What is Abdul Majid Khan Tarin?
{{multiple issues}} '''Khan Abdul Majid Khan Tarin''', [[Khan Sahib]], [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (1877–1939) was a prominent magistrate, judge and later MLA, of the [[NWFP]] assembly, in [[British India]]. [[File:AMKT.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Khan Abdul Majid Khan Tarin]] == Background == He was the son of a tribal [[Tarin]] (or Tareen) chieftain and [[cavalry]] officer, Sardar Habib Khan (1829–1888), Nawab-Bahadur, Risaldar;<ref>Col HSGM McRae, ''Regimental History of the 45th Rattrays Sikhs'' Vol 1, Glasgow, 1933, p.136</ref> and was born in [[Talokar]] village, near [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]], in what was later to be the [[Hazara]] area of the [[NWFP]], in [[British India]]. After his father's death he was educated by [[English people|English]] tutors and then sent to [[Aitchison College]], [[Lahore]] for studies. Later, he was sent to [[England]] and became a [[Barrister]].<ref>''Punjab Government Gazetteer, 1932''</ref> == Career == Abdul Majid Khan Tarin was a Magistrate and Judge in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]] service from 1902<ref>''Whos Who in India'' 1932 ed</ref> to 1934 and then, after his retirement, he joined the [[All India Muslim League]]. In 1937 he was elected an MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) of the North-West Frontier Province<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.panwfp.gov.pk/ |title=Brief Historical Introduction to the early NWFP Assembly |access-date=2014-09-17 |archive-date=2017-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627075804/http://www.panwfp.gov.pk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> but could not complete his tenure there as he died in September 1939, after a short illness.<ref>'The Hazara Enquirer', obituary notice 23rd Sept 1939</ref> == Legacy == His son Khan [[Abdus Salim Khan]] was a [[Pakistani]] diplomat who was ambassador in [[Ceylon]] (now Sri Lanka), [[Japan]], [[USA]] and the [[UK]] and his daughter-in-law [[Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan]] was later Pakistan's first woman minister during the regime of General [[Ayub Khan]]. One of his great-grandsons is the P