TS Govt intervention sought in distribution of Nizam's money

Nampally: The great granddaughter of Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur (Nizam VII), Princess Shafiya Sakina on Thursday urged Union Government to intervene in the matter of settlement of sharing the properties, jewelry of Nizam VII. She also sought rights from the 35 million pounds which were won by legal heirs recently after 70 years of legal battle against Pakistan in the UK High Court.

Princess Shafiya is the eldest daughter of Princess Fatima Fauzia Begum, daughter of Prince Moazzam Jah. While claiming that she along with her sister Princess Zainab Begum, daughters of Prince Moazzam Jah Bahadur were deprived despite having rights and did not receive a single share, from different Trusts of Nizam. Hence, she urged the authorities not to release the amount won in UK, till her matters were settled.

Addressing the media persons, Princess Shafiya urged the Central government, the custodian of properties, jewelry under Nizam's Trust Deeds (Validation) Act, 1950 to take all the required time before ensuring all the legal heirs get their due and also not to release 35 million pounds before the matter was settled.

Princess Shafiya said that she is great granddaughter of the richest man on planet of his times and she is one of the shareholders of all the palaces of her great grandfather Nizam and grandfather Prince Moazzam Jah. As a member of royal family, she should reside in the palace. But Prince Mukkarram Jah, Prince Muffakham Jah, Princess Asra, Asif Pasha and other trustees deprived her housing rights and she was residing as an ordinary person in her husband's house situated at Hyderguda.

Princess Shafiya also said that earlier The Nizam's jewelry was purchased by Union Government for Rs 218 crore, but she was not amongst the beneficiaries, even though most of the legal heirs enjoyed the money.

She explained that as per the trust deed 1951, Prince Moazzam Jah's Rs 95 crore corpus fund should have been divided among his all issues including her and her younger sister. Instead of that various beneficiaries those who were not directly related were enjoying the funds. She requested the government to do the needful for releasing of her share in jewelry amount also by adjusting the London fund of Nizam.