Muffakham Jah (born 27 February 1939) is a member of
House of Asaf Jah. He is the son of Prince
Azam Jah and
Dürrüşehvar Sultan. He is the grandson of both
Osman Ali Khan
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 – 24 February 1967) was the last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad State, the largest state in the erstwhile Indian Empire. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25 and rule ...
, the seventh and final
Nizam
Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I ...
of the erstwhile
Hyderabad princely state, and
Abdulmejid II ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of , ), also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Maj ...
, the last
Ottoman caliph
The Ottoman Caliphate () was the claim of the heads of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty, rulers of the Ottoman Empire, to be the caliphs of Islam during the late medieval and early modern era.
Ottoman rulers first assumed the style of caliph in t ...
.
Personal life and Family
He is married to Princess Esin Incealemdaroglu. They have two sons, Rafat and Farhat Jah, and live in
Bayswater
Bayswater is an area in the City of Westminster in West London. It is a built-up district with a population density of 17,500 per square kilometre, and is located between Kensington Gardens to the south, Paddington to the north-east, and ...
, London. Muffakham Jah had an older brother,
Mukarram Jah.
See also
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Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology
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Asaf Jahi Dynasty
The Asaf Jahi is a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State. The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Indo-Persian culture, language, and literature, and the ...
*
H.E.H. the Nizam's Charitable Trust
References
1936 births
Living people
Asaf Jahi dynasty
Hyderabadi Muslims
Indian philanthropists
People from Nice
People from Hyderabad State
20th-century Indian royalty
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
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