Sahebzada Mir Himayat Ali Khan Siddiqi Azam JahGCIE GBE (Urdu: اعظم جاہ داماد والاشان صاحب زادہ نواب سر میر حمایت علی خان بہادر بے آفندی; 21/22 February 1907 – 9 October 1970) was the eldest son of the seventh and last nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and Sahebzadi Azam unnisa Begum, daughter of Sahebzada Mir Jahangir Ali Khan Siddiqi.
Life
In 1936 he was given the courtesy title of prince of Berar,[2] a territory of the nizam then leased in perpetuity to the British and administered by them.
On the death of the seventh nizam, the title passed to Azam Jah's elder son, Sahebzada Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, as eighth nizam. Whereas, Azam's younger son is Sahebzada Mir Karamat Ali Khan Siddiqi Muffakham Jah.[citation needed]
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^Ahmed, Shelly (19 May 2020). "King of Fruits 'Mango' The Most Delicious And Sweetest!". Hyderabad News. Retrieved 18 November 2020. It is no wonder that the best varieties of mangoes from Indian Subcontinent bear royal names such as Jahangir and Himayuddin, Himayat (named after Mir Himayat Ali Khan Muazzam Jah Bahadur, eldest son of Nizam of Hyderabad Deccan, Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur).