it was at a banquet given in honour of Lord
Randolph Churchill, who visited Hyderabad in
,.xS86. ~ A very tall, square-shouldered, overgrown
boy with a broad unbearded face, he towered
above the audience. He had the ease and self-
confidence of a practised speaker and filled the
large crowded hall with his clear, resonant voice.
His manner was cool, dignified and impressive ;
and his fine delivery showed that he possessed the
natural talent of an orator.
During his short term of office it was said that
he went through his ministerial work with a keen-
ness, diligence and capacity not expected in one so
young, and made his secretaries feel that he was
master of the situation. With his intellect and
capacity, and with the great natural qualifications
he possessed, he might have become in due time a
worthy successor of his great father, but fate had
marked his short life for a tragedy!
But for the timely birth of his son, Nawab
Yusuf Ali Khan^in 1889—the sole relic left of the
great Salar Jung family, the very name' Salar Jung'
would have been lost.
Salar Jung's younger brother, Nawab Munir-
ul-Mulk also died very young. He was a thin,
frail-looking young man with a beautiful expres-
sion on his face, indicating fine sensibility and
delicacy of sentiment. He too was a man of great
promise, in whom the hopes of all well-wishers of
the family and of all old servants of the State were
centred, and his death was a cruel shock to all.
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