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90 second marriage. In fact, Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra married Ḥaḍrat Amtul Latif Begum on the insistence of his first wife Ḥaḍrat Shaukat Sultan Begum, with the hope that he may have children from his second marriage. N ot only during his lifetime, but even after his death both his wives continued to live together and always cared for each other. Not once, was there any discord between them. All relatives, close and distant, bear witness to the fact that both the wives of Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra lived together so amicably that such amity is seldom found even among sisters. Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra was able to impart such noble values to his children that they looked up t o b oth their mothers with equal reve rence. Though s eemingly unbelievable, it took a few years for some of them to discover which of their two mothers , was actually their real mother. His children called their elder mother "Achi Amma", which means "good mother" and addressed their biological mother as "Amma", meaning "mother". Both wives assisted each other in looking after the children and the household. So pivotal was the role of Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib 's personality that both his wives remained beside each other for as long as they lived. All his children remained equally attached to both their mothers till the end. In her interview with the author, Syeda Amtullah Begum related some interesting aspects about Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib 's personality. She stated that he was extremely neat and tidy and meticul ous. His study was always immaculately clean and organized. Not everyone was allowed to handle the cleaning of his room. He did not like things being misplaced. At home, he would mostly be clad in oriental white cotton pyjamas and a white kurta. At work, h e