Azam Jah


Azam Jah, Damat Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Sir Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur Bayaffendi 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 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. Azam's younger son is Sahebzada Mir Karamat Ali Khan Siddiqi Muffakham Jah.

Residence

He lived at Bella Vista, Hyderabad, a palace near Hussain Sagar.

Titles

The now known as 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.

Honours and legacy