"My father, Nawab Baqi Mohammad Khan, whose biography is in your hands, was one of the descendants of the family that contributed towards the establishment and strengthening of the state of Bhopal. The history of this state cannot remain oblivious to the services of the ancestors who played their roles during the tenure of each descendant of the state. It is only proper for me to present a brief account of these elders in this biography but the major hurdle remains that much material is not available to do so."