The preface for the book was written by Gordon Johnson (Director of the Cambridge university center for South Asian studies and President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2015–18)) who wrote that not only does the study chronicle the live of the last Nizam but also the complexities of the relationship of the Indian States with the British raj which is an often ignored aspect of Indian history. Gordon wrote that the study thus contributes to our understanding of modern political developments in the sub-continent. Zubaida Yazdani also supervised the translation from Urdu into English, of a novel titled Taubat al Nusuh written by Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi who was the first Urdu novelist. Nazir Ahmed was a contemporary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and was concerned with the reform and education of Muslims particularly Muslim women. Taubat al Nusuh is considered by many to be the first novel written in Urdu. Zubaida Yazdani also wrote numerous papers and articles which were presented at scholarly conferences. Zubaida Yazdani was always involved in social and educational work in particular for the benefit of the underprivileged. However her work in the establishment of a women's college stands out. While Zubaida Yazdani was working as a Reader in history at the Women's college, Osmania university she noticed that because of the increased number of women seeking admission, the underprivileged women were finding it difficult to get admission to the existing women's colleges. A branch of the Federation of University Women was established at Hyderabad, under the name of the University Women's Cultural Association and she was appointed its Secretary. Zubaida Yazdani presented her proposal for the establishment of a new women's college to the Association and the proposal was accepted by Sri Devi the principal of the Women's College who highly encouraged the project. However the association was concerned about the lack of resources for such an undertaking because not a rupee was available for this proposal. Zubaida Yazdani went door to door to raise funds from wealthy individuals and businesses. She was also able to get teachers to agree to teach in the college with the condition that for the first year they would only receive Rupees 20 to Rupees 25 per month. This was an extremely low salary for teachers in those days. There was also no building for the proposed college. So she approached Sultan Bazar library because their buildings were empty all day and the administration of the library agreed to let the college use their buildings temporarily.