Last month, Azmet Jah was anointed as the successor of the eighth titular Nizam, Nawab Mir Barkat Ali Khan Walashan Mukarram Jah Bahadur, who passed away in Turkey.
However, the Majlis-E-Sahebzadagan Society, representing over 4,500 direct descendants of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, announced its decision to designate Nawab Raunaq Khan as the 9th Nizam of Hyderabad, instead of Prince Azmet Jah.
The Society accused Azmet Jah of neglecting his responsibilities to the extended Royal family, being absent from Hyderabad, and remaining uncommunicative with the members of the family. The statement read, “The Majlis E Shabzadegan Society (The Society comprises over 4500 Shabzada & Shabzadi (Direct Descendants of Nizam) & Umra (Nobles of Nizam) reached a consensus of choosing Raunaq Yar Khan as IXth Nizam of Hyderabad’s Asaf Jahi Dynasty as Prince Azmet Jah went incommunicado & failed to take-up responsibilities of the Hyderabad’s Asif Jah Dynasty.”
The Society also announced that a grand coronation ceremony would soon follow, where the extended Royal family and the citizens of Hyderabad would be invited. “Nawab Raunaq Yar Khan had been quite vocal about the heritage and has often represented heritage, tehzeeb, legacy of Hyderabad,” the statement read.
Sahebzada Mohd Moizuddin Khan, General Secretary, Majlis-E- Shabzadegan Society stated, “The reason of choosing Nawab Raunaq Yar Khan is, he being connected to Hyderabad and he is one of the most recognized faces of the Asaf Jahi Dynasty in Hyderabad.”
The Society also noted that properties, articles, and other belongings of the Nizams have been lying in a state of neglect, across the world, and there wasn’t any proper designated individual to take up the responsibilities.
