The Hindu : No Living Moghals, for now

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Monday, Dec 09, 2002

Southern States

Southern States - Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad

No Living Moghals, for now

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD Dec. 8. The City Civil Court has granted injunction order stopping the telecast of the documentary film, `Living Moghals,' produced by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust.

The documentary, which has been screened on various TV channels, has attracted flak from the descendants of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, for projecting Princess Laila Umahani and her two sons as the only surviving heirs. Taking objection to the `misleading' documentary, Prince Yakub Habibuddin Tucy, great grandson of Bahadur Shah, and 34 other members of the family approached the court and obtained the injunction order, pending disposal of the suit.

Prince Habibuddin told presspersons here on Sunday that both print and electronic media were giving a wrong picture showing Princess Umahani and her sons -- Ziauddin Tucy and Masihuddin Tucy -- as the surviving heirs. The fact was that Umahani's elder sister, 88-year-old Princess Hussan Jahan Ara Begum, her children and grandchildren were also present. There were at least 55 Mughal descendants living in the city alone.

"All this is being done with an ulterior motive," Prince Habibuddin said. He said all the descendants of the Mughal family wherever they might be living should come under the banner of Mughal Emperors Family Society so as to preserve their identity.

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