Al-Hajj
Nawab
Nawab is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kingdom of Saxony, Kings of ...
Ghulam Muhammad 'Abdu'l 'Ali Khan Bahadur (born 9 August 1951) is the current and eighth titular
Prince of Arcot, holding this title since July 1993 after the death of his father, Ghulam Mohammed Abdul Khader.
The family traces its origin back to the second
Caliph
A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Umar ibn al-Khattab (; ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () and is regarded as a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muh ...
.
He was
Sheriff of Madras
The Sheriff of Madras was an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Madras. The post was abolished in 1998.
The position of Sheriff of Madras was created in the Madras Charter of 1726 which came ...
in 1984 and 1988.
He is married to Sayeeda Begum and has two sons, Nawabzada Mohammed Asif Ali
[title=Arcot Nawab palace a visit , url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSwTX7qFaBY] and Nawabzada Mohammed Naser Ali.
See also
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Nawab of the Carnatic
The Carnatic Sultanate ( Persian: ; Tamil: ; Urdu: ) also known as Carnatic State or Arcot State was a kingdom in southern India between about 1690 and 1855, ruled by a Muslim nawab under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until thei ...
References
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The Hindu
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, dated 1 February 2004
1951 births
Living people
Nawabs of India
20th-century Indian Muslims
Sheriffs of Madras
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