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{{Infobox military person
| name = Syed Ahmed El-Edroos
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| caption = Syed Ahmed El Edroos
| caption = Major General El-Edroos (at right) offers his surrender of the [[Hyderabad State Forces]] to [[Major general]] (later [[General (India)|General]] and [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army|Army Chief]]) [[Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri]] at [[Secunderabad]].▼
| birth_date = 3 March 1899
| death_date = 20 July 1962 (aged 63)
| birth_place = [[Sangareddy]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]], India
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| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flag|British India}}<br />{{flag|Hyderabad State}}
| branch =
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| rank = [[Commander-in-chief]], [[Major general]]
| unit = [[Hyderabad Lancers]]<br />[[Hyderabad State Forces]]
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| battles = [[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]<br>[[Operation Polo]]
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'''Syed Ahmed El-Edroos''' ({{Lang-ar|سيد أحمد العيدرس|translit=Saiyid Aḥmad al-‘aidarūs|links=Arabic}}; 3 March 1899 – 20 July 1962) was the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Hyderabad State Forces]] at the time of the [[Operation Polo|annexation
==Life==
Syed Ahmed El-Edroos was of [[Arab]] [[Hadhrami people|Hadhrami]] descent. He was a [[Ba'Alawi]] [[Sayyed]] of the [[Bani Hashim]] meaning he belonged to a [[Hashemite]] family i.e. a direct descendant of the [[
El-Edroos was a close confidante and trusted aide of the Nizam of Hyderabad.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} His brothers were also senior officers and distinguished members of the Nizam's army.
He was ready for a war
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In September 1948 El-Edroos held the rank of Major-General and Commander of the [[Hyderabad State Forces|State Army]] of Hyderabad.<ref>{{
In 1950, General Edroos was arrested on allegation of helping [[Mir Laiq Ali]] to escape to Pakistan. After two months he was released after an enquiry did not find any evidence against him. He left Hyderabad and settled in Bangalore. His children emigrated to Pakistan. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/1055734/the-tragic-tale-of-general-edroos-who-fought-a-losing-battle-for-the-princely-state-of-hyderabad|title=The tragic tale of General Edroos, who fought a losing battle for the princely state of Hyderabad|last=Khan|first=Zeenat|publisher=Scroll.in|date=2023-09-13|access-date=2024-06-14}}</ref>
==Autobiography==
His autobiography ''Hyderabad of the Seven Loaves'' was published in April 1994 and presented a historical account of the Asaf Jahi dynasty with an autobiographical sketch of the author, covering the events of Hyderabad's merger with the Indian Union. It narrates several anecdotes and facts about the city during the Nizami reign.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Khalidi|first=Omar|date=1994|title=Memoirs of General El Edroos|journal=Pakistan Historical Society|volume=42|issue=2|pages=181–213}}</ref> The book also contains some rare pictures of the royal and aristocratic events that took place at the time.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
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* [[Hyderabad State]]
* [[Hyderabadi Muslims]]
* [[History of Hyderabad]]
* [[Operation Polo]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091118171620/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,780030,00.html INDIA: The Happy War], [[Time (magazine)]], 27 September 1948
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=dEoEAAAAMBAJ
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sw2F-UhSM Video of Soldiers of NIZAMS of HYDERABAD]
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[[Category:People from Hyderabad State
[[Category:Hyderabad State Forces]]
[[Category:Commanders in chief]]
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