Asaf Jah VIII.

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Nizam ul-Mulk Fath Jang Barkat Ali Khan Mukkaram Jah Asaf Jah VIII (born June 10, 1933 in Nice ) is the grandson of the last incumbent Nizam of the former Indian princely state of Hyderabad (dissolved 1956). As such, he is the pretender to the throne of the Asafid dynasty.

youth

First official photo with his mother Dürrüşehvar Sultan

Asaf Jah VIII's mother, nicknamed Mukkaram Jah, returned to Nice, where her father lived in exile to give birth to the prince. His father Walashan Nawab Sir Mir Himayat Ali Khan Azam Jah, Prince of Berar (* February 22, 1907 - October 9, 1970) and eldest son of Asaf Jah VII. Married the Ottoman Princess Dürrüşehvar Sultan on November 12, 1931 in Nice ( February 7, 2006 † 17-year-old in London), daughter of Abdülmecit II. , the last caliph, in a double wedding at which his younger brother, the great-granddaughter of Murad V. married. The celebration was carried out by the father-in-law himself, who had lived in exile in France since his expulsion by Kemal Ataturk .

As a boy, Mukkaram Jah lived in one of the numerous residences of the ruling house, the Cherian, in the Banjara Hills , provided that he was not staying in his father's Bella Vista palace . , Decided in 1946, his grandfather him at that time the richest man in the world - instead of his father - to his successor designate . This decision was announced at a durbar . He received his secondary education in England in Harrows (1948-52). He attended Cambridge University, the London School of Economics and the Sandhurst Military Academy .

Finances from 1967

After Indian independence and his deposition, Asaf Jah VII lost about half of his fortune, some of which consisted of loans to his state and property, through expropriation and the dissolution of the domains ( jagir and Sarf-i-kas ).

After the death of his grandfather in 1967, Asaf Jah VIII took over an inheritance whose finances were in a chaotic state. He had to take over 14,718 court employees, some of them exotic job descriptions: 28 water carriers, 38 men for dusting the 19 huge crystal chandeliers of the palace, one man for chopping the walnuts of His Highness. There were also 42 surviving official concubines with their approximately 100 offspring. Also maintained was a troop of 3,000 bodyguards who were provided by the Paigahs , the vassals committed to military success. The family assets were managed by 54 trust companies. Several family members litigated for the distributions.

The last Nizam had testamentary left instructions for his jewels (in two trust companies trust ) had been transferred, and only after his (1967 and 1970 respectively) are likely to be sold to the death of his son. They were offered to the Indian state and a museum was to be built on the site of the Chowmahela Palace . The state-owned Nizam's Jewellry Trust was set up - after tough negotiations and several legal proceedings - in 1995, and a small part of the jewels were auctioned. The government paid Rs. 2.6 billion , with 6% interest from July 1991, to the trust. The most important pieces, such as the Jacob Diamond, are stored in the vaults of the Reserve Bank of India . The claims of the numerous family members (2001: 2740 persons) of the ruling family are to be satisfied from the trust. The family members filed several legal proceedings against one another. The jewels themselves were first presented to the public in 1991 at the National Museum of Delhi. Then a permanent exhibition was set up in the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad.

The government began to renovate what was left of the looted palaces in recent years and to set up museums. The Chowmahalla was opened to the public in 2007. There is a school named after him in the Purani Haveli .

From 1974

The Indian government paid the deposed prince for the last time in 1973, a prerogative ( privy purse ). Asaf Jah, worn down by the constant quarrels and administrative duties, laid off 14,000 employees, had most of the palaces sealed and decayed, and left the country. After divorcing his first wife, he married Helen Simmons. With her he retired to a farm in the hinterland of Perth ( Western Australia ) and devoted himself to sheep breeding. Her death in 1989, she died of acquired immunodeficiency , gave the Australian gossip press much cause for speculation. Esra, who lives on an island near Istanbul, became reconciled with him when she met him again at the wedding of her son Azmet (cameraman in Hollywood) in London and was given power of attorney to dispose of the remnants of the property in Hyderabad, where she first went in 2001 traveled to rescue after almost 30 years.

In 1990 he married a former "Miss Turkey". He fled his Australian farm when foreclosure threatened. There were around 130 lawsuits pending against him and his debts were around £ 3 million. In 2001, a settlement was reached with the creditors settled from the Nizam's Jewellry Trust.

After he divorced again, the 62-year-old diabetic married a 22-year-old Moroccan woman in 1995. This marriage was divorced in the same year. At the end of 2007 it was reported that he was to live with his fifth wife in a two-room apartment in Antalya . He visited his homeland in March 2010.

family

Women and children as far as known:

woman mated sh.  †  children
Esra Birgin (* 1938) 1959 1979 Azmet Jah (* 1960)
Shehkyer Jah (* 1964)
Helen Simmons (Ayesha Jah)
(born August 26, 1948) 		- May 13, 1989 Azam Jah (* 1979)
Mohammad Umar Jah (* 1983)
Manolya Onur (* 1954)
(Miss Turkey, 1975) 		August 1990,
her 2nd marriage 		1994 Nilofur Jah (born March 27, 1991)
Jameela Boularous
(Moroccan) 		1994? (22 years old) 1995 Zairin (* 1994)
Orchedi
(Turkish) 		1995

literature

  • MA Nayeem: The Splendor of Hyderabad . 2nd Edition. Hyderabad 2002, ISBN 81-85492-20-4 .
  • Sirajuddin Kamaal Khan, Mohd. Safiullah: Gaddi Nashini - the last Durbar: coronation of Prince Mukkaram Jah Bahadur Nizam VIII. Hyderabad (Deccan) 1997.
  • John Zubrzycki: The Last Nizam: An Indian Prince in the Australian Outback. 2006, ISBN 1-4050-3722-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Name spellings: Khadija Khayriya Ayesha Dürrühsehvar,خدیجہ خیریہ عائشہ در شہوارor Turkish Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar ; Durru Shehvar in the English language Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Adjusted for inflation, this is said to have corresponded to US $ 210.8 billion in 2008 based on the status in 1935. FabbiGabby: Nizam of Hyderabad: Fifth on the Forbes 'All Time Wealthiest'. April 11, 2008; Retrieved August 14, 2010
  3. ↑ according to the Jagidari Abolition Regulation 1949 and the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1950
  4. ↑ see: The saga of the Nizam of Hyderabad: £ 30m, a miser's 86 mistresses and 100 sons. In: Times. April 14, 2008.
  5. ↑ on the further processes cf. India Today , April 30, 1988, pp. 100 ff.
  6. ↑ Nizam's great granddaughter sues for property share India eNews; Retrieved August 14, 2010
  7. ↑ z. E.g .: Commissioner Of Income-Tax, ... vs Trustees Of HEH The Nizam ... (judgment December 30, 1983)
  8. ↑ Exhibition catalogs: Usha B. Bala Krishnan: Nizam's Jewelery . In: J. Kedareswari: The Nizam's Jewels. Hyderabad 2001
  9. ↑ Paritosh Parasher: Nizam's descendant faces unpaid wages batch court in Aussie. August 31, 2001; Retrieved August 31, 2010
  10. ^ William Dalrymple: The lost world. In: The Guardian . December 7, 2007.
  11. ↑ Nehru had big plans for me, says Mukarram Jah. In: The Times of India. March 14, 2010; Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  12. ↑ Family tree
  13. ↑ Maintenance dispute Turkish beauty fights for justice. ( Memento of January 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) March 21, 2006; Retrieved August 31, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Asaf Jah VIII.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nizam ul-Mulk Fath Jang Barkat Ali Khan Mukkaram Jah Asaf Jah VIII.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian throne pretender of the Asafid dynasty of the Indian princely state of Hyderabad and the caliphate
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Nice