Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung — orator, reformer, and leader — was called Lisan-ul-Ummat, the Tongue of the Nation. This archive preserves his speeches, letters, and life for a new generation.
لسان الامت · قائدِ ملت · آفتابِ دکن
یاد رکہو۔ مسلمانو یاد رکہو۔ برق و باراں سے زیادہ سخت خدا کا وہ عذاب ہے جو قوموں پر محرومیء فکر صحیح کی صورت میں نازل ہوتا ہے۔
"Remember — harder than lightning and storm is that punishment of God which descends upon nations in the form of being deprived of right thinking."
— Bahadur Yar Jung
In undivided India, there was hardly an adult who had not heard the name Bahadur Yar Jung. Even those who disagreed with his politics were captivated by his fiery eloquence — which is why he was honoured with the title Lisan-ul-Ummat, the Tongue of the Nation.
As a trusted right hand of Muhammad Ali Jinnah he was called Quaid-e-Millat, and for his extraordinary standing in the State of Hyderabad, many knew him as Aftab-e-Deccan — the Sun of the Deccan.
He began his public speaking at gatherings of Milad-un-Nabi ﷺ, and his devotion shaped everything that followed. A passionate admirer of Iqbal, he hosted a weekly Dars-e-Iqbal at his residence, and lived by the poet's warning that politics divorced from faith becomes tyranny.
For his convictions he paid dearly — losing his hereditary title and jagir, and facing bans on his speech. Yet his resolve never wavered. He passed away in 1944, at just 39, leaving a legacy this archive now carries forward.
Muhammad Bahadur Khan is born into the family of Nawab Naseeb Yawar Jung, in the princely State of Hyderabad.
Khwaja Hasan Nizami records in his diary meeting a "passionate, devout and wise" young man — Islamic fervour, he writes, filled his every vein.
Beginning with Milad gatherings, his speeches ignite the Deccan. He devotes himself to the welfare and awakening of his community, hosting weekly Dars-e-Iqbal at his residence.
From Hyderabad Deccan to the Frontier Province, he is at the forefront of untangling the political questions of his people — admired alike, the archive records, by Jinnah and Abul Kalam Azad.
For his uncompromising stand he loses his hereditary title and jagir, and faces bans on his speech. His purpose, and his faith in God, never bend.
He passes away suddenly, at the height of his powers. Denied the role he might have played in the decades ahead, his voice instead becomes legend.
چمن زار دکن کو اپنے خونِ دل سے سینچا ہے
چمٹے گا کیسے مجھ سے یہ گلستاں دیکھ لیتا ہوں
"I have watered the garden of the Deccan with the blood of my heart — let me see how this garden clings to me."
— From his own verse
Decades of collection by biographer Nazeer Uddin Ahmed of Hyderabad Deccan — digitized so it is never lost to time. Each section links to the original archive.
The full account of his life — from a young nobleman of Hyderabad to the Tongue of the Nation.
Read →The oratory that moved millions, preserved in his own words.
Read → خطوطPrivate correspondence revealing the man behind the podium.
Read → مضامینWritings on faith, politics, and the future of his people.
Read → خراجWhat contemporaries and admirers said of him, then and since.
Read → تصاویرRare photographs and documents from a vanished era.
View → مجلسHis leadership of the Majlis and its history in the Deccan.
Read → انجمنHis community, his roots, and the organizations he served.
Read → متفرقEverything else the archive holds — fragments, notes, and more.
Browse →"A passionate, devout and wise young man — Islamic fervour fills his every vein."
Khwaja Hasan Nizami
From his diary, 16 July 1923 — on meeting an 18-year-old Bahadur Khan
"Even those who opposed his politics were lovers of his fiery eloquence — from Jinnah to Abul Kalam Azad, all acknowledged his miraculous oratory alike."
From the archive's introduction
Nazeer Uddin Ahmed, biographer · Hyderabad Deccan
"He turned away from a glittering life of comfort — leaving warm quilts and soft beds — to awaken not only the Deccan, but a hundred million people of the subcontinent."
A tribute preserved in the archive
On his sacrifice and service
"Living nations do not wrap the deeds of their elders in the shroud of the past. They strive to introduce them to the generations to come."
Nazeer Uddin Ahmed
On why this archive exists