In August 2014, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that his nephew, Abbas Ali Meerza, was a rightful heir of the nawabs of Murshidabad.

[2] In October 1880, he went to Bombay, pleading his case against the orders of the British Raj, but as it stood unresolved, the Nawab renounced his styles and titles, abdicating in favour of his eldest son, Hassan Ali Mirza, on 1 November 1880.

[2] Mirza and his descendants were simply known with the title of Nawab of Murshidabad and held the status of a peerage from then on.

They continued to be a wealthy Indian family, producing bureaucrats and army officers.

[6] In Pakistan, a member of the family, Iskander Mirza, became the country's governor-general and first president.