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Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur or, Mirza Khurshid Jah Bahadur (15 October 1914 – 3 August 1975) was born in Rang Mahal,

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the only son of Mirza Muhammad Fayazuddin Bahadur, by lineage he was the Great-Grandson of

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, he was recognised as head of the

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, in 1931 by the

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, He emigrated to

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following the

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in 1947, He was married to Nawabzadi Arghwani Begum Sahiba (born 2 January 1920) and they had two sons and four daughters.

Family

;Sons: *Mirza Ghulam Moinuddin Muhammad Javaid Jah Bahadur married to Mrs. Malahat Javaid Jah *Mirza Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (born 15 September) married to Lubna Akbar Sahiba (born 17 September) ;Daughters: *Sabahat Jah Begum Sahiba married to Kamran Muzaffar Zeejah *Zakawat Jah Begum Sahiba married to Khayum Rafi Ahmed *Fasahat Jah Begum Sahiba (born 23 September) married to Sajid Arif Nomani *Nabahat Jah Begum Sahiba married to Husnain Lotia 1914 births 1975 deaths Mughal dynasty Mughal nobility People from Delhi Pretenders to the throne of the Mughal Empire {{India-royal-stub