Azam Jah

General His Highness Azam Jah, Damat Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Sir
Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur Bayaffendi
Prince of Berar, GCIE, GBE
Azam Jah with his wife Princess Durru Shehvar and her father (his father-in-law) Caliph Abdulmecid II, 1932
Born (1907-02-22)22 February 1907
Died 7 October 1970(1970-10-07) (aged 63)
Residence Bella Vista, Hyderabad
Spouse Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire
Issue Mukarram Jah
Muffakham Jah
Full name
Sahebzada Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Azam Jah
House House of Asaf Jah
Father Osman Ali Khan
Mother Sahebzadi Azam unnisa Begum[1]

Azam Jah, Damat Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Sir Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur Bayaffendi (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 Siddiqi Asif Jah VII and Sahebzadi Azam unisa Begum, daughter of Sahebzada Mir Jhangir Ali Khan Siddiqi. In 1936 he was given the courtesy title of Prince of Berar, a territory of the Nizam then leased in perpetuity to the British and administered by them.

Azam Jah married Princess Durru Shehvar, 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 after producing two sons.

On the death of the VII Nizam, the title passed to Azam Jah's elder son, Sahebzada Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, as eighth Nizam, who was still the pretender to the throne of Hyderabad. Azam's younger son is Sahebzada Mir Karamat Ali Khan Siddiqi Muffakham Jah.

Residence

He lived at Bella Vista, Hyderabad, a 10-acre (40,000 m2) palace near Hussain Sagar.

Titles

  • 1907-1912: Second Wali Ahad Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur
  • 1912-1934: Wali Ahad Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Bahadur
  • 1934-1937: Major His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar
  • 1937-1942: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar
  • 1942-1947: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Sir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar, GBE
  • 1947-1970: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Sir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar, GCIE, GBE

Honours and Legacy

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References

  1. ↑ Hyderabad Archived 23 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine., Indian Princely States website, accessed 2 July 2010
  2. ↑ Administrator. "A History behind Street Names of Hyderabad & Secunderabad". www.knowap.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  3. ↑ "Himayat Sagar Lake – Weekend Tourist Spot of Hyderabad". www.exploretelangana.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
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