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It seemed to forebode at the time the extinction
of Sir Salar Jung's family.
The Third Salar Jung, Mir Yusuf Ali Khan, is
the son of Nawab Mir Laik Ali Khan Imad-us-
Saltanat. He was born in 1889 and during his
minority his estate was managed by Mr. Dunlop
and other high officials under the Nizam's personal
direction. He received as good an education as
was possible under the existing conditions, and
the Nizam always treated him with particular
regard and affection and showed a paternal
solicitude in all his affairs. He was educated
at the Nizam College and his English teacher,
Mr. Cponey^ had been at one time Headmaster of
the St. George's Grammar School and was said to
be one of the best English teachers in Hyderabad.
He was a friend of mine and from him I used to
hear good accounts of his pupil. Mr. Cooney was
also teaching Nawab Moinuddin Khan, son of
Sir Asman Jah, and. at that time both the pupils
were profiting by their education and showed
fair promise.
Nawab Salar Jung was made Prime Minister
in 1912 when Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad vacat-
ed that office rather unexpectedly. The British
Resident, Colonel (afterwards Sir) Alexander
Pinhey, strongly supported the selection, for the
name of Salar Jung, as -he said, was a name to
conjure with 1 The new Prime Minister being
young and inexperienced, was given two special
Advisers., to-4*elp him in his responsible work.
One of them was Nawab Imad-ul-Mulk, a man