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MOHAMED IQBAL MAULADAD, an Asian Professional Hunter.

AFRICAN LIFE — AUGUST 1958 16


Safari Profile

ASIAN HUNTER

We welcome to our series MOHAMED IQBAL MAULADAD,

an Asian Professional Hunter, who this month went out with the

King and Queen of Nepal on their East African Safari.


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OHAMED IQBAL MAULADAD doesn’t have to hunt; he is a man of means . . . he does it because, like so many more, he loves the life.

A British Pakistani, born in Nairobi 32 years ago, he is the son of the late Mr. Mauladad, who was a well-known building contractor.

You can’t mistake Mohamed Iqbal; once seen never forgotten. Any man 6′ 1″ in his socks, and weighing 2501b. deserves the soubriquet, Hefty”. He has black hair, almost black eyes, and a near R.A.F.-type moustache.

At ten, he got used to a .22 on target and birds, and more than once got ‘em on the wing — which is not bad going for a rifle. He started hunting as a sportsman 16 years ago.

Starting with buffalo, he went after all the other big and dangerous game. He still likes a buffalo hunt “as they give you a run for your money”. In 1952, he turned Professional Hunter.

He was, in fact, the first Asian to apply for membership of the East African Professional Hunters’ Association, and is hoping to be elected to that august body in the near future.

There are only three Asian Professional Hunters: Mohamed Iqbal, S. I. Hassan of African Hunting Safaris, Mombasa, and Wali Mohamed of Nairobi.

Bali Mauladad

Halle Studio- Bali Mauladad

Irrespective of any leanings Mohamed may have had towards his present vocation, Papa Mauladad made him learn the

business of build­ing and contracting when he left the Government Indian High School, now called the Duke of Gloucester’s. So when not hunting, he has plenty to interest him in the family business.

He has two main hobbies: Motor Racing for which he is very well known, he has won 21 cups, and Animal Photography. His favorite cameras are a 35 mm Contax (still) and a Pallard Bolex (Cine).

Nasty leopard

Subjects he concentrates on photographing are elephant, lion and rhinoceros; he has most trouble with the buffalo due to their wonderful eyesight and their exceptionally keen hearing and smell.

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