User:KhaldKkhan

Great grandson of Mohammad Kamal Khan, who had the Nazri Bagh constructed in Hyderabad as his private residence, later named King Kothi by the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad. His original home was in Begum Bazar which had become crowded, surrounded by shops selling spices and nuts so, he had the new home built in a more open area. At the housewarming party the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was so impressed by the grandeur of the mansion that he kept saying it was a palace fit for kings to live in. Mohammad Kamal Khan realized the Nizam's remarks were an indirect way of saying he wanted it for himself gifted it to him, contrary to what people say that a price was paid for it. That same night he went back to his original home where he lived for the next 3 years until his death in 1914. He was survived by an only daughter 6-7 years of age, Zahoor un Nisa Begum, who was my paternal grandmother. As she had no other close living relatives, the Nizam had all her inheritance moved to the royal treasury saying it needed to be safeguarded till the time she grew up and got married. This inheritance was huge as Mohammad Kamal Khan was among the 10wealthiest people in Hyderabad at the time, his wealth exceeded that of the ruler himself. This inheritance was never returned to my grandmother, becoming part of the Nizam's wealth when in the 1930's he became the world's richest man. The Nizam lived all his life in this palace and died and is buried right across, within sight of it, at the Judi Masjid. Zahoor un Nisa Begum got married to Qadir Khan who was a distant and much younger cousin of her father. Her father had been his mentor and loved him like the son he never had. Sent him to Allahabad University and then to Oxford University from where he graduated in 1907. "Mahomed" Kamal Khan is listed as his father at the University. He married my grandmother in 1921 when she was 14 years old and he was close to  40. They had 3 sons, my father the eldest, and 5 daughters in 15 years of wedded bliss which ended when Qadir Khan died in a road accident at Thane, near Bombay. Almost the whole family except my father, an uncle and an aunt had been on the way to Bombay to meet a very close lady friend of my grandfather from his time at Oxford. This friend had a break in her journey for a few days before sailing to the Far East. My grandfather wanted her to meet his family but unfortunately the front tire of his car burst and the car hit a tree. He was injured from the breaking windscreen and died three days later. An infant daughter who was seated on his lap on the passenger seat died instantly while the driver somehow survived. The rest of the family suffered injuries from which they recovered in time.

On the maternal side my grandfather was Nawab Aziz Nawaz Jung, who was from a super wealthy land-owning family. He started his career in the Nizam's civil service as Taluqdar of different districts and then Subedar also of different subas or provinces. He became the Sadr ul Maham or Minister of Sarf e Khas, Ruler's Affairs, and retired as such after Hyderabad State was invaded by the Indian army/police. He died in 1959 at his Ameerpet residence where I was born on June 10th,1955, the youngest child of five, to Mohammad Kamal Khan (named after his maternal grandfather) and Yousuf un Nisa Begum, the third child of Nawab Aziz Nawaz Jung. My mother passed away in Dec 1995 and father in March 1997, their last resting place is outside Minneapolis, MN, USA.

I live in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia since 1976, have three children, Umnia, Umar and Isra, who all live with their mother, Saeeda, in the United States of America.