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{{Short description|Titular Nizam of Hyderabad since 1967}}
{{Short description|Titular Nizam of Hyderabad (1967–2023)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
|name       = Mir Barakat Ali Khan
| name         = Mir Barakat Ali Khan
|title       = Asaf Jah VIII
| title       = Asaf Jah VIII
|image       = AsafJahVIII-Dürrühshehvar 1stOfficialPic 1934.jpeg
| image       = Prince Of Hyderabad.jpg
|image_size =  
| image_size   =  
|caption     = Jah with his mother Princess [[Durru Shehvar]], Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire.
| caption     = Mukarram Jah with his younger brother [[Muffakham Jah]]
|succession = 8th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] ([[Titular ruler|titular]])
| succession   = 8th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] ([[Titular ruler|titular]])
|reign       = 24 February 1967 – 5 November 1971<br>(pretender since 1971)
| reign       = 24 February 1967 – 5 November 1971<br>(pretender 1971–2023)
|moretext   =
| moretext     =  
|coronation = 6 April 1967
| coronation   = 6 April 1967
|reign-type =
| reign-type   =  
|predecessor = [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII|Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII]]
| predecessor = [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII]]
|successor   = [[Prince Azmet Jah|Azmet Jah]]
| successor   = Position abolished<br/>{{small|[[Azmet Jah]] (pretender)}}
|suc-type   = Heir apparent
| suc-type     =  
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|10|06|df=y}}
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1933|10|06|df=y}}
|birth_place = Hilafet Palace, [[Nice]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| birth_place = Hilafet Palace, [[Nice]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
|death_date  =
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2023|1|15|1933|10|6|df=y}}
|death_place =
| death_place = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
|spouse     = [[Princess Esra Birgin]] <br>(1959–1974; divorced) <br>Aysha Simmons <br>(1979–1989; widowed) <br>[[Manolya Onur]] <br>(1992–1997; divorced) <br>Jameela Boularous (co-wife) <br>(since 1992) <br>Princess Ayesha Orchedi (co-wife) <br>(since 1994)
| burial_date  = 18 January 2023
|issue       = [[Prince Azmet Jah Sahebzada Mir Azmet Ali Khan Siddiqi]] <br>Sahibzadi Shehkyar <br>Azam Jah Sahebzada Alexander Ali Khan Siddiqi <br>Umar Jah, Sahebzada Mohammod Umar Ali Khan Siddiqi (deceased)<br>Nilufer
| burial_place = [[Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad|Makkah Masjid]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
<br>Zairin
| spouse       = [[Esra Birgen|Princess Esra Birgin]] <br>(1959–1974; divorced) <br>Aysha Simmons <br>(1979–1989; widowed) <br>[[Manolya Onur]] <br>(1992–1997; divorced) <br>Jameela Boularous (co-wife) <br>(since 1992) <br>Princess Ayesha Orchedi (co-wife) <br>(since 1994)
|house       = [[House of Asaf Jah]] <br>[[House of Osman]]
| issue       = {{plainlist|
|father     = [[Azam Jah]]
*[[Azmet Jah|Azmet Jah, Crown Prince of Hyderabad]]
|mother     = [[Princess Durru Shehvar]]
*Princess Shehryar
|religion   = [[Sunni Islam]]
*Prince Alexander Azam Khan
*Price Mohammad Amzad Hussain Khan
*Prince Mohammad Umar Khan
*Princess Nilufer
*Princess Zairin}}
| house       = [[Asaf Jahi dynasty|House of Asaf Jah]]
| father       = [[Azam Jah]]
| mother       = [[Dürrüşehvar Sultan]]
| religion     = [[Sunni Islam]]
}}
}}
'''Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII''' (born 6 October 1933), less formally known as '''Mukarram Jah''', has been the [[Titular ruler|titular]] [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] since the death of his grandfather in 1967.<ref name="Zubrzycki">{{Citation | last = Zubrzycki | first = John | title = The Last Nizam: An Indian Prince in the Australian Outback | publisher = Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited | year = 2006 | isbn = 1-4050-3722-9}}</ref>


He currently chairs the H.E.H. The Nizam's Charitable Trust and Mukarram Jah Trust for Education & Learning (MJTEL).<ref>[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131220/news-current-affairs/article/nizam-mukarram-jah-trust-education-and-learning-wins-tax-fight Nizam Mukarram Jah Trust] at deccanchronicle.com</ref>
'''Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII''' (6 October 1933 – 15 January 2023), less formally known as '''Mukarram Jah''', was the [[Titular ruler|titular]] [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] between 1967 and 1971.<ref name="Zubrzycki">{{Citation | last = Zubrzycki | first = John | title = The Last Nizam: An Indian Prince in the Australian Outback | publisher = Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited | year = 2006 | isbn = 1-4050-3722-9}}</ref> He was the head of the [[Asaf Jahi dynasty|House of Asaf Jah]] until he died in 2023.
 
Born as the eldest son of [[Azam Jah]] and [[Dürrüşehvar Sultan]], he was named successor to the title of [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] by his grandfather [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]. Upon Osman's death in 1967, he became the titular Nizam. He lost his titles and the [[Privy Purse|privy purses]] in 1971 when the 26th Amendment to the Indian constitution was passed.
 
Jah subsequently moved to Australia, where he stayed at the [[Murchison House Station]]. While the prince remained in Australia, his palaces in Hyderabad were encroached upon and fell into disrepair. Numerous divorce settlements and failed business ventures led to the loss of the majority of his fortune. In 1996, he moved to Turkey where he remained until he died in 2023. Jah was buried in Hyderabad.
 
Jah chaired the [[H.E.H. the Nizam's Charitable Trust|H.E.H. The Nizam's Charitable Trust]] and Mukarram Jah Trust for Education & Learning (MJTEL) Mukarram Jah High School.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-20 |title=Nizam Mukarram Jah Trust for Education and Learning wins tax fight |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131220/news-current-affairs/article/nizam-mukarram-jah-trust-education-and-learning-wins-tax-fight |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Mukarram Jah was born to [[Azam Jah]], the son and heir of [[Osman Ali Khan]], the last reigning Nizam of Hyderabad state, by his wife [[Durru Shehvar|Princess Durru Shehvar]], daughter of the last [[Ottoman Caliph|Caliph]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Abdulmejid II]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Princess Durru Shehvar passes away | date = 2006-02-09 | url = http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/09/stories/2006020919300500.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071025025100/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/09/stories/2006020919300500.htm| url-status = dead| newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | archive-date = 2007-10-25}}</ref> Jah was educated in India at [[The Doon School]], [[Dehradun]] where he finished most of his schooling. He then completed the rest of his education in [[Harrow School|Harrow]], [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], the [[London School of Economics]], and [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Singh | first = Kishore | title = India's wealthiest man the country forgot | newspaper = Business Standard | date = 2007-03-30 | url = http://business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=279415}}</ref>


Jah was a friend of India's first Prime Minister, Pandit [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], and stated in 2010 that Nehru had wanted him to become his personal envoy or the Indian ambassador to a Muslim country.<ref>{{Citation | title = Nehru had big plans for me, says Mukarram Jah | date = 2010-03-14 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-14/hyderabad/28126361_1_chiran-palace-prince-mukarram-jah-prime-minister| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110811050901/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-14/hyderabad/28126361_1_chiran-palace-prince-mukarram-jah-prime-minister| url-status = dead| newspaper = [[The Times of India]] | archive-date = 2011-08-11}}</ref> His two main palaces in Hyderabad, [[Chowmahalla Palace|Chowmahalla]] and [[Falaknuma Palace|Falaknuma]], have been restored and opened to the public, the former as a museum showcasing the era of the Nizams and the latter as a luxury hotel. The Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel opened in February 2010, having been leased to the [[Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces|Taj Group]], after some ten years of renovations.<ref>{{Citation | title = Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad - Opening February 2010 | date = February 2010 | url = http://www.tajgetaways.com/palaces/falaknuma/falaknuma.html | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100322203715/http://www.tajgetaways.com/palaces/falaknuma/falaknuma.html | archivedate = 22 March 2010}}</ref>
=== Early life and education ===
Mukarram Jah was born to [[Azam Jah]], the son and heir of [[Osman Ali Khan]], the last reigning Nizam of Hyderabad state, by his wife [[Dürrüşehvar Sultan]], daughter of the last [[Ottoman Caliph|Caliph]] of the [[Ottoman dynasty]], [[Abdulmejid II]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Princess Durru Shehvar passes away | date = 9 February 2006 | url = http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/09/stories/2006020919300500.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071025025100/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/09/stories/2006020919300500.htm| url-status = dead| newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | archive-date = 25 October 2007}}</ref>  His younger brother is [[Muffakham Jah]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nizam set to get possession of £35 million after London court rules in favour|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/692002-london-court-rules-in-favour-of-nizam-set-to-get-possession-of-35-million|access-date=2022-01-12|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Convert Nizam's lands into parks, royal kin urges Telangana CM|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2021/jul/09/convert-nizams-lands-into-parks-royalkin-urges-telangana-cm-2327491.html|access-date=17 January 2022|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
 
Jah was educated in [[India]] at [[the Doon School]] in [[Dehradun]] and in [[England]] at [[Harrow School|Harrow]] and [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]]. He also studied at the [[London School of Economics]] and at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Singh |first=Kishore |title=India's wealthiest man the country forgot |date=30 March 2007 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/india-s-wealthiest-man-the-country-forgot-107033001010_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard}}</ref>
 
Jah stayed at [[Teen Murti Bhavan]] in New Delhi for a while and briefly served as an honorary aide-de-camp of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=K.S.S.SESHAN |date=2018-10-30 |title=The progressive princess of Hyderabad |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/princess-durru-shehvar-progressive-princess-of-hyderabad/article25368539.ece |access-date=2023-01-17 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He stated in 2010 that Nehru had wanted him to become his personal envoy or the Indian ambassador to a [[Muslim]] country.<ref>{{Citation |title=Nehru had big plans for me, says Mukarram Jah |date=14 March 2010 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-14/hyderabad/28126361_1_chiran-palace-prince-mukarram-jah-prime-minister |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811050901/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-14/hyderabad/28126361_1_chiran-palace-prince-mukarram-jah-prime-minister |archive-date=11 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
=== Nizam of Hyderabad ===
He became the titular Nizam of Hyderabad after the death of his grandfather in 1967.
 
=== Life in Australia and Turkey ===
In 1972, he visited Australia<ref name="MGAge">{{cite news |last1=Grattan |first1=Michelle |title=The Last Nizam |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/the-last-nizam-20060812-ge2wkj.html |access-date=19 February 2023 |publisher=The Age |date=12 August 2006 |ref=MGAge}}</ref> and came across the [[Murchison House Station]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Murchison House Station, Western Australia |url=https://www.murchisonhousestation.com.au |website=Murchison House Station |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref> a pastoral property of 350,000 acres on the west coast, near Kalbarri. He bought the farm and permanently moved to Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janyala |first=Sreenivas |date=2023-01-17 |title=Trailed by history, the Last Nizam, who travelled continents, died away from 'home' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/mukarram-jah-last-nizam-hyderabad-history-travelled-continents-died-home-8386542/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He also purchased Havelock House,<ref>{{cite web |title=Havelock House |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/21f2c0c0-8c36-4931-8a02-29f0b2890508 |website=Heritage Council of Western Australia |publisher=Government of Western Australia |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> a mansion in [[Perth]].
 
In 1996, he sold the farm and moved to [[Turkey]] shortly after.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=2023-02-07 |title=Mukarram Jah, Heir to an Opulent Throne He Abandoned, Dies at 89 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/world/asia/mukarram-jah-dead.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
His two main palaces in Hyderabad, [[Chowmahalla Palace|Chowmahalla]] and [[Falaknuma Palace|Falaknuma]], have been restored and opened to the public, the former as a museum showcasing the era of the Nizams and the latter as a luxury hotel. The Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel opened in February 2010, having been leased to the [[Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces|Taj Group]], after some ten years of renovations.<ref>{{Citation | title = Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad - Opening February 2010 | date = February 2010 | url = http://www.tajgetaways.com/palaces/falaknuma/falaknuma.html | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100322203715/http://www.tajgetaways.com/palaces/falaknuma/falaknuma.html | archivedate = 22 March 2010}}</ref>
 
Like his grandfather, Mukarram was the richest man in India until the 1980s. However, in the 1990s, he lost some assets to divorce settlements. His net worth is nevertheless estimated at $US 2 billion.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,497496,00.html Natwest Bank account freeze]</ref><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5118720.stm Costliest divorce in India]</ref>
 
=== Death and funeral ===
Jah died on 15 January 2023, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mukarram Jah, Eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, Passes Away |url=https://www.thequint.com/south-india/mukarram-jah-bahadur-eighth-nizam-hyderabad-passed-away-istanbul-esra-nawab-mir-barket-ali-khan-walashan |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=The Quint |date=15 January 2023}}</ref> Per Jah's wishes, his funeral took place in [[Hyderabad]] which was the former capital of [[Hyderabad State]] and of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], on 18 January 2023.


Like his father, Mukarram was the richest man in India until the 1980s. However, in the 1990s he lost some assets to divorce settlements. His net worth is nevertheless estimated at $US1 billion.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,497496,00.html Natwest Bank account freeze]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5118720.stm Costliest divorce in India]</ref>
His remains were [[Lying in state|laid in state]] at the [[Chowmahalla Palace]], where family members and government officials paid their respects.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-01-17 |title=Last Nizam to be laid to rest with police honours |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/last-nizam-to-be-laid-to-rest-with-police-honours/article66387328.ece |access-date=2023-01-17 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In the evening of 18 January, he was buried at the [[Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad|Mecca Masjid]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nanisetti |first=Serish |date=2023-01-18 |title=Mukarram Jah laid to rest in Mecca Masjid |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/mukarram-jah-laid-to-rest-in-mecca-masjid/article66397402.ece |access-date=2023-01-19 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


==Marriages and issue==
==Personal life==
Mukarram Jah married five times. His first wife was a Turkish princess, [[Princess Esra|Esra Birgin]] (b. 1936), and they married in 1959.<ref name="Zubrzycki"/><ref>{{Cite web | last = Guruswamy | first = Mohan | title = Books: The Last Nizam by John Zubrzycki. Picador India, Delhi, 2006. | work = City of Hope: a symposium on Hyderabad and its syncretic culture | date = May 2008 | url = http://www.india-seminar.com/2008/585/585_books.htm | accessdate = 2008-12-30}}</ref> Jah left his Hyderabad palace for a [[sheep station]] in the [[Australian outback]] and divorced his wife, who did not want to move with him.<ref name="dalrymple">{{Citation | last = Dalrymple | first = William | author-link = William Dalrymple (historian) | title = The lost world | newspaper = Guardian | date = 2007-12-08 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/dec/08/weekend.williamdalrymple}}</ref> In 1979, he married a former [[air hostess]] and employee of the [[BBC]], Helen Simmons (b. 1949 – d. 1989);<ref name="timesofindia060321"/> she converted to Islam and changed her name to Aysha. After her death, he married [[Manolya Onur]] (b. 1954 – d. 2017), a former [[Miss Turkey]] in 1992, and divorced her after a five-year marriage in 1997.<ref name="dalrymple"/><ref name="timesofindia060321">{{Citation | title = Turkish Beauty Fights for Justice | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 2006-03-21 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1457880,flstry-1.cms | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100120080731/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1457880,flstry-1.cms | archivedate = 20 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia060319">{{Citation | last = Shrivastava | first = Namita A | title = Princess diaries | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 2006-03-19 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1455717,prtpage-1.cms}}</ref>
=== Marriages ===
Mukarram Jah married five times. His first wife was a Turkish noblewoman, [[Princess Esra|Esra Birgin]] (b. 1936), and they married in 1959.<ref name="Zubrzycki"/><ref>{{Cite web | last = Guruswamy | first = Mohan | title = Books: The Last Nizam by John Zubrzycki. Picador India, Delhi, 2006. | work = City of Hope: a symposium on Hyderabad and its syncretic culture | date = May 2008 | url = http://www.india-seminar.com/2008/585/585_books.htm | accessdate = 30 December 2008}}</ref> Jah left his Hyderabad palace for a [[sheep station]] in the [[Australian outback]] and divorced his wife, who did not want to move with him.<ref name="dalrymple">{{Citation | last = Dalrymple | first = William | author-link = William Dalrymple (historian) | title = The lost world | newspaper = Guardian | date = 8 December 2007 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/dec/08/weekend.williamdalrymple}}</ref> In 1979, he married a former [[air hostess]] and employee of the [[BBC]], Helen Simmons (b. 1949 – d. 1989);<ref name="timesofindia060321"/><ref name="AWW19800312">{{cite journal |last1=Sandilands |first1=John |title=Nizam of Hyderabad marries Perth girl |journal=Australian Women's Weekly |date=12 March 1980 |pages=2–5 |access-date=19 February 2023 |url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55462103/439864}}</ref> she converted to Islam and changed her name to Aysha. After her death, he married [[Manolya Onur]] (b. 1954 – d. 2017), a former [[Miss Turkey]] in 1992, and divorced her after a five-year marriage in 1997.<ref name="dalrymple"/><ref name="timesofindia060321">{{Citation | title = Turkish Beauty Fights for Justice | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 21 March 2006 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1457880,flstry-1.cms | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100120080731/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1457880,flstry-1.cms | archivedate = 20 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia060319">{{Citation | last = Shrivastava | first = Namita A | title = Princess diaries | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 19 March 2006 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1455717,prtpage-1.cms}}</ref>


He married Jameela Boularous (b. 1972), from Morocco, in 1992.<ref>{{Citation | title = Nizam lands in $7-lakh soup | newspaper = The Telegraph, Calcutta, India | date = 2006-03-24 | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060324/asp/atleisure/story_6007307.asp}}</ref> In 1994, he married<ref>{{Citation | last = Leonard | first = Karen Isaksen | title = Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad | publisher = Stanford University Press | year = 2007 | page = 111 | isbn = 978-0-8047-5442-2}}</ref> Princess Ayesha Orchedi (b. 1959), who is Turkish.<ref>{{Citation | last = Parasher | first = Paritosh | title = Nizam's descendant faces unpaid wages charge in Aussie court | newspaper = Indo-Asian News Service | date = 2001-08-31 | url = http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/aug/31aus.htm}}</ref>
He married Jameela Boularous (b. 1972), from Morocco, in 1992.<ref>{{Citation | title = Nizam lands in $7-lakh soup | newspaper = The Telegraph, Calcutta, India | date = 24 March 2006 | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060324/asp/atleisure/story_6007307.asp| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060908142358/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060324/asp/atleisure/story_6007307.asp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 8 September 2006}}</ref> In 1994, he married<ref>{{Citation | last = Leonard | first = Karen Isaksen | title = Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad | publisher = Stanford University Press | year = 2007 | page = 111 | isbn = 978-0-8047-5442-2}}</ref> Princess Ayesha Orchedi (b. 1959), who is Turkish.<ref>{{Citation | last = Parasher | first = Paritosh | title = Nizam's descendant faces unpaid wages charge in Aussie court | newspaper = Indo-Asian News Service | date = 31 August 2001 | url = http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/aug/31aus.htm}}</ref>


[[File:AsafJah8-Nanny Bombay-1933.jpeg|thumb|right|Nanny carrying the prince from board after arrival in Bombay, 1934]]
[[File:AsafJah8-Nanny Bombay-1933.jpeg|thumb|right|Nanny carrying the prince from board after arrival in Bombay, 1934]]
[[File:Prince Of Hyderabad.jpg|thumb|right|Mukarram Jah with his younger brother [[Muffakham Jah]]]]
[[File:Prince Of Hyderabad.jpg|thumb|right|Mukarram Jah with his younger brother [[Muffakham Jah]]]]


===Sons and daughters===
===Children===
 
By Esra Birgin, Mukarram Jah had one son and one daughter:
By Esra Birgin, Mukarram Jah had one son and one daughter:
* [[Prince Azmet Jah|Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Azmet Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur]] (b. 1962), also known as Azmet Jah (heir apparent), married 1994 to Princess Begum Sahiba Zainab Naz Jah (née Zeynep Naz Guvendiren) and has one son, has worked as a cameraman.<ref name="dalrymple"/><ref name="thehindu">{{Citation | last = Farida | first = Syeda | title = I belong to a lot of countries | newspaper = The Hindu | date = 2005-02-10 | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/02/10/stories/2005021001020100.htm | access-date = 30 December 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100306162714/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/02/10/stories/2005021001020100.htm | archive-date = 6 March 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Prince Azmat Jah|Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Azmat Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur]] (b. 1960), also known as Azmat Jah, married in 1994 to Princess Begum Sahiba Zainab Naz Jah (née Zeynep Naz Guvendiren) and has one son, has worked as a cameraman.<ref name="dalrymple"/><ref name="thehindu">{{Citation | last = Farida | first = Syeda | title = I belong to a lot of countries | newspaper = The Hindu | date = 10 February 2005 | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/02/10/stories/2005021001020100.htm | access-date = 30 December 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100306162714/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/02/10/stories/2005021001020100.htm | archive-date = 6 March 2010 | url-status = usurped }}</ref>
**Murad Jah
**Murad Jah
* Sahibzadi Shehkyar Unisa Begum (b. 1964), unmarried and without issue<ref name="ancestry.com">{{Cite web | last = Soszynski | first = Henry | title = HH Walashan Nawab Mir BEREKET ALI KHAN Mukarram Jah | publisher = Ancestry.com | date = 2005-06-20 | url = http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/turkey/i377.html | accessdate = 2008-12-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160423005341/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/turkey/i377.html | archive-date = 23 April 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Sahibzadi Shehkyar Unisa Begum]] (b. 1964), unmarried and without issue<ref name="ancestry.com">{{Cite web | last = Soszynski | first = Henry | title = HH Walashan Nawab Mir BEREKET ALI KHAN Mukarram Jah | publisher = Ancestry.com | date = 20 June 2005 | url = http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/turkey/i377.html | accessdate = 30 December 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160423005341/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/turkey/i377.html | archive-date = 23 April 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


By Helen Simmons he had two sons:
By Helen Simmons, he had two sons:
* Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Alexander Azam Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur (b. 1979)<ref name="ancestry.com"/>
* Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Alexander Azam Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur (b. 1979)<ref name="ancestry.com"/>
* Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Mohammod Umar Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur (1984-2004) deceased due to drug overdose<ref name="ancestry.com"/>
* Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Mohammad Umar Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur (1984-2004) deceased due to drug overdose<ref name="ancestry.com"/>


By Manolya Onur he had a daughter:
By Manolya Onur he had a daughter:
* Sahebzadi Nilufer Unisa Begum (b. 1992)<ref name="timesofindia060321"/>
* Sahebzadi Nilufer Unisa Begum/Nilufer Elif Jah (b. 1992)<ref name="timesofindia060321"/>


By Jameela Boularous he had a daughter:
By Jameela Boularous he had a daughter:
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==Palaces ==
==Palaces ==
The palaces he owns
 
The palaces he owned:
* [[Chowmahalla Palace]], Hyderabad.
* [[Chowmahalla Palace]], Hyderabad.
* [[Falaknuma Palace]], Hyderabad.
* [[Falaknuma Palace]], Hyderabad.
* [[King Kothi Palace|Nazribagh Palace]], Hyderabad.
* [[King Kothi Palace|Nazribagh Palace]], Hyderabad.
* [[Naukhanda palace|Naukhanda Palace]], Aurangabad.
* [[Naukhanda palace|Naukhanda Palace]], Aurangabad.
* [[Chiraan Palace]], Banjarahills, Hyderabad.  
* Chiraan Palace, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.  
* [[Purani Haveli]] Hyderabad. (Mukarram Jah Trust for education and Learning).
* [[Purani Haveli]] Hyderabad (Mukarram Jah Trust for Education and Learning).
 
=== Complaint against Mukarram Jah===
 
Nawab [[Najaf Ali Khan]], another grandson of 7th Nizam, met the Police Commissioner of Hyderabad and submitted a complaint along with supporting documents alleging that Prince Mukarram Jah, his ex-wife [[Princess Esra]] (who also holds the General Power of Attorney (GPA) of Prince Mukarram Jah), his son [[Prince Azmat Jah]] and his brother Prince [[Muffakham Jah]] had used false documents in the UK High Court to lay claim over the £35 million Nizam’s Fund lying in NatWest Bank there.<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 November 2020|title=VII Nizam's grandson moves police against two cousins, two other kin|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/vii-nizams-grandson-moves-police-against-two-cousins-two-other-kin/article33118605.ece|access-date=6 May 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==
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|5= 5. Dulhan Pasha Begum Sahiba (1889–1955)
|6= 6. [[Abdülmecid II|Abdülmecid II, Caliph]] (1868–1944)
|6= 6. [[Abdülmecid II|Abdülmecid II, Caliph]] (1868–1944)
|7= 7. Atiya Mihisti (1892–1964)<ref>Harun Açba, ''Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924'' (2004) p.214-215</ref>
|7= 7. [[Mehisti Hanım|Atiya Mihisti]] (1892–1964)<ref>Harun Açba, ''Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924'' (2004) p.214-215</ref>
|8= 8. [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]] (1866–1911)
|8= 8. [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]] (1866–1911)
|9= 9. Amat uz-Zahra un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. 1929)
|9= 9. Amat uz-Zahra un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. 1929)
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[H.E.H. the Nizam's Charitable Trust]]
*[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]
*[[Mir Najaf Ali Khan]] - cousin of Mukarram Jah
*[[Mir Najaf Ali Khan]] - cousin of Mukarram Jah
*[[Hyderabad State|Kingdom of Hyderabad]]
*[[Hyderabad State|Kingdom of Hyderabad]]
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071218083009/http://www.chowmahalla.com/htm/celebrities.htm Some recent photographs of the Nizam and the princely family]
* [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/h/hyderabad.html Hyderabad princely state]
*{{YouTube|aBrnCbBZKqI|Rare colour film of accession ceremony of the 8th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1967}}


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Mir Barakat Ali Khan
Asaf Jah VIII
Mukarram Jah with his younger brother Muffakham Jah
8th Nizam of Hyderabad (titular)
Reign24 February 1967 – 5 November 1971
(pretender 1971–2023)
Coronation6 April 1967
PredecessorMir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
SuccessorPosition abolished
Azmet Jah (pretender)
Born(1933-10-06)6 October 1933
Hilafet Palace, Nice, France
Died15 January 2023(2023-01-15) (aged 89)
Istanbul, Turkey
Burial18 January 2023
Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
SpousePrincess Esra Birgin
(1959–1974; divorced)
Aysha Simmons
(1979–1989; widowed)
Manolya Onur
(1992–1997; divorced)
Jameela Boularous (co-wife)
(since 1992)
Princess Ayesha Orchedi (co-wife)
(since 1994)
Issue
HouseHouse of Asaf Jah
FatherAzam Jah
MotherDürrüşehvar Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII (6 October 1933 – 15 January 2023), less formally known as Mukarram Jah, was the titular Nizam of Hyderabad between 1967 and 1971.[1] He was the head of the House of Asaf Jah until he died in 2023.

Born as the eldest son of Azam Jah and Dürrüşehvar Sultan, he was named successor to the title of Nizam of Hyderabad by his grandfather Mir Osman Ali Khan. Upon Osman's death in 1967, he became the titular Nizam. He lost his titles and the privy purses in 1971 when the 26th Amendment to the Indian constitution was passed.

Jah subsequently moved to Australia, where he stayed at the Murchison House Station. While the prince remained in Australia, his palaces in Hyderabad were encroached upon and fell into disrepair. Numerous divorce settlements and failed business ventures led to the loss of the majority of his fortune. In 1996, he moved to Turkey where he remained until he died in 2023. Jah was buried in Hyderabad.

Jah chaired the H.E.H. The Nizam's Charitable Trust and Mukarram Jah Trust for Education & Learning (MJTEL) Mukarram Jah High School.[2]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Mukarram Jah was born to Azam Jah, the son and heir of Osman Ali Khan, the last reigning Nizam of Hyderabad state, by his wife Dürrüşehvar Sultan, daughter of the last Caliph of the Ottoman dynasty, Abdulmejid II.[3] His younger brother is Muffakham Jah.[4][5]

Jah was educated in India at the Doon School in Dehradun and in England at Harrow and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He also studied at the London School of Economics and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[6]

Jah stayed at Teen Murti Bhavan in New Delhi for a while and briefly served as an honorary aide-de-camp of Jawaharlal Nehru.[7] He stated in 2010 that Nehru had wanted him to become his personal envoy or the Indian ambassador to a Muslim country.[8]

Nizam of Hyderabad[edit | edit source]

He became the titular Nizam of Hyderabad after the death of his grandfather in 1967.

Life in Australia and Turkey[edit | edit source]

In 1972, he visited Australia[9] and came across the Murchison House Station,[10] a pastoral property of 350,000 acres on the west coast, near Kalbarri. He bought the farm and permanently moved to Australia.[11] He also purchased Havelock House,[12] a mansion in Perth.

In 1996, he sold the farm and moved to Turkey shortly after.[13]

His two main palaces in Hyderabad, Chowmahalla and Falaknuma, have been restored and opened to the public, the former as a museum showcasing the era of the Nizams and the latter as a luxury hotel. The Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel opened in February 2010, having been leased to the Taj Group, after some ten years of renovations.[14]

Like his grandfather, Mukarram was the richest man in India until the 1980s. However, in the 1990s, he lost some assets to divorce settlements. His net worth is nevertheless estimated at $US 2 billion.[15][16]

Death and funeral[edit | edit source]

Jah died on 15 January 2023, at the age of 89.[17] Per Jah's wishes, his funeral took place in Hyderabad which was the former capital of Hyderabad State and of the Nizam of Hyderabad, on 18 January 2023.

His remains were laid in state at the Chowmahalla Palace, where family members and government officials paid their respects.[18] In the evening of 18 January, he was buried at the Mecca Masjid.[19]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Marriages[edit | edit source]

Mukarram Jah married five times. His first wife was a Turkish noblewoman, Esra Birgin (b. 1936), and they married in 1959.[1][20] Jah left his Hyderabad palace for a sheep station in the Australian outback and divorced his wife, who did not want to move with him.[21] In 1979, he married a former air hostess and employee of the BBC, Helen Simmons (b. 1949 – d. 1989);[22][23] she converted to Islam and changed her name to Aysha. After her death, he married Manolya Onur (b. 1954 – d. 2017), a former Miss Turkey in 1992, and divorced her after a five-year marriage in 1997.[21][22][24]

He married Jameela Boularous (b. 1972), from Morocco, in 1992.[25] In 1994, he married[26] Princess Ayesha Orchedi (b. 1959), who is Turkish.[27]

Nanny carrying the prince from board after arrival in Bombay, 1934
Mukarram Jah with his younger brother Muffakham Jah

Children[edit | edit source]

By Esra Birgin, Mukarram Jah had one son and one daughter:

By Helen Simmons, he had two sons:

  • Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Alexander Azam Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur (b. 1979)[29]
  • Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Mohammad Umar Khan Siddiqi Bayafendi Bahadur (1984-2004) deceased due to drug overdose[29]

By Manolya Onur he had a daughter:

  • Sahebzadi Nilufer Unisa Begum/Nilufer Elif Jah (b. 1992)[22]

By Jameela Boularous he had a daughter:

  • Sahebzadi Zairin Unisa Begum (b. 1994)

Full style[edit | edit source]

His Exalted Highness Prince Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VIII, Muzaffar ul-Mamalik, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Barakat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar.

Military titles

Honorary Lieutenant-General

Palaces[edit | edit source]

The palaces he owned:

Complaint against Mukarram Jah[edit | edit source]

Nawab Najaf Ali Khan, another grandson of 7th Nizam, met the Police Commissioner of Hyderabad and submitted a complaint along with supporting documents alleging that Prince Mukarram Jah, his ex-wife Princess Esra (who also holds the General Power of Attorney (GPA) of Prince Mukarram Jah), his son Prince Azmat Jah and his brother Prince Muffakham Jah had used false documents in the UK High Court to lay claim over the £35 million Nizam’s Fund lying in NatWest Bank there.[30]

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Ancestors of Mukarram Jah[citation needed]
16. Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V (1827–1869)
8. Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI (1866–1911)
17. Allah Rakhi Begum
4. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (1886–1967)
18. Mukhtar ul-Mulk, Shuja ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Tawab ‘Ali Khan, Salar Jung Bahadur
9. Amat uz-Zahra un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. 1929)
19. Preetamji Sahiba
2. Azam Jah (1907–1970)
20. Haidar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Khushru Ali Khan Bahadur, Haidar Jang
10. Nawab Mir Jahangir Ali Khan Bahadur, Jahangir Jang
21. Sahibzadi Rahat un-nisa Begum Sahiba
(granddaughter of Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV)
5. Dulhan Pasha Begum Sahiba (1889–1955)
1. Prince Mukarram Jah
24. Mahmud II, Ottoman Sultan (1785–1839)
12. Abdülaziz, Ottoman Sultan (1830–1876)
25. Valide Sultan Pertevniyal (1812–1883)
6. Abdülmecid II, Caliph (1868–1944)
13. Hayranıdil Kadınefendi (1846–1895)
3. Princess Durru Shehvar (1914–2006)
14. Hacımaf Bey Akalsba
7. Atiya Mihisti (1892–1964)[31]
15. Safiye Hanım

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zubrzycki, John (2006), The Last Nizam: An Indian Prince in the Australian Outback, Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited, ISBN 1-4050-3722-9
  2. ↑ "Nizam Mukarram Jah Trust for Education and Learning wins tax fight". Deccan Chronicle. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Princess Durru Shehvar passes away", The Hindu, 9 February 2006, archived from the original on 25 October 2007
  4. ↑ "Nizam set to get possession of £35 million after London court rules in favour". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Convert Nizam's lands into parks, royal kin urges Telangana CM". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Singh, Kishore (30 March 2007), "India's wealthiest man the country forgot", Business Standard
  7. ↑ K.S.S.SESHAN (30 October 2018). "The progressive princess of Hyderabad". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Nehru had big plans for me, says Mukarram Jah", The Times of India, 14 March 2010, archived from the original on 11 August 2011
  9. ↑ Grattan, Michelle (12 August 2006). "The Last Nizam". The Age. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Murchison House Station, Western Australia". Murchison House Station. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  11. ↑ Janyala, Sreenivas (17 January 2023). "Trailed by history, the Last Nizam, who travelled continents, died away from 'home'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Havelock House". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  13. ↑ Traub, Alex (7 February 2023). "Mukarram Jah, Heir to an Opulent Throne He Abandoned, Dies at 89". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ↑ Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad - Opening February 2010, February 2010, archived from the original on 22 March 2010
  15. ↑ Natwest Bank account freeze
  16. ↑ Costliest divorce in India
  17. ↑ "Mukarram Jah, Eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, Passes Away". The Quint. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  18. ↑ "Last Nizam to be laid to rest with police honours". The Hindu. 17 January 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  19. ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (18 January 2023). "Mukarram Jah laid to rest in Mecca Masjid". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  20. ↑ Guruswamy, Mohan (May 2008). "Books: The Last Nizam by John Zubrzycki. Picador India, Delhi, 2006". City of Hope: a symposium on Hyderabad and its syncretic culture. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Dalrymple, William (8 December 2007), "The lost world", Guardian
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 "Turkish Beauty Fights for Justice", The Times of India, 21 March 2006, archived from the original on 20 January 2010
  23. ↑ Sandilands, John (12 March 1980). "Nizam of Hyderabad marries Perth girl". Australian Women's Weekly: 2–5. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  24. ↑ Shrivastava, Namita A (19 March 2006), "Princess diaries", The Times of India
  25. ↑ "Nizam lands in $7-lakh soup", The Telegraph, Calcutta, India, 24 March 2006, archived from the original on 8 September 2006
  26. ↑ Leonard, Karen Isaksen (2007), Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad, Stanford University Press, p. 111, ISBN 978-0-8047-5442-2
  27. ↑ Parasher, Paritosh (31 August 2001), "Nizam's descendant faces unpaid wages charge in Aussie court", Indo-Asian News Service
  28. ↑ Farida, Syeda (10 February 2005), "I belong to a lot of countries", The Hindu, archived from the original on 6 March 2010, retrieved 30 December 2008
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Soszynski, Henry (20 June 2005). "HH Walashan Nawab Mir BEREKET ALI KHAN Mukarram Jah". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  30. ↑ "VII Nizam's grandson moves police against two cousins, two other kin". The Hindu. 17 November 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  31. ↑ Harun Açba, Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924 (2004) p.214-215
Mukarram Jah
Born: 6 October 1933 Died: 15 January 2023
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII 		— TITULAR —
Nizam of Hyderabad
Titular
1967 – 1971
Reason for succession failure:
Indian annexation of Hyderabad 		Title abolished by
26th Amendment
Loss of title
Recognition of title withdrawn
 — TITULAR —
Nizam of Hyderabad
Pretence
1971 – 2023
Reason for succession failure:
26th Amendment to the Constitution of India 		Succeeded by
Azmet Jah
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