"An era has ended (eh ahad khatam ho gaya)", said Nawab Muhammed Ali (of Shaukat Manzil) during the funeral procession.
Nawab Sahab stole those words. Any one would have liked to say them. Cliches be damned.
"You are a Shia that is why you are saying that", remarked Miyan once to Nawab Muhammed Ali Sahab during a discussion.
Miyan was a man of free words, with many of the people but such things were not the order of the day. He was utmost careful about sensitivities. Nawab Muhammed Ali Sahab among the people where frankness reached its zenith (or may be the nadir).
Khuda rehmat kunad.