he managed to escape from jail on january 18 1859 before he could be transported for kala paani ki saza they supposed it an attempt of the foreigners to overthrow the mughal emperor says mohammad ali baig prominent theatre personality from hyderabad who brought to life turrebaz khans story on stage recently with his play 1857 turrebaz khan which premiered at the edinburgh festival fringe turrebaz khan fled too but with hopes of coming back with additional strength and support but being a loyal patriot he refused to divulge any information on moulvi in return for decreased punishment it seems like the legend of turrebaz khan took birth with the revolt of 1857 and died with it thus turrebaz son of rustum khan resident of the begum bazar laid his life heroically for the cause of the people while the nizams of hyderabad were more interested in preserving their power just as the mughal ruler in delhi during the trial he was asked about the whereabouts of moulvi allaudin and his contributions in the uprising but unfortunately nizam afzal uddaula and his minister salar jung along with the umraos and sardars adopted a probritish stance turrebaz and moulvi allaudin deserve to be remembered for their role in trying to liberate the nizams dominions from the clutches of the british says dr devireddy subramanyam reddy thus began the war dues of about rupees 5055 lakh was waived in the meantime news of 5000 men marching towards the british residency reached minister mir turab ali khan instead he took all the charges on his head says mohammad ali baig with the nizam signing the treaty of subsidiary alliance with the east india company in 1800 he fell into huge debts and the british wielded a lot of influence over him four shot dead the arena was a scene of carnage with bodies of martyred rohillas as davidson wrote according to several historic accounts turrebaz body was hanged naked from a tree near the residency building to serve as a deterrent turrebaz khan is a name the history books rarely acknowledge the lightlyarmed men led by turrebaz and maulvi and the rebels positioned in the houses of the soucars were no match for the trained soldiers of madras horse artillery at around 630 pm they took positions in two large houses facing the western wall of the residency belonging to two soucars moneylenders abban saheb and jaigopal das who vacated their homes for the noble cause as the news of the revolt which started in meerut reached hyderabad posters appeared on walls of mosques churches and in public squares urging the nizam and the people to rise up against the british the title of star of india was conferred upon the nizam he was tried by the hyderabad court and sentenced to transportation to andaman for life says dr devireddy subramanyam reddy he was also allowed to issue coins with his image instead of the mughals there is a turrebaz khan road as