INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Mahadev Abdul Ali.
stipendiary and gets an allowance of Rs. 511-9-4 a month. Address: Saidapet, Madras, India.
Muhammad Abdul Aziz Sahib, Khan Bahadur (1901), Madras; b. 1859; is a merchant carrying on business on a grand scale at Madras; is a Consul for Turkey in Madras; owns extensive landed and house property. Address: High Road, Triplicane, Madras, India,
Muhammad Abdulla Khan, Nawab Sir, Hafiz, Alizai, K.C.I.E. (1909), Dera Ismail Khan; the title of Nawab borne by the head of this family is a hereditary one and has been recognised by Government, so long ago as 1875; is an Honorary Commandant of the 15th Lancers; succeeded to title, 1881. Address: Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab, India.
Muhammad Abdul Khudus Badsba Sahib, Senior Partner, Messrs. Haji Mahammad Badsha Sahib and Co., Madras; a leading Muhammadan gentleman of Madras, who interests himself in all public movements; was Sheriff of the City of Madras and has been Turkish Consul in Madras for the last many years; has made a liberal contribution to the funds of the Muhammadan University and is actively connected with the Madras branch of the Moslem League and the Anjumani of Madras. Address; High Road, Triplicane, Madras, India.
Muhammad Abdul Jalil Usmani, Shams-ul-Ulema, Benares; claims descent from Miran Muhammad Zahir-ud-din Aftali who came from Persia and obtained possession of the town of Neotin, near Lucknow; b. 1861; educ: Queen’s College, Benares; joined service in the Educational Department, 1883; appointed as Professor of Arabic and Persian, Queen’s College, Benares, 1888; has a share in the family village of Neotin, near Lucknow; organised relief works and found work for 300 men for many months in 1893; title of Shams-ul-Ulema conferred, 1897. Publications: A series of Urdu and Persian Readers. Recreation: Riding. Address: Benares Cantonment, U.P., India.
Muhammad Abdul Majid, Nawab, Bar-at-Law; claims descent from an ancient family of Jaunpur which, owing to its loyalty to the British in the Mutiny of 1857. had lost a considerable portion of its property; educ: at Allahabad and in England; was called to the Bar at the latter place; owns estates in the districts of Gazipur, Ballia, Aramghara, and Jaunpur; enjoys an annual revenue of Rs. 80,000; Fellow, Allahabad University; Trustee, M.A.O. College, Aligarh; Member, Moslem League, U.P.; is a Persian and Arabic Scholar of repute; Member, Legislative Council, U.P., 1910. Address: Allahabad, U.P.; Jaunpur, U.P.; India.
Muhammad Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Maler Kotla. (see Maler Kotla).
Muhammad Aginak Khan, Hafiz, Hakim, Kazik-ul-Mulk; b. 1884 (Hijri); s. of late Hakim Muhammad Khan, who, as a Medical man, is yet remembered as a marvel in his profession; claims de cent from Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan, Asraf-ul-Hukina,
