Khaki Saheb was an elderly mast who lived in a humble house opposite the shrine of the saint Baba Sharafuddin . He was quite aloof, spending most of his days alone in one room of his house.
By 1945, Sayyed Mu'inuddin (also called Majzoob Mian ), a lame, elderly man, was a fearsome jalali mast of the sixth plane. By 1945 he had become the spiritual chargeman of Hyderabad. However, he would humbly sweep the road with his bare hands, ask for his favorite sweet ( barfi , and was a heavy cigarette smoker. Because of his fiery nature, he was not easy to contact, and at first attempt Baba and the men were repulsed by the colorful cursing they heard when they approached him. In fact, when Baidul alone tried to approach him, Mu'inuddin chased him away by hitting him with a stone. Eventually, by offering him his favorite cigarettes and sweets, Baidul was able to cool the mast's temper, and soon after Baba was able to contact him successfully and was exceptionally happy with the results.
There were a large number of other masts and pilgrims whom Baba worked with in Hyderabad. Near the railway station in the local area of the city called Khairatabad, a hall was rented where masts were taken. There Baba would sit with them alone. Meher Baba's work with masts in Hyderabad was extremely significant. Indeed, in no other city in India did he work with as many masts as he did in Hyderabad — almost 70 in all! Perhaps Baba's contacts with so many masts at this time had to do with bringing an end to World War II.
Eruch and Jalbhai arrived in Hyderabad from Poona on 1 April 1945. The same day, Baba and the women moved into the Jubilee Hills bungalow. On the 10th, after staying in Hyderabad for a month, Baba, accompanied by Kaka, Baidul and Eruch, left for Bidar, where he contacted four masts. One mast, called Maulana Abdul Haq , was dressed oddly in layers of clothes and a bunched-up turban, resembling the rotund character featured in Dunlop tire ads. For this reason Baba nicknamed him Dunlop .
Siddiq Shah was a high majzoob-like saint of the sixth plane, whom Baba contacted in Bidar. The saint was an old, tall, thin man, who had a mild jamali temperament, and always wore a fez. Oddly enough, whenever and wherever Siddiq Shah went, he had a comic sidekick who appeared half-mast or half-mad.