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graceful manners distinguish him from the majo-
rity of our young nobility of the present day,
and he shows some promise. He is a young man
who may prove useful in the service of the State
and enhance its prestige by bringing once more
before the public eye some of the nobler quali-
ties of his ancestors, the great Paigah nobles.
Nawab Sir Khurshid Jah
Nawab Sir Khurshid Jah Shams-ul-Umara
Amir-e-Kabir was the second of three brothers :
the eldest, Sir Asman Jah was his half-brother,
and Sir Viqar-ul-Umara was his own brother, but
younger. Sir Khurshid Jah did not hold any
office but was regarded by people generally as the
typical representative of the great Shams-ul-Umara
family on account of his conservative style of
living which was quite Moghlai. And he was
favoured by the late Nizam's personal attention
more than any of his brothers ; possibly because
he seemed more anxious to preserve the traditional
prestige of his family. His ways and habits and
style of living, all combined to keep him aloof
from State affairs.
Nawab Sir Khurshid Jah and his brothers, Sir
Asman Jah and Sir Viqar-ul-Umara were allied to
the Nizam's family by marriage, each of them
having married a daughter of the Nizam, Afzal-ud-
Dowlah; and this gave the family a very high
status. So it was natural for him to think that
the office of De-wan could not enhance his dignity.