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Son of the last nizam of Hyderabad (1907–1970) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sahebzada Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Azam Jah GCIE GBE (Urdu: اعظم جاہ داماد والاشان صاحب زادہ نواب سر میر حمایت علی خان بہادر بے آفندی; 21/22 February 1907 – 9 October 1970) was the eldest son of the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and Sahebzadi Azamunnisa Begum, daughter of Sahebzada Mir Jahangir Ali Khan Siddiqi.
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Born | Hyderabad, Kingdom of Hyderabad, British India (present-day Telangana, India) | 22 February 1907||||
Died | 7 October 1970 63) | (aged||||
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House | House of Asaf Jah | ||||
Father | Osman Ali Khan | ||||
Mother | Sahebzadi Azamunnisa Begum (Dulhan Pasha Begum)[1] |
In 1936, he was given the courtesy title of prince of Berar,[2] a territory of the Nizam then leased in perpetuity to the British and administered by them.
In 1931 Azam Jah married Dürrüşehvar Sultan, a member of the House of Osman (formerly of the Ottoman Empire) and the daughter of the last Ottoman Caliph Abdülmecid II, in Nice on 12 November 1932. The marriage failed in 1954 after producing two sons.[citation needed]
On the death of the seventh Nizam, the title passed to Azam Jah's elder son, Sahebzada Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, as the eighth Nizam. Whereas, Azam's younger son is Sahebzada Mir Karamat Ali Khan Siddiqi Muffakham Jah.[citation needed]
He lived at Bella Vista, Hyderabad, a 10-acre (40,000 m2) palace near Hussain Sagar.[citation needed]
The (Nizamia Mosque) now known as (London Central Mosque) was funded by the Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and the foundation stone of the mosque was laid on Friday, 4 June 1937, by his eldest son - His Highness Prince Azam Jah.[4][5]
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