Prince Shahamat Jah, Grandson Of The Last Nizam Of Hyderabad, Passes Away
Shahmat Jah was an Urdu poet and was active in promoting Urdu poetry by hosting 'mushairas'.
Prince Shahamat Jah, the 68-year-old grandson of the last Nizam of Hyderabad State Mir Osman Ali Khan, passed away after a brief illness. He breathed his last at a hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday evening. The funeral took place on Monday at the graveyard adjacent to Masjid-e-Joodi, King Kothi -- the same location where his grandfather was laid to rest.
According to an IANS report, Shahamat Jah was born to Mir Shujaat Ali Khan Moazzam Jah Bahadur and Anwari Begum. Like his father, Shahmat Jah was also an Urdu poet and published a few collections. He was active in promoting Urdu poetry by hosting "mushairas".
Shahamat Jah was married twice but did not have any children. He was living alone at his house in Red Hills. Recently, he sold the property and had moved to his sister's house in Banjara Hills, IANS reported.
Shahamat Jah's father, Moazzam Jah, was the second son of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last ruler of Hyderabad State. Moazzam Jahi Market, a key landmark in the city, was named after him.
Moazzam Jah's first wife was Princess Niloufer, the niece of the last Turkish Sultan and Caliph Prince Abdul Majeed. The couple had no children. Niloufer left her husband and settled down in France. Moazzam Jah had later married Razia Begum. Shahmat Jah was his only son, born from the third wife, Anwari Begum.
This is the second death in the Nizam's family this year.
Mir Barkat Ali Khan Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, passed away in Turkey on January 14. His body was brought to Hyderabad and buried in the lawns of the historic Mecca Masjid.
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