"Ihtisham-ul-mulk, Raes-ud-Daulla, Amir-ul-Omrah, Mahabat Jang (Dignifier of the Country, Premier of the State, Noble of Nobles, Horror in War)", Nawab Syud Waresh Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur , K.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., was the last Nawab of Murshidabad. He succeeded his father, Nawab Syud Wasef Ali Mirza after his death on 23^rd October 1959, and ruled for ten years. Waresh Ali Mirza was born at Murshidabad on 14^th November 1901 and was the eldest son of Wasef Ali Mirza by his first wife Nawab Sultan Dulhan Faghfur Jahan Begum Sahiba (daughter of Wala Kadir Syud Husain Ali Mirza Bahadur)

Honours

Waresh Ali Mirza received the (a) Page of Honour to Queen-Empress Mary during the Imperial Tour of India 1911 - 1912, (b) Delhi Durbar silver medal - 1911, (c) King George V Silver Jubilee Medal - 1935 and (d) King George VI Coronation Medal - 1937.

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He married (1) Zeenat-un-nisa Begum Sahiba née Moselle Meyer on August 1921 (Divorced on 29^th March 1932). She was a lady of Jewish origin born in 1908 (daughter of Reuben Meyer & Flora) and died at Harrow, Middlesex in 1968. Married (2) Wahid-un-nisa Begum Sahiba [H.H. Nawab Begum of Murshidabad] née Muriel Frances Mchellan (She was born at London on 23^rd November 1905).

Waresh Ali Mirza died at Calcutta, on 20^th November 1969, having had issue, three sons and three daughters. Since then there has been no clear successor to the title.