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Today is going to be one of those interesting tidbit historical Khatera as as you're aware

I give a variety of sometimes a talk to see or sometimes see or are sometimes

Islamic stuff and sometimes Muslim-esque stuff

This is one of those tidbits of Muslim history and shall have some benefit

a few days ago somebody passed away

Who wasn't given much attention in global circles yet when I read the news

I must confess that I felt an immense sense of sadness of Islamic history and nostalgia

For a past that once was I didn't know the person frankly

There's not much to know about him or to genuinely respect in him per se but the concept and the life story of this person

Represents something that I think is relevant to all of us

I refer here to the last Nawab of Hyderabad

Meir Muqarram Jah who died in Istanbul a few days ago and was flown to Hyderabad to be buried

Close to the graves of his ancestors then of Hobbes of Hyderabad now

The irony of today's talk is that it's not about that individual himself frankly

There's not much to say truth be told he didn't have that many contributions to the Ummah and for the course of Islam and

Frankly when you read up about his life, um, you know the marriages and the

Settlements and the court cases

Let's leave all of that because we shouldn't go down this route of speaking about individuals who passed away

We're not really talking about him. We're talking about his story

We're talking about what he represents. We're talking about a legacy and how

Short lived that legacy was and how

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