Qadri was awarded civilian award Padma Shri in 1966 by the government of India for his work in literature and education.[6] He was also a member of Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Council[7] and chairman of Andhra Pradesh state Hajj Committee. Further he was founder and editor-in-chief of the Urdu daily newspaper Saltanat[8] and Paisa Akhbar; [9] prior to that he was editor in Tarikh Publications, which was founded by his father since 1929.[10]
Early life
Qadri was born in Hyderabad State on 9 August 1909 to Shamsullah Qadri and Mahboob Begum Qadri in an academic family that was well known in literary circles. He was the eldest son. He had two younger brothers Imdadullah Qadri and Saadullah Qadri. His father was an author.[11][12][13][14] and was the First Researcher of Deccaniyat[15]
In 1946, Qadri was the first Journalist of Hyderabad State to write in favor of one nation theory in Urdu News Daily Saltanat.[citation needed]
^"Salateen E Muabber". Muslim University Press Aligarh. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
^"Urdu-i-qadim". Urdu literature – History and criticism. Lucknow : [s.n.], 1930.
^Sayyed ShamsUllah Qadri (1930). "Tareekh – Malabaar". Hindustan – Malabaar (in Urdu). Aligarh: Muslim University Press. p. 98. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^Syed Shams Ullah Qadri (1933). "Moorrakheen-E-Hind". Bibliographical Studies in Indo-Muslim History (in Urdu). HYDERABAD DECCAN: THE MAGAZINE TAREEKH. p. 139.
^Sayyid Ahmad-ullah Qadri (1940). "Savaneh chand Bibi". Women – Biography. (in Urdu). Hyderabad: Tareekh Office. p. 1.
^Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (15 August 1949). "Hind Nama". Devotional. Hyderabad: Lutfuddaulah Oreintal Research Institute. p. 483.
^Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri; Sayyid Imdadullah Qadri; Sayyid Saadullah Qadri (24 October 1958). "Andhra Nama" (in Urdu). Hyderabad: Lutfuddaulah Oriental Research Institute.
^Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (1965). "Bahadur Nama" (in Urdu). Hyderabad: Lutfuddaulah oreintal research center.