Background
Azam Jah married Princess Durru Shehvar, a member of the House of Osman (formerly of the Ottoman Empire) and the daughter of the last Ottoman Caliph Abdülmecid II, in Nice on 12 November 1931.
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Azam Jah
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Azam Jah, Damat Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Sir Mir Himayat Ali Khan Bahadur Bey Effendi was the eldest son of the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan Asif Jah VII; In 1936 he was given the courtesy title of Prince of Berar, a territory of the Nizam then leased in perpetuity to the British and administered by them.
Career
The Nizam was regarded by Time magazine in 1937 as the richest person in world with estimated wealth of United States$2 billion. On the death of the seventh nizam the title passed to Azam Jah"s elder son, Sahebzada Mir Barkat Ali Khan Mukarram Jah, as eighth nizam, who was still the pretender to the throne of Hyderabad as of 2013. He lived at Bella Vista, Hyderabad, a 10-acre (40,000 m2) palace near Hussain Sagar.
1907-1911: Second Wali Ahad Nawab Mir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur.
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1907-1911: Second Wali Ahad Nawab Mir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur 1911-1936: Wali Ahad Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur 1936-1937: Major His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur, Prince of Berar 1937-1943: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur, Prince of Berar 1943-1945: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Sir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur, Prince of Berar, GBE 1945-1946: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Sir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur, Prince of Berar, GBE 1946-1970: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Sir Himayat "Ali Khan Bahadur, Prince of Berar, GCIE, GBE (ribbon bar, as it would look today. Incomplete) King George V Silver Jubilee Medal-1935 King George VI Coronation Medal-1937 Nizam Silver Jubilee Medal-1937 Tunis Victory Medal-1942 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)-1943 Defence Medal-1945 War Medal 1939-1945-1945 Hyderabad War Medal-1945 (Hyderabad) Meritorious Service Medal-1945 Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1946.
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India