The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Macci, Muhammed Zahiruddin
Macci, Muhammed Zahiruddin, B.A., Superintendent of Police, Mysore State; belongs to the Kazi family of Mysore whose members have successively been holding the post of Kazi of Bangalore and its suberbs, and whose claims for the office have been recognised by the successive ruling dynasties; b. at Bangalore, 1872; educ: Central College, Bangalore, the Madras Christian College, and the Madras Law Colloge; passed B.A., 1893; studied for Law and passed the F.L. Examination, 1895; was a scholarship holder from the State of Mysore; also held a scholarship of Rs. 45 a month from the Government of Hyderabad; joined the Mysore State service as Probationary Assistant Superintendent of Police, 1897; on plague duty on the frontiers of the Chitaldroog District, 1898; on plague duty in Mysore, 1899; was Assistant Superintendent of Police, French Rocks, etc.; became Superintendent of Police, 1904; on special duty in Mysore during the marriage of His Highness as also during the visit of Lord Curzon in connection with the installation of His Highness; again on special duty in Mysore during the visit of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1906; promoted as Assistant Commissioner and posted as Superintendent of Police, Mysore; organised the “Sri Krishna Railway Police Gymnasium” for the cultivation of athletics by the police force; started a co-operative society among the Muhammadans of Kola-Kalumru which has now developed into the “Zahir-ul-Islam Co-operative Society”. Publications; “Urdu pamphlet on Plague”, subsequently translated into English at the cost of the State and distributed broadcast. Recreations: Gymnasium. Address: Mysore, India.