Hyderabad, March 9 -- A judge of the City Civil Court in Hyderabad dismissed a case filed by the Majlis-e-Sahebzadagan Society, representing about 4,500 descendants of the Asaf Jahi Nizam family, which sought a share in the wealth or properties in possession of the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan's current descendants.

The society says it represents descendants of the first to sixth Nizams of Hyderabad, and essentially claimed a stake in properties - such as Chowmahalla and Falaknuma palaces - which are currently in possession of Azmet Jah. Azmet is the eldest son of Mukarram Jan Bahadur, who was made the heir of his grandfather, Osman Ali Khan, when he died in 1967.

Mukarram was made the titular eighth Nizam unti...