Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the titular 8th Nizam of Hyderabad, passes away at 89
Hyderabad: Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, breathed his last on Thursday night in Turkey’s Istanbul, a statement by his office on behalf of the family said, media reported.
He was 89.
The last Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mukharram Jah, grandson of the last Ottoman Caliph, just died last night in Istanbul- RIP. So ends an extraordinary and often tragic life.@EmpirePodUK@tweeter_anita https://t.co/yMb2ROVza4
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) January 15, 2023
Jah, the successor and grandson of the last Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, was residing in Turkey, Indian Express reported.
He was born to Prince Azam Jah and Princess Durru Shehvar, the imperial princess of the Ottoman Empire, on October 6, 1933, in France.
He will be succeeded by his heir Prince Azmet who was in Hyderabad last night to celebrate the completion of the 20-year restoration of a building commissioned by his forbear Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II- the former British Residency of the White Mughal James Achilles Kirkpatrick. pic.twitter.com/19ZWH02DQ0
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) January 15, 2023
Mukarram Jah was coronated as Asaf Jah the Eighth on April 6, 1967, after the passing away of seventh Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan in February 1967.
After the accession of Hyderabad to the Indian Union, Mir Osman Ali Khan served as Raj Pramukh of the state from January 26, 1950 to October 31, 1956.
“We are deeply saddened to inform you that Nawab Mir Barket Ali Khan Walashan Mukarram Jah Bahadur, H.E.H The Eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, passed away peacefully in Istanbul, Turkey late last night at 10.30 pm (IST),” the statement said, according to the report.
He remains of the deceased Nizam will be kept at the Hyderabad’s Chowmahalla palace on Tuesday.
“As per his desire of being laid to rest in his homeland, his children are scheduled to travel to Hyderabad with the mortal remains of the late Nizam on Tuesday, 17th January 2023.”
The statement added that “on arrival (in Hyderabad) the body will be taken to the Chowmahalla Palace and after completing the required rituals the burial will take place at the Asaf Jahi family tombs. The schedule and other details will be released in due course.”
The Asaf Jahi tombs are situated at the entrance of the Mecca Masjid next to Char Minar.
