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of Sirnapalli—a lady well-known for her ability to
rule. I saw her once at the birthday durbar of
His Highness the late Nizam ; and once she did
me the honour of coming to see me. These are
enlightening memories.
I hope I have not treated these fine specimens
of the Hindu community in any thing like an offi-
cial manner, or in a spirit other than that of amity
which makes no communal distinctions whatever.
And this I take to be the true Hyderabad spirit
coming down to us from our ancestors. Old
Hyderabad was the only place in India where, I
believe, such perfect concord between Hindus, and
Muslims was possible. Will the modern prog-
ressive politician allow us to preserve it so as to
give India a much needed lesson ?
Besides the great nobles,—courtiers -par excel-
lence—whose names have been mentioned, there
were some other men who had earned distinction
by their merits and who were specially favoured
by the Nizam and were either included in his en-
tourage or were in close touch with him. They
were:— (i) Moulvi Ahmed Hussain, Chief
Secretary, (2) Nawab Sir Afsur-ul-Mulk, A.D.C.,
and (3) Nawab Akbar-ul-Mulk, Kotwal.
Sir Amin Jung
Sir Ahmed Hussain—Nawab Amin Jung—was
also a member of the Executive Council for a
time. An interesting personality—a compound
of amiable simplicity and practical shrewdness.
He came from Madras in 1895 and was appointed