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| name = Mir Muhammad Azmet Ali Khan<br />
| title = [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]<br />
| image = <br />
| succession = [[Asaf Jahi dynasty|Head of House of Asaf Jah]]<br />
| reign = 14 January 2023 – present<br />
| reign-type = Tenure<br />
| predecessor = [[Mukarram Jah]]<br />
| successor = <br />
| suc-type = <br />
| coronation = 20 January 2023<br />
| full name = Walashan Nawab Azmet Jah, Sahibzada Mir Muhammad Azmet Ali Khan Bahadur, The Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, with the style of [[Highness|His Exalted Highness]]<br />
| regnal name = Asaf Jah IX<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|07|23|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[London]], England<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| spouse = Zeynap Naz Güvendiren<br />
| issue = <br />
| house = [[Asaf Jahi dynasty|House of Asaf Jah]]<br />
| father = [[Mukarram Jah]]<br />
| mother = [[Esra Birgen]]<br />
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]] {{citation needed|date=January 2023}}<br />
| native_lang1 = [[Alma mater]]<br />
| native_lang1_name1 = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Millfield]]<br />
*[[Long Island University]]<br />
*[[University of Southern California]]}}<br />
| occupation = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Nizam Mir Muhammad Azmet Ali Khan, Asaf Jah IX''', known as '''Azmet Jah''' (also spelt as ''Azmat Jah'', born 23 July 1960), is the current head of the [[Asaf Jahi dynasty|House of Asaf Jah]] and the titular 9th [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar]] since 20 January 2023, though Indian law has not recognized such titles since the passage of the [[Privy purse in India#Abolition|26th Amendment to the Indian Constitution]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-21 |title=Azmat Jah is Nizam IX |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/azmat-jah-is-nizam-ix/article66418117.ece |access-date=2023-01-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alamgir |first=Mir |date=2023-01-21 |title=Hyderabad: Azmet Jah named as 9th Nizam at a formal ceremony at Chowmahalla Palace |url=https://www.siasat.com/hyderabad-azmet-jah-named-as-9th-nizam-at-a-formal-ceremony-at-chowmahalla-palace-2507901/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-15 |title=Mukarram Jah, titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, dies at 89 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/nizam-of-hyderabad-mukarram-jah-dies-8382668/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Sameer |date=2023-01-15 |title=Mukarram Jah, grandson of Hyderabad's last Nizam Osman Ali Khan, passes away |url=https://www.siasat.com/mukarram-jah-grandson-of-hyderabads-last-nizam-osman-ali-khan-passes-away-2503038/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=pavan |date=2020-07-19 |title=I Have Always Had a Love and Connection to Hyderabad: Prince Azmet Jah |url=https://www.youandi.com/i-have-always-had-love-and-connection-hyderabad-prince-azmet-jah/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=You and I |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Early life, family and education ==<br />
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Azmet Jah was born on 23 July 1960 in [[Paddington]], [[London]], to [[Mukarram Jah]] and [[Princess Esra|Esra Jah]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Sanjay Samuel |date=2023-01-20 |title=Azmet Jah set to take charge of Nizam Trusts |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/200123/mukarram-jah-family-to-attend-ziyarat-ritual-on-friday-plan-successio.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=2023-01-21 |title=Asaf Jahi family declares Azmat Ali Khan as successor of eight titular Nizam |url=https://telanganatoday.com/asaf-jahi-family-declares-azmat-ali-khan-as-successor-of-eight-titular-nizam |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Telangana Today |language=en-US}}</ref> during the reign of his great-grandfather, [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]], the seventh [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. He did his early schooling in [[London]].<ref name=":0" /> He attended the [[University of Southern California]], from where he graduated in 1984 with a degree in cinematograhy.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Zubrzycki |first=John |title=The last Nizam : an Indian prince in the Australian outback |date=2006 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-1-4050-3722-8 |location=Sydney |oclc=156785529}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1996, he married Zeynap Naz Güvendiren in London. They have two children, a daughter and a son.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Tomar |first=Ajay |date=2023-01-22 |title=Hollywood cinematographer Azmet Jah, '9th Nizam' of Hyderabad, will handle education trust |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/telangana/hollywood-cinematographer-azmet-jah-9th-nizam-of-hyderabad-will-handle-education-trust/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=The South First |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-12-08 |title=William Dalrymple on the rulers of Hyderabad |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/dec/08/weekend.williamdalrymple |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He is a professional photographer and cinematographer<ref name=":7" /> and has worked with [[Steven Spielberg]] and Lord [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Glimpses of the history |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/081219/glimpses-of-the-history.html |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref name="interview">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mahbubia.com/Prince%20Mukarram%20Jah%27s%20Interview.htm |title=The Hindu: 'I belong to a lot of countries' – H.E.H. Prince Mukarram Jah and Princes Azam Jah and Azmet Jah in an exclusive tete-e-tete with Syeda Farida |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-date=6 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806120645/http://www.mahbubia.com/Prince%20Mukarram%20Jah%27s%20Interview.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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He has wielded the camera in the films Navy Seals and ''[[Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin|Life of Charlie Chaplin]]''.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/return-of-the-royals/cid/1669455|title=Return of the Royals|website=Telegraph India|date=22 February 2014|accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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In 2011, he stated that he was working on two films, one on [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] (the first [[President of Turkey]]) and another one on his great-grandfather, [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII]], the Seventh Nizam of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad Deccan]].{{better source needed|date=January 2023}}<ref name=Telegraph/><br />
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==Accession==<br />
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Azmet Jah "acceded" to the defunct throne of the former [[Hyderabad State]] on 14 January 2023, following the death of his father, [[Mukarram Jah]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Azmat Jah Declared As Hyderabad's Titular Nizam IX After Father's Death |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/azmat-jah-declared-as-hyderabads-titular-nizam-ix-after-fathers-death-3712845 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-15 |title=Prince Mukarram Jah Bahadur, Eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, passes away in Turkey |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prince-mukarram-jah-bahadur-eighth-nizam-of-hyderabad-passes-away-in-turkey-101673764902955.html |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Nizamuddin |first=Md |date=2023-01-18 |title=Photographer and filmmaker son Azmet will succeed Mukarram Jah |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/170123/photographer-and-filmmaker-son-azmet-will-succeed-mukarram-jah.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukarram Jah, last Nizam of Hyderabad, dies in Istanbul at 89 |url=https://www.trtworld.com/asia/mukarram-jah-last-nizam-of-hyderabad-dies-in-istanbul-at-89-64528 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Mukarram Jah, last Nizam of Hyderabad, dies in Istanbul at 89 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Titular 8th Nizam of Hyderabad Mukarram Jah Dies In Turkey |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/titular-eighth-nizam-of-hyderabad-mukarram-jah-passes-away-in-turkey-3694495 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Syed Akbar |date=Jan 19, 2023 |title=Who will succeed Hyderabad Nizam Mukarram Jah|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/royal-affair-55-yrs-apart-one-joyous-one-solemn/articleshow/97110962.cms |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
Azmet Jah's ceremonial coronation took place on 20 January 2023.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukhopadhyay |first=Sounak |date=2023-01-21 |title=Meet Azmat Jah: Hyderabad's new Nizam who worked with Steven Spielberg |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/meet-azmat-jah-hyderabad-s-new-nizam-who-worked-with-steven-spielberg-richard-attenborough-11674277914353.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Syed Akbar|date=Jan 22, 2023 |title=In Hyderabad, Azmet Jah coronated as the successor of Mukarram {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/azmet-jah-coronated-as-successor-of-mukarram-in-hyderabad/articleshow/97214523.cms |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> The coronation ceremony of Azmet Jah followed a pattern similar to the coronations of the Nizams before him, but it was a simple ceremony only attended by a few close friends. It was not recognized by the state government.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Jan 22, 2023 |title=Azmet secret coronation draws big flak in Hyderabad {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/azmet-secret-coronation-draws-big-flak-in-hyderabad/articleshow/97216899.cms |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> It was held at [[Chowmahalla Palace#Khilwat Mubarak|Khilwat Mubarak]] at [[Chowmahalla Palace]] in [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alamgir |first=Mir |date=2023-01-21 |title=Hyderabad: Azmet Jah named as 9th Nizam at a formal ceremony at Chowmahalla Palace |url=https://www.siasat.com/hyderabad-azmet-jah-named-as-9th-nizam-at-a-formal-ceremony-at-chowmahalla-palace-2507901/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Succession dispute ==<br />
In the aftermath of Azmet Jah's coronation, the Majlis E Shabzadegan Society, consisting of over 4,500 extended family members ([[Sahib#Sahibzada|''sahibzada'' and ''sahibzadi'']]) of the [[Asaf Jahi dynasty]], issued a press release alleging that Azmet Jah has neglected to take up the responsibilities of the family yet chose to take up the title of the ninth Nizam of Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite news |last1=The Hindu Bureau |title=Another claimant to Nizam IX title |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/another-claimant-to-nizam-ix-title/article66493349.ece |access-date=30 May 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=10 February 2023}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Najaf Ali Khan]] - Second uncle (or first cousin once removed) of Azmet Jah<br />
* [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]<br />
* [[Asaf Jahi dynasty]]<br />
* [[Hyderabad State]]<br />
*{{Annotated link|Chowmahalla Palace}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOiqf1t5YVo 9th Nizam Azmet Jah & AIMIM MLA Zulfeqar Ali Unseen Visuals in Old City]<br />
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