Hyderabad: A pall of gloom descended over the Old families of Hyderabad when on the early hours of Tuesday the tragic news of death of Mrs Hoori Osman and her brother Mr Ismael Saifuddin reached the city.
Mrs Osman and Mr Saifuddin were travelling from Madinah to Jeddah when their car was impacted by a truck from the side. The impact of the accident was so fierce that the duo was killed instantaneously. The two other passengers in the car, one of them Mr Ismael’s son Aymen, and his niece survived with minor injuries.
Mr Ismael, the second youngest brother of late Farooq Saifuddin, a well-known Saudi-Indian Moallim or the person who organized the Hajj pilgrimage for hundreds of people of Indian origin every year. All of them came from a family of Moallims that had migrated to Hyderabad during the reign of the last Nizam and stayed over while retaining their Saudi nationality. They lived in Khilwat, near Charminar.
Mr. Ismael, a student of All Saints High School had studied up to Pre University Certificate (PUC) in the city before migrating to the Kingdom. He married Iqbal about 45 years ago. He served as the aircraft engineer with the Royal Fleet of the Kingdom.
Mr Ismael is survived by wife and four sons. On the other hand, Mrs Osman has left behind her husband Mohammad Osman Al Aidroos, two sons and one daughter Idroosia. Mrs Osman and her husband held British nationality but preferred to stay in Hyderabad where they had their roots.
Family sources informed siasat.com that Mr Ismael is expected to be laid to rest in the Makkah cemetery called Jannatul Maala after Isha’a prayer.
At the writing of this copy it was still not known where Mrs Osman would be laid to rest.
Mr Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, Managing Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily, and his family members paid tributes to the departed souls. Mr Ismael was a close friend of Mr Khan.
The phone number of Mr Isamel’s son, Ahsan, is given here—
+966 504594489.