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order, and his day was fully occupied with work.
Papers from the various departments of Govern-
ment were placed before him in succession and
were immediately attended to and orders passed
on them. Thus time was saved and a vast amount
of work was easily disposed of. In all matters
of importance he granted interviews to those who
desired to represent their claims in person, such
as Sahukars (bankers) who had money claims
against the State, and Arab Jamadars and feudal
chiefs who had vested interests and could be
exceedingly troublesome. By his sympathetic
treatment of all those who approached him, by
his fair-mindedness and regard for justice and
promptness in punishing officials guilty of corrup-
tion he won the confidence and esteem and respect
of all; and by this means he exercised an extra-
ordinary personal influence over men of all ranks.
He was the f_Nawab Saheb ' whose word was law
and justice. Such is the impression I received in
my childhood from what I used to hear from my
father and uncle who were serving under him and
whom he had selected for offices of trust when
they were barely ^20 years old, because they had
distinguished themselves in their educational
career at the Dar-ul-Uloom. It was my good
fortune to see finfa year or so before he died and
his face livgs m my memory—one of the most
precious relics of the past.
Moulvi Syed Hussain Bilgrami
Foremost amongst those brilliant men who came
to Hyderabad from Northern India to serve the