Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan

Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan Bahadur is an Indian politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly of India. Khan represented the Bilaspur Assembly constituency and the Suar Assembly constituency over 4 terms. In 2003 he was briefly the state minister for Minority Welfare and Hajj Affairs. Since 2003, he has been the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.

Personal life
Nawab Kazim Ali Khan was born into the Royal House of Rampur in Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Khan attended the Chandigarh College of Architecture and attained Bachelor of Architecture degree. Then he matriculated to Columbia University and attained a Master of Architecture & Design management degree. Khan has also been accorded with Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg) honor.

On 24 December 1986 at Bangalore, Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan (then Heir Apparent, or Nawabzada), married Nawab Firda uz-Zamani Yaseen Sultan Jahan Begum Sahiba (born 26 March 1968), the younger daughter of Meherban Nawab Abdul Rashid Khan Sahib Bahadur, Nawab of Savanur. The couple has two sons:
 * Nawabzada Sayyid Ali Mohammad Khan Wali Ahad Bahadur (alias Kaivaan Mian), the Heir Apparent (born 16 February 1988). On 8 December 2017, at New Delhi, he married Aayat Zamani Begum Sahiba (born at Allahabad, UP, 28 June 1990), née Shazli Noor Zafar, Ernst & Young Consultant, youngest daughter of Iqbal Zafar, of Kanpur, UP, by his wife, Farah Begum.
 * Nawabzada Sayyid Haider Ali Khan Bahadur (alias Hamzah Mian) (born 18 March 1990).

Political career
Nawab Kazim Ali Khan was a MLA for four straight terms. During his first term, he represented the Bilaspur assembly constituency. He then represented the Suar constituency for three terms. He has twice been Minister in Samajwadi as well as Bahujan Samaj Party governments. On 14 June 2016 he was expelled from Indian National Congress for cross voting in Rajya Sabha Elections.

Awards and honours

 * Order of the Griffon
 * Royal Order of Kamehameha I

Titles

 * 1960-1992: Nawabzada Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan, Wali Ahad Bahadur
 * 1992-: His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur