It took Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Barry of the New York Times to put at rest last week the 40-year-old mystery of “Begum Wilayat Mahal” of Oudh, her children, “Princess” Sakina and “Prince” Ali Reza, alias, Cyrus. As early as 1975, Anjum Qadar, whose descent from the Oudh “royals” is established, had rubbished Wilayat Mahal’s claims. She visited the New …
