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Syed Jaffer
“In reply to my request for an interview, your Secretary told me that you said that if I was seeking an interview to discuss the subject matter of the letters I had been writing to you, you saw no need to grant me an interview.I do not mean to offend you if I tell you that the money of a Laik Ali or an Alladin could buy your support to their aims, while all our sincerety and selfless entreaties could not attract you attention. You could not have dared to refuse an interview to a mediocre like Babu Khan and could take the initiative to invite a declared and deliberate enemy of the Muslim cause like Ali Yavar Jung to come and see you. You should not take this as an offence as these are plain facts. I am taking this opportunity to write to you because I am anxious to tell you inspite of your refusal to meet me what I would have told you if I had secured an interview. The only pity is that you cannot now reach my mind by cross-examining me.”
Mr. Syed Alla Bux addresses the lines above to the Qaide Azam Mohammed AliJinnah founder of Pakistan. Hardly any one who was with the Qaid as his soldierfor the cause of Muslims of the subcontinent in general and Muslim community allover the world in particular or most of his opponents could confront or argue withthe Qaid. Mr. Alla Bux derived the courage form the personality he served. SaadatHassn Manto describes relations between the Qaid and Nawab Sahib compared tosome of the top leaders working with the Qaid. He being the private secretary ofNawab Bahadur Yar Jung could take liberty of his position. Above phrases maylook harsh but a different angle reflect the sincerity of the purpose for the up lift ofthe Muslims of the subcontinent as well as the down trodden non Muslims.
An English translation of a selected paragraph about Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung from Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Mera Sahib’: According to Azad, the Late Bahadur Yar Jung was among Qaid-e-Azam’s best friends. “It was only him with whom he was so frank. Whenever he came to visit, both men would talk about the country and politics like true best friends. At that time, Qaid-e-Azam would separate his outer shell from his inner self. He was the only one with whom the Sahib was so frank and open. One felt as if they were childhood buddies. When they talked to each other, one could hear the loud laughter coming out of the closed doors.Other than Bahadur Yar Jung, other Muslim League leaders, such as Raja Mahmud Abad, I. I. Chundrigarh, Maulana Zahid Husain, Nawabzadah Liaquat Ali Khan, Nawab Ismail, and Ali Imam sahib used to pay visit. But the Sahib dealt with them in a professional manner, not in a frank way reserved for Bahadur Yar Jung.” “Khan Liaquat Ali Khan must have visited quite often,” I said to Azad.Said Azad, “Yes, the Sahib treated him as if he were Sahib’s best student.And the Khan Sahib listened to him very carefully, obeyed, and carried his orders. When he was asked to pay visit, sometimes he would ask me, ‘Hey,Azad, how’s Sahib’s mood today?’ I would tell him how his mood was. If the Sahib were not in his good mood, every wall in the mansion would know it.
Syed Alla Bux on 12
th
July 1946 further wrote the following words to Qaide AzamMohammad Ali Jinnah, and as he anticipated; on the morning of September 13,1948 within two years of this writing, fifth infantry battalions and an armoredregiment of the battle-hardened Indian Army under the command of Maj Gen J NChaudhry entered the princely state of Hyderabad Deccan the Kingdom ofLt.General His Exalted Highness Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, Mir Osman AliKhan
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Syed Alla Bux wrote
“Concluding, I must reiterate that if you express the least hostility to Hyderabad played in Kashmir. Your hostility may even end Hyderabad within two years, for there will be the invasion of Hindus and the division of loyalties between the Ruler and yourself would derive
(drive)
the last nail in the coffin.”
I have brought together some details from history with the help of these old lettersacquired, from the Department of Achieves Government of Pakistan.My father, Syed Alla Bux, was informed by one of his friends that some letters byhim to Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah are available in the Department ofArchives Government of Pakistan. During the struggle for the independence ofIndian Subcontinent Mr. Syed Alla Bux was a political worker and had theopportunity to come together with the leaders of those days. He was progressiveby his political outlook and very outspoken.While he was assisting, in his capacity as a political worker, for the independencehe had his personal views on the position of Mysore state and Hyderabad Deccanafter the partition of the Subcontinent. He thought that The East India Company,
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