Shah ast Hussain (as)

nawab jafar

During the Procession of the Mehndi Hazrat Qasim , I had met the erstwhile Nawab Jafar Mir Abdullah who claims his ancestry from the ruling Nawabs of yore, he is a well read, cool mind person, not at all pompous of his blue blood or lineage.I met him for the first time, as I come to Lucknow for barely a few days , shoot , rush back to Mumbai.The only pilgrimage besides the spiritual ones, is one of a momentous important to me, paying respects to a master photographer Mr PC Little , this time I was not able to perform nor call him, as I was shooting non stop for three or four days.Mr PC Little is an authority on Lucknow British and Nawab history, more proficient than Google Search, on these two subjects as a lover of Lucknow.
Mr PC Little had spoken on my earlier visits about Nawab saab but our meeting was destined just this year.
I was invited to the Nawab Saabs Haveli, or mansion, in Sheesh Mahal annexe , we spoke on various topics, Bollywood, Satyajit Ray, Shatranj ke Khiladi, the new controversies with the fizzed out Umrao Jaan.I had breakfast at his table, shot some pictures.
I spoke to the Nawab Saab many months after my arrival from Lucknow, he did remember me .
I told him to e mail his side of his life story that I would add to my Word Press post on him.
I think he will send it to me one day.Perhaps.

nawab jafar