Abbas Ali Mirza

Abbas Ali Mirza
Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad

Coat of Arms of the Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad
House of Bengal
Period 13 August 2014 – present
Predecessor Waris Ali Mirza
Heir presumptive unknown
House Najafi Dynasty
Father Mohammed Sadeque Ali Mirza
Mother Hashmat un-nisa Begum
Born Murshidabad, Bengal, British Raj (now India)
Religion Shia

Nawab Mohammed Abbas Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur (born 1942)[1] is the present Nawab of Murshidabad and has been since the Supreme Court of India declared him to be the lawful heir to the royal title in August 2014. The royal title had been in abeyance since the death of his uncle Waris Ali Mirza (the third Nawab of Murshidabad) in 1969.[2] Abbas Ali Mirza is the eldest son of Syed Md. Sadeque Ali Mirza (d.1959) (a scion of the Bengali royal house) and Sahibzadi Hashmat un-nisa Begum (d.1995),[3] a daughter of Wasif Ali Mirza, the second Nawab of Murshidabad.[4] The titular title would have been passed down to the children of his uncle Waris Ali Mirza upon his death in 1969 had they not been either disinherited by their father, predeceased him or had excluded themselves from the succession under Indian law by adopting foreign citizenship.[5]

"I have links on both sides. My mother was the daughter of the second Nawab Bahadur while my father was his nephew. I thus received the title that would have gone to my cousins had they not settled in England."
Abbas Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Murshidabad[6]

The Nawab, who lives in Murshidabad, has launched a legal challenge to see his family's ancestral property returned.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Times of India (20 August 2014). "Murshidabad gets a Nawab again, but fight for assets ahead". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Times of India (20 August 2014). "Murshidabad gets a Nawab again, but fight for assets ahead". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Royal Ark. "Murshidabad, The Najafi Dynasty (page 16)". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Times of India (22 August 2014). "Portrait of an accidental Nawab". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Times of India (22 August 2014). "Portrait of an accidental Nawab". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Times of India (22 August 2014). "Portrait of an accidental Nawab". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Times of India (20 August 2014). "Murshidabad gets a Nawab again, but fight for assets ahead". Retrieved 12 March 2015.

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Abbas Ali Mirza
Born: 1942
Preceded by
Waris Ali Mirza		 Nawab of Murshidabad
2014 - present day 		Succeeded by
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