Waris Ali Mirza

Waris Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur
Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad Ihtisham ul-Mulk (Dignifier of the country) Raes ud-Daulah (Premier of the state) Amir ul-Omrah (Noble of Nobles) Mahabat Jang (Horror in War)
Nawab Waris Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur of Murshidabad (in his boyhood).
Predecessor	Wasif Ali Mirza
Successor	Abbas Ali Mirza
Born	14 November 1901 Murshidabad
Died	20 November 1969 Calcutta
Spouse	See below
Issue	See below
Dynasty	Najafi
Father	Wasif Ali Mirza
Mother	Sultan Dulhan Faghfur Jahan Begum Sahiba
Religion	Islam

Sayyid Waris Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur (14 November 1901 – 20 November 1969), was the last Nawab of Murshidabad before a prolonged interregnum caused by a succession dispute within the family which was only resolved in 2014 by the Indian Supreme Court. He succeeded his father, Wasif Ali Mirza. Waris Ali was born on 14 November 1901 at Murshidabad as the eldest son of Wasif Ali Mirza by his first wife Sultan Dulhan Faghfur Jahan Begum Sahiba. Waris Ali's maternal grandfather was Wala Kadir Sayyid Husain Ali Mirza Bahadur. Waris Ali ruled for ten years, from 1959, until his death on 20 November 1969 at Calcutta. Although he left three sons and three daughters, there was a long interregnum following his death because of succession dispute caused by his children's disinheritance for a variety of different reasons. In August 2014 the Indian Supreme Court ruled that Mohammed Abbas Ali Mirza, a nephew of Waris Ali Mirza, was the fourth Nawab of Murshidabad in August 2014.

The following are some of the honours received by Waris Ali Mirza:

The following are the wives of Waris Ali Mirza, whom he married:

Waris Ali had three sons and three daughters as follows:

 • Sayyid Wakif Ali Mirza Bahadur (Sunni Sahib) was born on 16 February 1923 at Calcutta. He was the son of Zeenat-un-nisa Begum. He was excluded from the succession by his father on 9 July 1963, for contracting a non-Muslim marriage and for not professing the Muslim religion (validity in law doubted by the Calcutta High Court on 6 November 1990) He took no steps during his lifetime to establish his succession but, being a foreign national, they were unlikely to be recognised by the Government of India. Wakif Ali married Zeb-un-nisa Begum Sahiba (née Dina Lawyer) and Miriam Begum Sahiba (née Margaret Evelyn Van Dort; younger daughter of Donald Stanley Van Dort by his wife, Sheila Pauline Constance, and also the granddaughter of Walter William Charles Goddard). Wakif Ali died at Melbourne, Australia on 14 May 2008. He had 1 son and two daughters: