Bahadur Yar Jung

Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung (also Bahadur Yar Jang; 3 February 1905 – 25 June 1944) was an Indian politician and foremost Muslim leader in the Hyderabad Deccan.

He founded All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and the branches of Khaksars in Hyderabad and was known as a powerful religious preacher.

In 1926, Bahadur Yar Jung was elected president of the Society of Mahdavis.

In 1927, he led an organisation called Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, of which he was the founder member.

Syed Abul A'la al-Maududi's first encounter with Bahadur Yar Jang was at the Hyderabad Educational Conference in 1929.

Maududi said about him:"'When I listened to his speech on this occasion, I was not even aware of his name. Before too long in the course of his speech, I realized that I am facing a man different from the ordinary speakers. His organized thoughts, coherent statements, choice of appropriate words and their well-timed use peppered with good literary taste combined to impress me immediately. Upon asking around in the audience I was told that this was Navab Bahadur Khan, a jagirdar (landholder). On hearing his class background, I was even more impressed. Knowing the feudal class of Hyderabad, I did not expect such a great speaker with pure thoughts and wide knowledge to emerge from that class'."Despite this Maududi disassociated himself from the Nawab's Majlis e Ittehad as he found "no benefit in their method of work" and was also critical of him saying that:"'There definitely are some good qualities in Bahadur Yar Jang, but his mind is not clear yet.

He [sometimes] raises the voice of the caliphate of God, [sometimes] he is with the Khaksars and the Muslim League.

In 1930, he was elected secretary of the Union of Jagirdars which had been established in 1892 but was moribund.

A great Muslim zealot, he advocated peaceful but separate and independent co-existence among people of different religions after the independence of British India.

So he vigorously supported All India Muslim League and the Pakistan Movement.

He was closely associated with both Allama Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

He was an author and a practising Muslim.

Matched by very few, his oratory skills served as a catalyst to the independence struggle of British India.

In 1938, he was elected the President of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, a position in which he served till his death.

Bahadur Yar Jung wanted his own princely home state, Hyderabad, to be separate from the rest of India as an Islamic/Muslim state with Sharia Law.

He was the founder and led an organisation called Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, for the propagation of Islam.

A friend and aid to Mohammed Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, he was one of the most admired leaders of the Pakistan Movement.

Sometimes he is involved in Haydarabadi non-Haydarabadi disputes'."Bahadur Yar Jang wrote a letter in 1938, expressing his appreciation for Mawdudi's activities and regretted that Mawdudi did not bid him farewell before the latter's departure to Punjab.

He was the son of Nawab Naseeb Yar Jung, a prominent resident of Hyderabad.

His wife's name was Talmain Khatoon.

He had two brothers by name Nawab Mohammed Mandoor Khan Sadozai and Nawab Mohammed Doulath Khan Sadozai.

Nawab Mohammed Mandoor Khan’s three sons (Nawab Mohammed Naseeb Khan, Nawab Mohammed Bahadur Khan & Nawab Mohammed Adil Khan).

On 26 December 1943, he delivered an important speech in the All India Muslim League Conference.

In the first half of his speech he laid stress on the struggle for Pakistan.

In the second half he talked about the creation of Pakistan.

At the end he said,

His Grandson Nawab Mohammad Moazam Khan s/o Nawab Mohammed Naseeb khan is an Bahadurpura constituency MLA since 2004-today from AIMIM party which was founded by Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung.