Abbas Ali Meerza

Abbas Ali Meerza
Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad (de facto)
Reign13 August 2014 – present (pretender)
PredecessorWaris Ali Mirza
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Murshidabad, Bengal, British India
HouseNajafi Dynasty
FatherMohammed Sadeque Ali Mirza
MotherHashmat un-nisa Begum
ReligionShia Islam

Syed Mohammed Abbas Ali Meerza (Bengali: সৈয়দ মহম্মদ আব্বাস আলী মীর্জা; born 1942)[1] is the heir of the last Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad. He has been so since the Supreme Court of India declared him to be the lawful heir in August 2014. The royal title had been in abeyance since the death of his maternal uncle Waris Ali Meerza (the third Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad) in 1969.[1]

  1. ^ a b Times of India (20 August 2014). "Murshidabad gets a Nawab again, but fight for assets ahead". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 March 2015.