Nizam’s last surviving daughter no more

Naveen S Garewal 
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, July 29

The last surviving daughter of VII Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan died in Hyderabad on Tuesday, bringing to an end the era of the first generation of Nizam’s descendants.

Sahebzadi Basheerunnisa Begum was 93 and lived in her Purani Haveli residence.

According to the Nizam’s grandson Nawab Najaf Ali Khan, she died of natural causes and is survived by a daughter.

Khan, who is also the president of Nizam Family Welfare Association, said in a statement, “The last of all the surviving children of the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, HEH Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur has passed away. It is a big loss to the family as Sahebzadi Basheer Unnissa Begum Saheba was an epitome of Hyderabadi culture, tradition, and values.”

“Born in September 1927, Basheerunnisa Begum was married to Nawab Kazim Nawaz Jung, better known as Ali Pasha,” he said.

The VII Nizam, Mir Osman Ali was once believed to be among the richest people in the world. He had 16 sons and 18 daughters and is now survived by grandchildren and great-grandchildren.