chosen men, and he too, after his departure from
Hyderabad, returned to his old haunt to serve the
old cause, devoted the remainder of his life to it
and died at his post. Amongst those who came
from Northern India he was respected for his
strong sense of duty and devotion to honest work
and was credited with the desire to do his best in
whatever position he happened to be. Early in
his career in Hyderabad he had been attached to
the Department of Justice of which Nawab
Bashir-ud-Dowlah (afterwards SirAsman Jah) was
Assistant Minister (Sadr-ul-Moham). Some in-
cident at that period brought him under suspicion
and he had to leave Hyderabad. He went back
straight to Aligarh to the post of duty and honour,
and served his old chief in some subordinate
capacity in the same devoted and self-denying
manner as before.
When the Second Salar Jung (Imad-us-Salta-
nat) became Prime Minister in 1884, Moulvi
Mushtaq Hussain was recalled to Hyderabad and
made Subedar (Commissioner) of the Warangal
Division and was given the title, Nawab Intisar
Jung. Some years later he became Nawab
Viqar-ul-Mulk and when Sir Asman Jah became
Prime Minister, he was made his Secretary, and
such was the confidence placed in him by the
Minister that he was Assistant Minister in fact
though not in name.
As to personal appearance, he was by no means
a handsome man, and there was something rugged
about him. His manner of receiving people was