HYDERABAD: Disenchanted with the recently-coronated Nizam prince Azmet Jah’s decision not to take control of all trusts and his alleged failure to take stock of the Asaf Jahi family’s issues, descendants of Nizams I-VI on Thursday coronated Raunaq Yar Khan as the Nizam IX of the dynasty. In a low-key affair, Raunaq Yar Khan, who is a popular figure in …
The story so far: Hyderabad’s Nizam VIII Mukarram Jah died in Istanbul on January 11. Muzaffar Jung, the son of Nizam ul Mulk’s daughter, produced a firman from the Mughal emperor proclaiming him the subedar of Deccan. They were erased after Nizam Ali Khan, the fourth son of Nizam ul Mulk, threw his brother Salabat Jung into prison in 1762 …
Following the passing of his father Prince Mukarram Jah, the eighth and last formal Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Muhammad Azmat Ali Khan, popularly known as Azmat Jah, will formally succeed as the Nizam of Hyderabad, Hindustan Times reported while citing persons familiar with the situation. Mukarram Jah, who passed away in the Turkish capital of Istanbul last week and was …
