I met Abdullah bhai in 1987 in Saudi Arabia, knew him first as the brother in law of our friend Faisal Saleem. Was very impressed about his entrepreneurship and work on the Ganga Action plan. He used to travel quite a bit to Saudi and Abdullah bhai, Faisal and I started planning about business in Saudi Arabia and our first project was to start a computer trading company in Al Khobar. During this process, met him many times in Al-Khobar and Jubail and we kept working on the plans, I also travelled with him to Singapore in 1989 to attend a computer exhibition.
In 1989, we got involved in another project in Aligarh India and opened our real estate company called Skyline Dwellings Private Limited (Abdullah bhai, Javaid Bhai( Javaid Saeed), Salman bhai, Faisal and I were partners) and it was during this time I came to know Abdullah bhai very well both as a person and an entrepreneur. We used to meet very often in Delhi and Aligarh to launch the project. Also discovered Abdullah bhai’s great love for food and whenever we wanted Abdullah bhai to agree on something, Javaid bhai and I made sure we went to a nice restaurant where the food was good.
Abdullah bhai, was at the forefront of finalizing the Architect, advising about the company structure, getting us to start the company from a scratch. He was involved in a lot of projects at that time, but was always enthusiastic and full of energy and ideas for new business. We did a couple of projects and then moved on our separate paths.
I met Abdullah bhai a couple of times in UAE and last met him in 2015/ 16, at his residence in Ras Al Khaimah, when Faisal had come from US. At this point I found him to focus on health, nutrition, and like always he had a wealth of knowledge in this field, which came from a keen interest in reading and learning about the world around him.
It was always a pleasure to spend time with Abdullah bhai, one of the rare individuals, who had tremendous self confidence, a zest for life and determination to get where he wanted, he was an inspiration for a lot of us and it was a short but Well Lived Life !
Rest in Peace – Abdullah bhai – we will always remember you !
(Javed Hussain)
I met Abdullah bhai in 1987 in Saudi Arabia, knew him first as the brother in law of our friend Faisal Saleem. Was very impressed about his entrepreneurship and work on the Ganga Action plan. He used to travel quite a bit to Saudi and Abdullah bhai, Faisal and I started planning about business in Saudi Arabia and our first project was to start a computer trading company in Al Khobar. During this process, met him many times in Al-Khobar and Jubail and we kept working on the plans, I also travelled with him to Singapore in 1989 to attend a computer exhibition.
In 1989, we got involved in another project in Aligarh India and opened our real estate company called Skyline Dwellings Private Limited (Abdullah bhai, Javaid Bhai( Javaid Saeed), Salman bhai, Faisal and I were partners) and it was during this time I came to know Abdullah bhai very well both as a person and an entrepreneur. We used to meet very often in Delhi and Aligarh to launch the project. Also discovered Abdullah bhai’s great love for food and whenever we wanted Abdullah bhai to agree on something, Javaid bhai and I made sure we went to a nice restaurant where the food was good.
Abdullah bhai, was at the forefront of finalizing the Architect, advising about the company structure, getting us to start the company from a scratch. He was involved in a lot of projects at that time, but was always enthusiastic and full of energy and ideas for new business. We did a couple of projects and then moved on our separate paths.
I met Abdullah bhai a couple of times in UAE and last met him in 2015/ 16, at his residence in Ras Al Khaimah, when Faisal had come from US. At this point I found him to focus on health, nutrition, and like always he had a wealth of knowledge in this field, which came from a keen interest in reading and learning about the world around him.
It was always a pleasure to spend time with Abdullah bhai, one of the rare individuals, who had tremendous self confidence, a zest for life and determination to get where he wanted, he was an inspiration for a lot of us and it was a short but Well Lived Life !
Rest in Peace – Abdullah bhai – we will always remember you !
(Javed Hussain)
