Ahmed Hussain, Nawab Sir Amin Jung Bahadur

Nawab Sir Ahmed Hussain, Amin Jung Bahadur, K.C.I.E (Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire), C.S.I (Companion of the Order of the Star of India), LL.D. (Osmania) M.A. B.L (Madras) was born in Madras on 11 August, 1863 in the family of a leading businessman.

Life

In 1893, he visited Hyderabad (Nizam's Dominion now in Andhra Pradesh, India) to appear in the Nizam's High court in a civil suit. Within three days of his arrival he was appointed Assistant Peshi Secretary to His Highness the Nizam, Mahbub Ali Khan Asif Jah VI. When Nawab Sarwar-ul-Mulk, the Peshi Secretary, retired in 1896, the Nizam appointed him as the Peshi Secretary.

He attended the Calcutta Durbar of 1902 as Peshi Secretary to H.H. Nizam Mahbub Asif Jah VI and the Delhi Durbar in 1911 as Peshi Secretary to H.H. Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII and Chief Secretary of the Nizam's Government. In 1917 he was made the Sadar-ul-Moham (Minister)of Peshi. He also served as Minister of Finance and later as Minister of Law and Order in the Nizam's Government. He also served on the Nizam's Judicial Committee which was the highest Court of Appeal. He attended the First Indian Round Table Conference in London UK in 1930 as member of H.E.H the Nizam's delegation. He retired from Nizam's service in 1935.

He collected a large library of English, Urdu, Persian and Arabic books. After his death, the library was donated by his four surviving sons to the Urdu Hall Association in Hyderabad. He also authored two books , one was "Philosophy of Faqirs" and the other, "Notes on Islam".

He died in Hyderabad on 28 August, 1950.

Genealogy

His granddaughters and grand son are Tahera Khan, Munira Sayeed, Barika Jaddi, Raisa Khan, Safia Rashid and Hassina Hmidan and Ahmed Hussain- son and daughters of Mr. K Hyder Hussain and Malika Hyder Hussain.

His four other grandchildren (Children of his daughter Zeenat-unnisa and Abdullah Pasha) are Mr. Anwarullah Pasha (Deceased), Mrs Saleem-unnisa Zaman (Pakistan), Mrs Naeema Rasheed (Canada) and Mrs Raheem-unnisa Ahmed (Pakistan/USA).

One of his son's, Dr. K. Khasim Hussain was an expert in infectious diseases. He was married to Margaret (Peggy) Watson, whom he met in Leeds, England, and had three daughters, Margaret Zohra, Elizabeth Esther and Ruth Sakina. Other sons include Khateeb Hyder Hussain, K. Zakir Hussain and K. Ather Hussain (residing in Canada)

ee also

*Nizam
*Fath Jang Mahbub Ali Khan Asif Jah VI
*Fath Jang Nawwab Mir Osman Ali Khan Asif Jah VII
*Hyderabad State
*Hyderabad, India

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