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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike th' inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike th' inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Thomas Gray, 1751
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His Exalted Highness Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi GCSI, GBE Asaf Jah VII (Urdu: آصف جاہ), born Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur (Urdu: عثمان علی خان بہادر; 6 April 1886 – 24 February 1967), was the last Nizam (or ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad and of Berar. He ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until it was merged into India. He was styled His Exalted Highness The Nizam of Hyderabad.[1]
During his days as Nizam,
he was reputed to be the richest man in the world, having a fortune
estimated at US$2 billion in the early 1940s ($32.8 billion in today
dollars)[2]
or 2 per cent of the US economy then. At that time the treasury of the
newly independent Union government of India reported annual revenue of
US$1 billion only. He was featured on the cover of TIME magazine,
portrayed as such.[3]
The Nizam is widely believed to have remained as the richest man in
South Asia until his death in 1967, though his fortunes fell to US$1
billion by then and became a subject of multiple legal disputes between
bitterly fighting rival descendants. His wealth include a vast private
treasury. Its coffers were said to contain £100m in gold and silver
bullion, and a further £400m of jewels. Among them was the fabulously
rare Jacob diamond, valued at some £100m (2008),[4]
and used by the Nizam as a paperweight. There were pearls, too – enough
to pave Piccadilly – hundreds of race horses, thousands of uniforms,
tonnes of royal regalia and Rolls-Royces by the dozen.[5]
Calculating his modern day worth by accounting for inflation, the Nizam
was worth $236 billion, making him one of the wealthiest people to have
ever lived.[6]
He built the Hyderabad House in Delhi, now used for diplomatic meetings by the Government of India.
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Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddqi Bahadur had least 149 children, including:
- Sahebzadi Yawar un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. in childhood)
- Sahebzadi Hidayat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1901–1925)
- Nizam uddin bahadur (1903–1987)
- Azam Jah Sahebzada Mir Himayath ali khan (1907–1970)
- Muazzam Jah Sahebzada Mir Shujayath Ali Khan (1907–1987)
- Sahebzada Mir Osman 'Ali Khan Bahadur (29 February-30 June 1908)
- Sahebzada Mir Kazim Ali Khan, Kazim Jah (1912–1952)
- Sahebzada Mir Abid Ali Khan, Abid Jah (1913–1983)
- Sahebzada Mir Hashmat Ali Khan, Hashmat Jah (1913–1988)
- Sahebzada Mir Hashim Ali Khan, Hashim Jah (1913–1991)
- Sahebzada Mir Taqi Ali KHan, Taqi Jah (1913–1985)
- Sahebzadi Hurmat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1913–)
- Sahebzadi Karim Osman Murat un-nisa Begum (1913–)
- Sahebzadi Jamal un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1913–1973)
- Sahebzadi Behbood un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1914–)
- Sahebzadi Mahmood un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1914–1984)
- Sahebzada Mir Basharat Ali Kha, Basharat Jah (1915–1991)
- Sahebzadi Mehar un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1915–1964)
- Sahebzadi Ghaffoor un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1915–)
- Sahebzadi Aleem un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1915–)
- Sahebzadi Nazeer un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1916–1975)
- Sahebzada Mir Rajjab Ali Khan, Rajjab Jah (1917–1968)
- Sahebzada Mir Saadat Ali Khan, Sa'adat Jah (1917–1988)
- Sahebzadi Faruq un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1918–)
- Sahebzadi Kabir un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1920–)
- Sahebzadi Masud un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1923–1980)
- Sahebzadi Asmat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1924–1979)
- Sahebzaid Bashir un-nisa Begum Sahiba (1927–)
- Sahebzadi Ramzani Begum Sahiba (1931–1974)
- Sahebzada Mir Jawad Ali Khan, Jawad Jah (d. 1936)
- stillborn son (1938)
- Sahebzadi Mashadi Begum Sahiba (1939–)
- Sahebzada Mir Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Zulfiqar Jah (1943–)
- Sahebzada Mir Imdad Ali Khan, Imdad Jah (1944–March 4, 2013)
- Sahebzada Mir Nawazish Ali Khan, Nawazish Jah (1944–2010)
- Sahebzada Mir Fazal Ali Khan, Fazal Jah (1946–)
- Sahebzada Mir Bhojat Ali Khan, Bhojat Jah (1947–1982)
- Sahebzada Mir Shabbir Ali Khan, Shabbir Jah (1948–1985)
- Sahebzadi Sayida Begum Sahiba Malta (1949–)
- Sahebzada Wahid Ali Khan (1951–1999)
- Sahebzada Mohammed Ali Khan
- Sahebzada Sardar ali Khan
- Sahebzada Wajid ali Khan
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