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by the Muslim University, Aligarh (his grand-
father's " magnum opus"), to be Vice-Chancellor;
and that was a sacred call. He left us, and I
never saw him again. He used occasionally to
invite me to Aligarh and later on to Bhopal
when he was there, but fate was against it.
I can only think of him in these words of
Shakespeare : —
" He was a man, take him for all in all; I shall not look
upon his like again ! "
Mohainmad Bahadur Khan
A prodigy born into an age which apparently
had little right to expect the advent of such a
soaring spirit. He was a reformer in the best
sense of the word —a regenerator whose work was
with the higher tendencies of the soul. He seemed
to be an out-of-date pattern which had drifted
down to our generation from our magnificent
past : the glorious youth of Islam. He was a man
whom men of faith might regard as having moved
in spirit somewhere near the outer circle of the
" Companions of the Prophet "—that noble
brotherhood from which had emerged men capable
of leading armies and administering conquered
kingdoms. They were unschooled, but had re-
ceived their training in that best of schools—the
purifying and elevating atmosphere of the Pro-
phet's holy presence.
It was more than fortunate—indeed it was a
blessing for Hyderabad to have received after