Hyderabad and the Caliphal Crown: Transfer, Custodianship, and the Quiet Architecture of Authority

Rahnuma-E-Deccan Daily |Special Report (RAHNUMA) The abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924 created not merely an institutional rupture, but a profound theological and political crisis across the Muslim world. While the Turkish Republic formally ended the Caliphate as a state institution, the question of its continuity—symbolic, custodial, and moral—did not disappear. Instead, it migrated […]
Court Dismisses Plea by Azmet Jah and Shekhar Jah, Allows Nawab Najaf Ali Khan’s Partition Suit to Proceed

Hyderabad, October 23, 2025 — In a significant legal development, the City Civil Court, Hyderabad, has dismissed an application filed by Azmet Jah and Shekhar Jah seeking rejection of the partition suit instituted by Nawab Najaf Ali Khan, grandson of His Exalted Highness Nawab Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, Nizam VII. The Hon’ble XI […]