Mukarram Jah

Mir Barakat Ali Khan
Asaf Jah VIII
8th Nizam of Hyderabad (titular)
Reign	24 February 1967 – 5 November 1971 (pretender 1971–2023)
Coronation	6 April 1967
Predecessor	Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
Successor	Azmet Jah
Born	(1933-10-06)6 October 1933 Hilafet Palace, Nice, France
Died	15 January 2023(2023-01-15) (aged 89) Istanbul, Turkey
Burial	18 January 2024 Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Spouse	Princess Esra Birgin (1959–1974; divorced) Aysha Simmons (1979–1989; widowed) Manolya Onur (1992–1997; divorced) Jameela Boularous (co-wife) (since 1992) Princess Ayesha Orchedi (co-wife) (since 1994)
Issue	Azmet Jah, Crown Prince of Hyderabad Princess Shehryar Prince Alexander Azam Khan Prince Mohammad Umar Khan Princess Nilufer Princess Zairin
House	House of Asaf Jah
Father	Azam Jah
Mother	Dürrüşehvar Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII (6 October 1933 – 15 January 2023), less formally known as Mukarram Jah, was the titular Nizam of Hyderabad between 1967 and 1971.^[1] He was the head of the House of Asaf Jah until he died in 2023.

Born as the eldest son of Azam Jah and Dürrüşehvar Sultan, he was named successor to the title of Nizam of Hyderabad by his grandfather Mir Osman Ali Khan. Upon Osman's death in 1967, he became the titular Nizam. He lost his titles and the privy purses in 1971 when the 26th Amendment to the Indian constitution was passed.

Jah subsequently moved to Australia, where he stayed at the Murchison House Station. While the prince remained in Australia, his palaces in Hyderabad were encroached upon and fell into disrepair. Numerous divorce settlements and failed business ventures led to the loss of the majority of his fortune. In 1996, he moved to Turkey where he remained until his death in 2023. Jah was buried in Hyderabad.

Jah chaired the H.E.H. The Nizam's Charitable Trust and Mukarram Jah Trust for Education & Learning (MJTEL) Mukarram Jah high school.^[2]