Marriage, Children and Early Life
Fazal Nawaz Jung married the sahibzadi Habeeba Begum, a lady of an illustrious and prodigiously wealthy Delhi family whose father was known to be one of Hyderabad's richest men. Habeeba’s father descended in the male line from Mohammed Fakhruddin Faridi, Prime Minister to the Mughal Emperor, and Baba Farid Shakargunjj buried in Red Fort, Dehli. The alliance between the two families made Habeeba a noblewoman of Hyderabad, the most important of India’s princely states at a time when the Mughal court was in decline. Fazal, on the other hand, received access to an immense fortune with which to further his political ambitions. With the assets of Habeeba, Fazal Nawaz Jung was able to purchase a vast property in Somajiguda (see photographs) and built a large estate in which he housed his own family and several of his sisters. Prominent neighbors included Liaqat Jung, famed owner of "Lal Bangla" and Prince Azam Jah at Bella Vista Palace. Deceased members of his family, including his sisters, are buried at Masjid-e-Subhani in Somajiguda today.
From Habeeba Begum, he had five issues including Arif Sajjad, Akther Begum, Asad Mumtaz, Nayyar Begum, and Kishwar Begum. Following her unexpected and unexplained death, Fazal Nawaz Jung remarried: first to a relative of Habeeba Begum, Nasir Jahan Begum from whom he had no issues. He subsequently married Mehboob Bee, from whom he had one son Mir Ali Hyder. Lastly, he married Asmathunisa Begum, a former courtesan of the Wali-Ahd of Hyderabad, Prince Azam Jah, Damat Walashan Nawab Sir Mir Himayat Ali Khan Bahadur Bey Effendi from whom he had three issues.
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