i86 WHO'S WHO IN INIMA he was called to the Bar in 1892 from the Inner Temple. He is 'descended from a family of Rizvi Saiyids, which migrated from Arabia to Meshed, where some of them held high posts. A branch of the family came to Oudh with Saiyid Salar Masud Ghazi ; and subsequently settled in Cawnpore district. Mr. Mahdi Hasan commenced his public carrer, after passing the Law examination of the Allahabad High Court, in practice in the Central Provinces. He entered Government service as Extra- Assistant Commissioner in 1883. In 1889 he took three years' leave to complete his education in England and qualify for the Bar. He was gazetted first grade Extra-Assistant Commis- sioner in 1905 and has been Deputy Commissioner at Drug since January, 191 o. He rendered meritorious service in the famines of 1896-97, and 1898-99, also during a plague epidemic in 1903 a Hoshangabad ; for these services he received the commendation and thanks of Government. He has always been a keen supporter of educational movements ; in addition to his work as Trustee of the Aligarh College, he was one of the founders of the Anjuman Islamia at Jubbulpur, and in 1910 took an active part in furthering the movement for a Muslim University, himself subscribing handsomely to the fund. He was a guest at the-Durbar in 1903, receiving the medal ; and was again the guest of the Chief Commissioner at the recent Coronation Durbar, on which occasion he was invested with the insignia of a Companion of the Imperial Service Order by His Majesty the King-Emperor. This honour was conferred in recognition of his long and honourable service to Govern- ment and the public. Mr. Mahdi Hasan possesses a small ancestral property in Cawnpore district. He is extremely popular with both the European and Indian communities. Address : Drug, Central Provinces. GaJJU Mal, Rai Saheb, l. S. O., Head Clerk and Super- intendent, Khyber Agency, was born in 1857, and educated at the Church Mission School, Peshawar. He belongs to a Kapur Khatri family of Peshawar. His paternal grandfather,
