Sir Nizamat Jung's comment on such things
j is worth quoting. " It is not very difficult for
I sinners to be descended from saints ; but the fact
* of direct descent is not so easy to prove. Enough
for me if I can feel spiritually descended ^from
great men and learn to behave accordingly."
His father, the late Moulvi Shaikh Ahmed
Hussain, Nawab Rifat Yar Jung Bahadur, who
served as Taluqdar and Inam Commissioner and
Subedar of Gulbarga and Warangal Divisions,
was one of the most respected men of his time.
He died in 1897 at the age of 54, the year after
Nizamuddin Ahmed's return from England. His
uncle was the late Moulvi Hafiz Mohammad
Siddiq, Nawab Emad Jung (Senior), alternately
Chief Justice and Secretary to the Nizam's Gov-
ernment in the Home and Finance Departments.
He served the State with rare distinction under
five Prime Ministers, from the time of the great
Sir Salar Jung whom he had helped in the re-
organization of the judiciary. He was one in
whose loyalty and ability the late Nizam had
great confidence and whom the nobility of Hyder-
abad respected as one of Salar Jung's most trusted
men. He died in 1904 at the age of 58.
I must not omit to mention, besides his father
and uncle, three members of his family who not
only filled high posts, but enjoyed the public esteem
on account of their ability, integrity, high character
and dignified bearing. Muslahuddin Mohammad,
Nawab Hakim-ud-Dowlah, Chief Justice, who died
in Ms 48th year, Raziuddin Mohammad, Nawab