▁be ▁followed ▁or ▁sh unn ed ." ▁ ▁Family ▁and ▁descend ants ▁ ▁Bab ik r ▁Bed ri ' s ▁son ▁Y us uf ▁Bed ri ▁continued ▁his ▁work , ▁and ▁a ▁grand son , ▁Gas im ▁Bad ri , ▁became ▁president ▁of ▁Ah f ad ▁University ▁for ▁Women ▁( AU W ). ▁In ▁his ▁long ▁life , ▁Bab ik r ▁Bed ri ▁had ▁five ▁w ives ▁and ▁ 2 1 ▁children . ▁His ▁grand d augh ter ▁Bal gh is ▁Bad ri ▁is ▁a ▁femin ist ▁activ ist , ▁and ▁professor ▁of ▁social ▁anth rop ology ▁at ▁Ah f ad ▁University ▁for ▁Women . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁many ▁descend ants ▁is ▁a ▁great - grand d augh ter , ▁the ▁BBC ▁news ▁present er ▁and ▁broad c aster ▁Ze in ab ▁B ada wi . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁and ▁significance ▁ ▁Bab ik r ▁Bed ri ▁was ▁" a ▁pione er ▁of ▁modern ▁education ▁in ▁a ▁traditional ▁context " ▁write ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁mem oir s ▁in ▁English , ▁" and ▁a ▁remarkable ▁person ality ". ▁From ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 — his ▁age ▁is ▁uncertain , ▁he ▁was ▁either ▁ 9 4 ▁or ▁ 9 8 — he ▁was , ▁in ▁their ▁words , ▁" the ▁out standing ▁figure ▁in ▁Sud an ese ▁education ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁known ▁Sud an ese ▁intellect uals ". ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁S ources