Sadullah Khan Umarzai

Saadullah Khan Umarzai (1880-1948) was a Pashtun political figure from the NWFP region of British India and active in the Muslim demand for a separate state of Pakistan.

After his graduation from government college Lahore he appeared for ICS and was later appointed as the City magistrate Peshawar and subsequently promoted to the post of District Judge. Being a close associate of Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan Saadullah Khan was entrusted the Task of gathering donations from the Muslim Rajas and Maharajas of India for the acquisition of land for the Islamia College Peshawar which he successfully achieved. Sadullah Khan was later nominated as Honourary secretary of the College, a Hostel in the premises of the college has been named in his memory "Saadullah Khan Hostel". After his retirement as the Deputy Commissioner Peshawar he went onto Join the Quaid and the Muslim league for the creation of Pakistan and became prominent activist subletting his title of "Khan Bahadur" to the British. As an ardent friend of Maulana Fazal e Wahid of Turangzai and provided all financial and moral help when the late Maulana Sahib fleed the British to take refuge in the former Tribal Area of Mommand agency. During his tenure as the District Judge Peshawar his relations with the Governor NWFP Metcalf were very strained over the Chowk e Yadgar incident as he never wanted the British Indian Army to handle the turbulent situation as he emphasised only upon the police force to handle the situation.

And he in the capacity of a District Judge would conclude the matter through arbitration.Apparently it so happened that Metcalf had panicked a great deal.