[1] Abdulkadir was educated at a Dutch school and attended Indological training at Leiden University under Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje who recommended him to the Homegrown Council.

Abdulkadir participated in the restoration of Dutch authority in the East Indies and was appointed a resident (as a colonel in the KNIL) from Maluku.

[2] Abdulkadir played an active role in the preparations for constitutional changes in 1946 as part of the Secretary of State for public affairs.

[2] Abdulkadir, who served as Recomba (governor) of West Java, took the initiative to hold the first conference of the State of Pasundan on 12–19 October 1947.

He invited as a participant in the conference the former republican resident in Bogor R.A.A Hilman Djajadiningrat who was appointed as chairman.