that mask. The man seemed stolid, immovable ;
his gestures were slow, and his manner seemed
painfully deliberate. I like to think that he had
something of Socrates in him besides the frontal
resemblance, and that his meditative gaze was per-
haps a quest, his mind being on the trail to discover
some truth. This might be thought exaggerated
praise ; but it is an inference based upon some
known facts. He has left a considerable amount
of literary work behind, such as able essays on
some Islamic subjects about which misunder-
standing has been (and is still) rife—the Jehad or
religious war is one. He has shown the conditions
and limitations restricting the resort to it; and in
this his service to Muslims and non-Muslims alike is
inestimable. This treatise deserves to be made
widely known in this age of suspicion and unrest.
It may be mentioned in passing that a certain
frequenter of the Hyderabad State Library fished
it out from somewhere and had copies of it
printed. He was a book-lover, and his reprint of
Chiragh Ali's book was his most valuable offering
to the State.
Sir Salar Jung H
Nawab Mir Laik All Khan (Sir Salar Jung
Imad-us-Saltanat), the eldest son of Sir Salar
Jung, was a great favourite with the late Nizam in
the beginning, and was made Prime Minister soon
after his installation in 1884, but unfortunately
some misunderstandings occurred, which caused a
change of feeling, and the Nizam at last decided to