'A legacy worth millions' - India's former royals who draw a meagre pension
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Aman/BBC Faiyaz Ali Khan is among the 1,200 recipients of the wasika given to descendants of the Awadh royal family
In Hussainabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 90-year-old Faiyaz Ali Khan makes his way to the Picture Gallery, a 19th Century building that is a relic of the city's royal past. His hands tremble as he walks, but there is a sparkle in his eyes. He has come to collect his wasika or royal pension. Wasika, from the Persian word for a written agreement, is a pension granted to the descendants and associates of the rulers of the former Awadh kingdom. Awadh, now the central region of Uttar Pradesh, was ruled by semi-autonomous Muslim rulers - called nawabs - until the British annexed it in 1856.
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