the college. After retiring as Principal of Anwar-ul-ulum College, Syed Ali Akbar continued to remain active and busy in literary pursuits. He was the chief editor of the well-known English language quarterly Islamic Culture and President of Idara Adabiat Urdu which published monthly magazine Sub Rus for 20 years. He also served as chairman of Sugra Humayun Mirza Wafq & Safdaria Higher School committee until his death. He was a member of Osmania University Senate for several years. Know to be a man of principles and integrity, Syed Ali Akbar was respected and admired by his colleagues, friends, subordinates, and relations alike. He had a large circle of distinguished personalities as his friends - like Khwaja Nazimuddin Shahid Saharwardi, Syed Mohammed Azam, Saeed Jung, Sir Prakash were his colleagues & friends in Cambridge. He had also close friendship with Sir Ross Masood, Sir Salar Jung III, and Sir Mirza Ismail. Mir Osman Ali Khan the Nizam had also great regard and respect for him. Syed Ali Akbar's contribution in the establishment of a sound education system in Hyderabad State is still remembered and acknowledged. It was due to his pioneering and untiring efforts that the foundation of primary and secondary education was laid in Hyderabad. Because of his initiative and efforts vocational schools were established in the state both for boys and girls. As principal of Nizam College, Evening College and as first principal of Anwar-ul-ulum College, he made valuable contributions in improving the standard of education at the college level. He also helped in improving the standard of education at the university level as an active member of the Osmania University Senate. Publication Syed Ali Akbar was the author of the classic book The German School System originally published in the 1930s which has been republished (in November 2006) by Hesperides Press (). He has been referenced in the books Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad by Karen Isaksen Leonard, published by Stanford University Press (2007) and by E. M. Forster in his classic book A Passage To India published by Penguin Classics. References 1890 births Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge 20th-century Indian Muslims Academic staff of Osmania University Scholars from Hyderabad, India Year of death missing