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Mr. Walker to arrange his transfer. To me it mat-
tered little where I worked—whether as Home Sec-
retary or as a Judge of the High Court, which was
my proper place. Hearing of the impending
change, the late Nawab Shihab Jung, Police
Moin-ul-Moham—an old friend of my uncle,
wrote to me a very kind letter to enquire whether
there was any truth in the rumour. He expressed
his deep concern on my account, as the successor
of Nawab Emad Jung, for whom he had a personal
regard.
Before giving over charge to Mr. H^dari I
wrote to him in Shakespeare's words : "J:or this
relief much thanks." Another man with less true
conception of the dignity of the High Court might
have thought of the higher prestige of the, Home
Secretaryship in the eyes of Hyderabad, but I had
been trained after English traditions and thought
differently. I was therefore glad to get back to
the hard but more intellectual and less harassing
work of a Judge. The calmer atmosphere of the
High Court was more congenial to my tempera-
ment, and freedom regained was doubly welcome.
Mr. Hydari remained at the Home Office for
many years and did good work. He took great
interest in educational matters—the Department
of Education being under the Secretariat—and at
a later stage helped to mature the scheme of the
Osmania University, which had been under
contemplation for a long time.
He retired from the State service, but in 1921
when he was acting as Controller-General of