Prince Azam Jah, Prince of Berar

Sahebzada Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Azam Jah (; 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.

Life

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.

In 1931 Azam Jah married Dürrüşehvar Sultan, 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 1932. They had two sons together; their marriage ended in divorce in 1954.

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.

He lived at Bella Vista, Hyderabad, a palace near Hussain Sagar.

Titles 1907–1912: Second Wali Ahad Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur 1912–1934: Wali Ahad Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Bahadur 1934–1937: Major His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar 1937–1942: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar 1942–1947: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Sir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar, GBE 1947–1970: General His Highness Azam Jah, Walashan Sahebzada Nawab Mir Sir Himayat 'Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Prince of Berar, GCIE, GBE

Notable philanthropy

The (Nizamia Mosque) now known as (London Central Mosque) was funded by the Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and the foundation stone of the mosque was laid on Friday, 4 June 1937, by his eldest son - His Highness Prince Azam Jah.

Honours and legacy (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

Namesakes Himayatnagar, Hyderabad Himayatnagar, Maharashtra Himayatnagar, Ranga Reddy district Himayat Sagar Himayat Bagh, Aurangabad Himayat (mango)