Mukarram Jah
| Mukkaram Jah | |
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| Pretender | |
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| Born |
6 October 1933 Hilafet Palace, Nice, France |
| Title(s) | Nizam of Hyderabad |
| Throne(s) claimed | Hyderabad State |
| Pretend from | 24 February 1967-present (Titular Nizam of Hyderabad) |
| Monarchy abolished | 1948 |
| Last monarch | Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII |
| Connection with | Grandson |
| Royal House | Paternal: House of Asaf Jah |
| Father | Azam Jah |
| Mother | Princess Durru Shehvar, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire |
| Spouse |
Princess Esra Birgin (1959-1974 divorced) Aysha Simmons (1980-1989 widowed) Manolya Onur (1990-1996 divorced) Jameela Boularous (From 1993) Princess Orchedi (From 1995) |
| Children |
Prince Azmet Jah (b. 1960) Sahibzadi Shehkyar Begum (b. 1964) Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mir Sikander 'Alexander' Azam Khan (b. 1979) Walashan Nawab Sahibzada Mohammod Umar Khan (b. 1983) Nilufer (b. 1991) Zairin (b. 1994) |
| Predecessor | Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII |
His Highness Mir Barkat Ali Khan Mukarram Jah Asaf Jah VIII (Urdu: برکت علی خان مکرم جاہ آصف جاہ ہشتم), Siddiqi Bayafendi (born 6 October 1933), less formally known as Mukarram Jah, became the titular Nizam of Hyderabad upon the death of his grandfather in 1967.
Mukarram Jah was born to Azam Jah, the son and heir of Osman Ali Khan, the last reigning Nizam of Hyderabad state, by his marriage to Princess Durru Shehvar, daughter of the last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire, ‘Abdu’l-Mijid II. Jah was educated in India at The Doon School and then in England at Harrow, Peterhouse, Cambridge, the London School of Economics, and Sandhurst.
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. 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.
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