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till his death in 1905. He was given the titles
of ' Dowlah/ and ' Mulk ' and his gracious
master did him the honour of being his guest at
Saifabad for a day or two in the year 1898.
I recall an intrigue that was set up against him
in 1899 or thereabouts by a clique which had
managed to obtain the ear of Sir Viqar-ul-Umara,
the Prime Minister, known to be hostile to him.
They hoped to be able to misrepresent him and
his motives to the new Resident on his arrival.
Akbar-ul-Mulk hearing of their intention deter-
mined 'to forestall them by placing before the
incoming Resident an account of his services to
the British Government. Colonel Barr recognised in
him an old soldier-friend whom he had known in
his youth, and the intrigue was quashed.
I had the opportunity of looking over Mir
Akbar Ali Khan's papers when he was having
an account of his services written, and I could see
how useful he had been to the British as a soldier
and to the Nizam's Government, afterwards, in
a civil capacity. His record was an extraordinary
one and made him in my estimation only second
to the great Sir Salar Jung in courage, capacity,
perseverance and achievement. An account of
his career was written at the time to which I refer
by his Assistant, Captain Boardman. He pre-
sented me with a copy but, unfortunately, it was
lost.
Akbar Jung, Akbar-ul-Mulk is one of the most
eminent Hyderabadis whom we cannot afford