Background
A. I. Akram was born in Ludhiana, Now in India in 1923 to an Indian Police Officer.
A. I. Akram was born in Ludhiana, Now in India in 1923 to an Indian Police Officer.
He graduated from Government College Lahore in 1942 and joined the British Indian Army.
His first book was. He retired from Pakistan Army as Lieutenant-General in 1978. He also served as Pakistan"s Ambassador to Spain. He founded the Institute of Regional Studies in 1982 and remained its president till his death in 1989.
He served in Burma in World World War II, and first three Indo-Pakistan Wars.
And it was the time when he decided to fill the void himself. His first book,, on the life and campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid, was published in 1970 after a five years effort, including visits to battle-fields in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
lieutenant has two English editions, and has been translated into Urdu, Arabic, German and Bahasa. Foreign several years it was compulsory reading in the Pakistan Army for entrance to the Sraff College and has been on the leadership syllabus in the Malaysian Army.
His last book was, which was published in 1986.
To research for writing all these books he learned Arabic, Persian and Spanish and collected an impressive library of historical works. In 1978, he retired from Pakistan Army as a Lieutenant-General after being superseded by General Zia-ul Haq. After that he served as Pakistan"s Ambassador to Spain for two and a half years.
He founded the Institute of Regional Studies in 1982 and remained its president till his death in 1989.