PREDECESSORS and SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
circa 1725. Rulers were...
-
 QAMAR ad-DIN CHIN QILIJ KHAN NIZAM
ul-MULK FATEH JUNG ASAF
JAH I
1725/1748, born 11th August 1671, Governor of Bijaipur, subedar of six
provinces of the Deccan and faujdar of Karnatak. Nizam-Ul-Mulk never
openly
claimed independence of the Deccan from the central government. From
1724
he carried on the government of the six subas of the Deccan without any
reference to Delhi, unhampered in the exercise of all the sovereign
attributes
of a state., he advised his successor to keep intact the traditional
relations
of loyalty with the imperial government, married and had issue, six
sons.
He died 22nd May 1748 and was buried at Khuldabad.
- MUHAMMED NASIR JANG MIR AHMAD (qv)
- ASAJ ad-DOWLA MIR ALI SALABAT (qv)
- GHAZI ad-DIN (qv)
- Mir Basalat Jang
- Mir Mughal, died 1775.
- NIZAM ALI KHAN ASAF JAH II (qv)
- Daughter, married and had issue.
- MUHYI ad-DIN MUZAFFAR JANG (qv)
1a. MUHAMMED
NASIR JANG MIR AHMAD
1748/1750,
died 5th December 1750.
1b. MUHYI
ad-DIN MUZAFFAR JANG 1750/1751,
died 1751.
1c. GHAZI
ad-DIN 1751/1752 (in
rebellion),
died 16th October 1752. Ancestor of the Nawabs of Baoni.
1d. ASAJ
ad-DOWLA MIR ALI SALABAT
1751/1763,
died 1763.
-
 NIZAM
ALI KHAN ASAF JAH II 1763/1803 , born 24th February
1734.
After the treaty of 1798 Bolarum became one of the largest British
cantonments
in the south. Nizam Ali Khan was the absolute sovereign of the state as
mughal Subedar of the Deccan. Territories were given on contracts and
the
contractors were known as Taluqdars. They maintained troops for the
protection
of the Nizam in the Districts. The whole territory of the state was
divided
mainly into three categories namely "Khalsa", "Paigah" and Jagirs,
married
and had issue. He died 6th August 1803 and was buried at Mecca Masjid
by
the side of his mother Umda Begum.
- MIR AKBAR ALI KHAN SIKANDER JAH ASAF JAH III (qv)
- Mir Ali Jah, died 1795.
- Mir Subhan Ali
- Mir Ahmad Ali
- Bashirunissa Begum, married Fakhruddin Khan
Amir-e-Kabir Shams ul-Umra
II, born 1781, died 1863 and had issue.
- Mir Zulfiqar Ali Khan Taymur Jang Nasiruddaula
Zulfiqar
Malik-e-Jan-Dar-Jha,
married and had issue.
- Mir Rustam Ali Khan, married and had issue.
- Mir Jamshed Ali Khan, married and had issue.
- Mir Asif Ali Khan
- Mir Sujat Ali Khan, married and had issue.
- Mir Iradat Ali Khan
- Mir Hyder Ali Khan, married and had issue.
- Mir Sabir Ali Khan, married and has issue.
- Mir Barkat Ali Khan
- Mir Azmat Ali Khan
- Shabeena Zarine Begum
- Mir Asad Ali Khan, married and has issue.
- Samiya Begum
- Mir Muhammed Ali Khan
- Mir Ahmad Ali Khan
- Asma Begum
- Mir Rustam Ali Khan, married and has issue.
- Mir Shujat Ali Khan
- Mir Hussain Ali Khan
- Saedunissa Begum
- Tajunissa Begum
- Hajra Begum
- Rahamatunissa Begum
- Karimunissa Begum
- Sogha Begum
- Mir Liyaqat Ali Khan
- Mir Nawazish Ali Khan
- Mir Zafar Ali Khan
- Tajunissa Begum
-
 MIR
AKBAR ALI KHAN SIKANDER JAH ASAF JAH III 1803/1829 ,
born
11th November 1768. There was no treaty between the Nizam and the
British
for the maintenance of the Contingent. He allowed the state to go into
debt , borrowing money at 25% interest, which resulted in the Nizam
losing
a substantial amount of territory to William Palmer & Company. The
Nizam wavied the Peshkash (tribute) of Rs.7 lakh per annum, which the
company
was paying on account of Northern Circars. The death of his favorite
daughter
in 1826 gave Sikander Jah a great shock that slowly led to his death on
Thursday 21st May 1829, 9 sons and 10 daughters survived him, including.
- NASER ad-DOWLA FARKHUNDA ALI KHAN ASAF JAH IV (qv)
- Mir Gawhar Ali Khan Mubarizuddaula, died 1854.
- Zulfiqar ul-Mulk
- Sham samul-Mulk
- NASER ad-DOWLA FARKHUNDA ALI KHAN ASAF
JAH IV
1829/1857 , born 25th April 1794 in Bidar. In 1853 when General Fraser
left Hyderabad and in his place General C.B. Low took over as the
Resident,
he received a message from Lord Dalhousie to inform the Nizam to pay
sixty-four
lakh rupees which were due to the British for maintaining the
Contingent.
On 20th May 1853 a new treaty was concluded by which the strength of
the
Contingent force was settled for its payments. The Contingent ceased to
be a part of the Nizam's Army and became an auxiliary force kept by the
British Government for the benefit of Hyderabad State, married and had
issue. He died 18th May 1857.
- MIR TAHNIATH ALI KHAN AFZAL ad-DOWLA MAHBUB ALI KHAN ASAF
JAH V (qv)
- Roshanuddaula
- MIR TAHNIATH ALI KHAN AFZAL
ad-DOWLA
MAHBUB ALI KHAN ASAF
JAH V 1857/1869 , born 11th October 1827. On 31st August
1861
the order of the Star of India was conferred on Nawab Afzal-ud-Daula.
Dominion
was divided into five Subas and sixteen districts. Each Suba was headed
by a Subedar and each district was under a Taluqdar. During the reign
of
Nawab Afzal-ud-Daula, the reforms carried out by Sir Salar Jung
included
the establishment of a Government central treasury in 1855. He died
26th
February 1869.
- Lt.Gen. HH MUZAFFAR ul-MAMALIK NIZAM
ul-MULK NIZAM
ad-DOWLA Nawab Mir Sir MAHBUB ALI KHAN Bahadur Fath Jang ASAF JAH VI
1869/1911 (son), born 17th August 1866, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., Lt.Gen.
(Hon.)
1910. On 5th November 1902 an agreement was signed by the Nizam's
government
assigning Berar districts to the British on lease on payment of Rs.25
lakh
per annum. "In the Nizam's dominion, medical treatment and medical
education
reached a high standard of excellence. Here was held the famous
chloroform
commission which was due to the liberality and scientific interest of
the
Nizam and the energy and enthusiasm of Dr.Lawrie, the presidency
surgeon".
"British Medical Journal 1895". In 1893 Mahboob Ali Khan announced a
major
reform in the constitution of the government through an edict called
"Qanunche
Mubarick". On 5th May 1905 Victoria Memorial Orphanage was established
in memory of Queen Victoria. In 1878 Madrasa-I-Aliya was founded and in
1908 the Mahboobia girls school was set up. On Tuesday 28th September
1908
Hyderabad witnessed disastrous floods of the river musi, flowing
through
the city. On 5th February 1885 her majesty the queen empress conferred
upon his highness the honour of grand commander of the star of India.
His
highness had a sudden stroke of paralysis and succumbed to it at 12:30
p.m at Falaknuma palace on Tuesday, August 29 1911 at the age of 46
years.
He married a number of times and had issue.
- Lt.Gen. H.E.H. Asaf Jah Muzaffar-ul-Mamalik Nizam-ul-Mulk
Nizam-ud-Daula
Nawab Mir Sir OSMAN ALI KHAN Bahadur Fath Jang ASAF JAH VII (by
Amat uz-Zehra Begum) (qv)
- Sahibzadi Dawudunissa Begum (5th daughter), married
Monaziruddin Khan
Nazir
Jung Paigah and had issue.
-
 Lt.Gen. H.E.H. Asaf Jah
Muzaffar-ul-Mamalik Nizam-ul-Mulk Nizam-ud-Daula
Nawab Mir Sir OSMAN ALI KHAN Bahadur Fath Jang ASAF JAH VII
1911/1967, Mir Osman Ali Khan was born in Hyderabad on 6th April 1886
at
Purani Haveli, educated privately, G.C.S.I. [cr.1911], G.B.E. (civil)
[cr.1917].
Mir Osman Ali Khan was a great scholar and wrote poetry in Urdu and
Persian.
On 14th April 1906 he was married to Dulhan Pasha Begum, daughter of
Nawab
Jahangir Jung at Eden Bagh at the age of 21. In 1911 Mir Osman Ali Khan
was proclaimed the Nizam by Nawab Shahab Jung, the Minister of
police.In
1912 Maharaja sir Kishen Pershad resigned as the Prime Minister and in
his place Nawab Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III was appointed as the
Prime
Minister. In 1914 Salar Jung resigned and the Nizam took the
administration.
Under the first head may be mentioned the despatch of the Hyderabad
Imperial
Service cavalry to Egypt in 1914. His exalted highness was the honorary
Colonel of the 20 Deccan Horse. In 1918, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan was
elevated
by King George V from "His Highness" to "His Exalted Highness". In a
letter
dated 24th January, 1918, the title "Faithful Ally of the British
Government"
was conferred on him, married (amongst others), Mazharunnisa Begum,
died 18th June 1964, and had issue. He died 24th February 1967.
- HH Walashan Nawab Sir Mir Himayat Ali Khan Azam Jah,
Prince of Berar,
born
22nd February 1907, married 12th November 1931 in Nice, HIH Princess
Dürrühshehvar
Sultana of Turkey, died 7th February 2006 in London, and had issue. He
died 9th October 1970.
- H.E.H. Nizam al-Molk Fath Jang BARKAT ALI KHAN MUKARRAM
JAH ASAF
JAH
VIII (qv)
- Mir Karamat Ali Khan Muffakham Jah, born 1939, educated
at Harrow
School
1952/1957 and at Balliol College, Oxford 1957/1960.
- Sahibzada Nawab Muazam Jah, born 22nd December 1907,
married 12th
November
1931 in Nice, Princess Nilüfer Hanim Sultana of Turkey, and had
issue.
- SON, married Fatima Fouzia, and had issue.
- Sahibzada Himayat Ali Mirza
- Sahibzada Dilshad Jah
- H.E.H. Nizam al-Molk Fath Jang
BARKAT
ALI KHAN MUKARRAM
JAH ASAF JAH VIII (see above)
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