Ghulam Abbas ° & Christian Fanny Croil (Michel) Vlasto aka Zainab °

Family Group Sheet

NameGhulam Abbas °

Birth17 Nov 1907, Amritsar, India

Death2 Nov 1982, Karachi, Pakistan

ResidenceKarachi, Pakistan

OccupationWriter, poet and broadcaster.

Other spousesZakira [Abbass]

Marriage2 Nov 1952, Karachi, Pakistan

SpouseChristian Fanny Croil (Michel) Vlasto aka Zainab °, Aunt

Birth4 Apr 1921, 16 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England

Death19 Feb 2009, Karachi, Pakistan

Baptism12 Jun 1921, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England

ResidenceKarachi, Pakistan

OccupationPainter, engraver, illustrator and teacher.

EducationCentral School of Art, London.

Note 1Royal Navy & GUCC 1939-45. Artist & Teacher. Took the name Zainab on her marriage to Ghulam Abbas.

Note 2The narrow boat that she skippered/crewed during WWll, ‘Hyperion’ was, in 2023, in the capable hands of her new owner, Charlotte Ashman, who is also an artist.

God-parentsHelen Vlasto (represented by Fanny Rodocanachi).

Flags***, Argenti, Boscovic, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Croil, Dickson, Dwerniki, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Kaplanoglou, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Mitchell, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Shives/Chivas, Vlasto, Zarifi

FatherDr Michel Ernest Theodore Dimitri (Ernest) Vlasto ° (1888-1979)

MotherChristian Mitchell (Thomas) Croil ° (1894-1983)

Children