Ali Jinnah, Deputy Habibullah and Chaudhary Bam Bahadur Shah amongst others to administer the estate as his son was still a minor. Motilal Nehru died before the Maharaja and after the latter's death in 1931, Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the dominant personality on the board. He said that "...the idea of a separate Muslim state in India stirred the imagination of the Muslims as nothing else had done before." Migration In 1945, before the Independence of India, he migrated to Iraq. He subsequently moved to Pakistan in 1957. He later settled down in London. Life in London He was the first Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre in London, and devoted rest of his life in supervising the building of the Regent Park Mosque. He was the moving force behind the World of Islam Festival held in 1976 in the United Kingdom. Ali Allawi reminisces about the events of 1976. Death He died in London on 14 October 1973 but was buried in Mashhad in Iran. He is survived by his two daughters, Bari Rajkumari Ammatul Hussein Imam and Choti Rajkumari Rabab Mehdi, and was succeeded by his son Raja Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan who has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Legacy The Mehmoodabad area of Karachi is named after him. Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad used to practice strict self-denial and self-discipline for religious reasons in his personal life. That is why his house in Karbala, Iraq and all his wealth was gifted to the Government of Pakistan. In 1990, Pakistan Postal Services issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor in its 'Pioneers of Freedom' series. Further reading Syed Ishtiaq Husain. Glimpses of Freedom Movement: The Life and the Times of Raja Saheb of Mahmudabad. Mehboob Academy, Karachi (1990) Khwaja Razi Haider. Raja Sahib Mahmoodabad: Hayat-o-Khidmaat. Quaid-i-Azam Academy, Karachi References 1914 births 1973 deaths All India Muslim League members Indian royalty Iraqi people of Indian descent Leaders of the Pakistan Movement Indian Shia Muslims Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Pakistani Shia Muslims People from Sitapur district Pakistani expatriates in Iraq Poets in British India Burials in Mashhad Burials at Imam Reza Shrine