Background
He served as Managing Trustee from 1940–1944 of Madrasatul Waizeen, a centre of Shia Islamic education founded by his father located in Lucknow.
He served as Managing Trustee from 1940–1944 of Madrasatul Waizeen, a centre of Shia Islamic education founded by his father located in Lucknow.
He composed a number of ruba"iyat, salaams, and marasi as well as some ghazals and nazms under the takhalus (nom de plume) of "Bahr" and "Mahbub". One of his previously unpublished marsiya, entitled Jawn Martyr of Karbala Lamented, has been recently published in London. He inherited the Estate of Mahamudabad in 1931 upon death of his father Maharaja Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan.
After his demise, his Estate was taken over by Government of India under Enemy Properties Acting.
However, he was against the independence of Pakistan in 1947. The first session of this party was held at Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
Raja Saheb was elected its President and Doctor Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi as General Secretary. Motilal Nehru predeceased the Maharaja and after the latters death in 1931, Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the dominant personality on the board.
In 1945, before the Independence of India, he migrated to Iraq.
He subsequently moved to Pakistan in 1957. He later settled down in London. He was the first Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre in London, and devoted rest of his life in supervising the building of the Regent Park Mosque.
Ali Allawi reminices about the events of 1976.
He died in London in 1973 but was buried in Mashhad in Iran. His house in Karbala, Iraq was left to the Government of Pakistan.
The Mehmoodabad area of Karachi is named after him.