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fell one after another in rapid succession and had
to leave the State. Peace to their shades ! Syed
Hussain, the unperturbed man of character,
remained an honoured personality in Hyderabad
till his death in 1926.
From the year 1910, he had the honour of being
a member of the India Council for some years and
worked with Lord Morley, the Secretary of State
for India. For many years he served as Director of
JPublic Instruction owing to his love of the work,
though the office was below the rank in which he
had previously served. His book, /. Hyderabad
under Sir Salar Jung/ is an official compilation of
value, and time is sure to enhance its worth. But
Hyderabad will soon have lost sight of hisJEnglish
jpoemsjf they are not brought more prominently
before them. And to do this is the duty of his
family. They have a merit of their own and ought
to be preserved with care in the State library of
which he was President for many years.
His English translation of theJHoly Qur'an
which he did not live to complete has been almost
forgotten by the present generation. It has to be
rescued from oblivion by being published and
distributed among enlightened Muslims through-
out India.
Moulvi Mehdi Ali Khan
Moulvi Mehdi Ali Khan was another of those
men whose personality lent some distinction to the
administration towards the close of Sir Salar Jung's
regime. He was an able man of dignified bearing