Azam Jah

Sahebzada Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Azam Jah (Urdu: اعظم جاہ داماد والاشان صاحب زادہ نواب سر میر حمایت علی خان بہادر بے آفندی; 21/22 February 1907 – 9 October 1970) was the eldest son of the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and Sahebzadi Azamunnisa Begum, daughter of Sahebzada Mir Jahangir Ali Khan Siddiqi.

In 1936, he was given the courtesy title of prince of Berar,[2] a territory of the Nizam then leased in perpetuity to the British and administered by them.

[citation needed] On the death of the seventh Nizam, the title passed to Azam Jah's elder son, Sahebzada Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, as the eighth Nizam.

Whereas, Azam's younger son is Sahebzada Mir Karamat Ali Khan Siddiqi Muffakham Jah.

[citation needed] He lived at Bella Vista, Hyderabad, a 10-acre (40,000 m2) palace near Hussain Sagar.

Prince Azam Jah son of Asaf Jah 7 laying the foundation stone of the mosque