Nizam Mir Muhammad Azmet Ali Khan, Asaf Jah IX, known as Azmet Jah (also spelt as Azmat Jah, born 23 July 1960), is the current head of the House of Asaf Jah and the titular 9th Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar since 20 January 2023, though Indian law has not recognized such titles since the passage of the 26th Amendment to the Indian Constitution in 1971.
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Early life, family and education
Azmet Jah was born on 23 July 1960 in Paddington, London, to Mukarram Jah and Esra Jah, during the reign of his great-grandfather, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad. He did his early schooling in London. He attended the University of Southern California, from where he graduated in 1984 with a degree in cinematograhy. In 1996, he married Zeynap Naz Güvendiren in London. They have two children, a daughter and a son.
Career
He is a professional photographer and cinematographer and has worked with Steven Spielberg and Lord Richard Attenborough.
He has wielded the camera in the films Navy Seals and Life of Charlie Chaplin.