Nawab Sayyed Mohammed : (d.1919) a wealthy nationalist, descendant of Tippu (see Haider Ali); he presided over the 1913 Congress at Karachi.
... Mr. Naoroji,—a natural sentiment, since, whatever the moderates profess, Mr. Naoroji is not one of them, though he may not go the whole way with the advanced school. Accordingly, the name of Nawab Sayyed Mohammed is thrust forward,—because he is a Mahomedan. The idea that the election of a Mahomedan President will conciliate the anti-Congress Mahomedans, is a futility which has been repeatedly exposed ...
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