Tyabji family

The Tyabji family, also known as Tyabji-Hydari, Tyabji-Fyzee, and Tyabji-Futehally family, consists of Mullah Tyab Ali and his descendants. The Tyabji family has gained fame for its exhaustive involvement in India's independence movement with individuals being prominent politicians, diplomats, academics, scientists, activists, and athletes. Other members gained prominence for their roles in India's Navy and Air Force and contribution to Indian film and fine art. Individuals within the Tyabji family belong to the Indian royal families of the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Nawab of Bengal, Raja of Wanaparthy, and the Nawab of Janjira. "The Tagores and the Tyabjis are the rarities for India and they are her friends" - Mahatma Gandhi. The family is descended from Mullah Tyab Ali Bhai Mian, a member of the Sulaimani Bohra community, and a scion of an old Cambay emigrant Arab family. The Tyabjis adopted the -ji suffix as a result of their high social status in Gujarat and Mumbai. Currently, the lingua franca of the Tyabjis is English. The Tyabjis were primarily educated at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. With a minority having read at Aligarh Muslim University. Children were often sent to boarding schools in India such as Woodstock School, Mayo College, and Welham Girls' School in Dehradun. The emergence of the family can largely be attributed to Badruddin Tyabji who held great influence with the Muslim community in Mumbai. Major-General Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza, , Order of Pahlavi, India General Service Medal (1909) was the first President of Pakistan. He was educated at the University of Bombay and was the first Indian to attend the Royal Military College in Sandhurst. Mirza was appointed as the first Defence Secretary and later as Governor of East Bengal. Muhammad Akbar Nazar Ali Hydari, , was the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State. He represented Hyderabad at the First Round Table Conference. He was later appointed as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.