include Unitarianism in Christianity and The Meeting Ground of Islam and Christianity. He died in 1978, ‘alehi rahma, and is buried in the Muslim section of Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey.