Nawab Syed Hussain Bilgrami, Imad-ul-Mulk Bahadur, CSI (1842-1926)[1][2][3] was an Indian civil servant, politician, educationalist and an early leader of the All India Muslim League.
Syed Hussain Bilgrami was born in 1844 in Gaya from ancestors of Sadaat-e-Bilgram, and was educated at the Presidency College, Calcutta.
After holding the post of Professor of Arabic at Canning College, Lucknow from 1866 to 1873[1] he entered the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
During his tenure, Sir Hussain Bilgrami accompanied Sir Salar Jung on a memorable mission to England where he had the honour of meeting and speaking with Queen Victoria and also of meeting other distinguished people such as Disraeli, Gladstone, Lord Salisbury, John Morley and others.
He along with Sir Agha Khan (Agha Khan III) and many others was one of the founding members of the "All-India Muslim League" which was a political party set up for the sole purpose of protection of the rights of the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent.He also founded a girls’ high school in 1885, which was the first institution of its kind in India.