Yusuf Hussain Abadi

Yousuf Hussain Abadi (Urdu: یوسف حسین آبادی) is known as a historian, Balti writer,^[1] translator of the Quran, linguist, scholar and a social worker and the pioneer in field of research in Skardu, Baltistan region of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. Yousuf Hussain Abadi translated Quran in Balti language in first time.^[2] He is also running a Museum ^[3] of Balti traditional items and a chain of school network in his area as well.

Yousuf Hussain Abadi collected many oral war stories of 1947-1948 war which was fought in Baltistan by its natives against Dogra'a regime. He established the first private sector English medium school in Baltistan in 1992-93, Jinnah Public School, named after the great founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, which is currently one of the best institutions of education in Baltistan.^[4]

References

^ Sheikh, Abdul Gani; Shaik̲h̲, ʻabdulg̲h̲anī (2001). Forsaking Paradise: Stories from Ladakh. ISBN 9788187649168.
^ "Crowning glory".
^ "Yousuf Hussainabadi's Balti Museum established in Skardu".
^ History of Baltistan. 1987.

[1] Sheikh, Abdul Gani; Shaik̲h̲, ʻabdulg̲h̲anī (2001). Forsaking Paradise: Stories from Ladakh. ISBN 9788187649168.

[2] "Crowning glory".

[3] "Yousuf Hussainabadi's Balti Museum established in Skardu".

[4] History of Baltistan. 1987.