Afzal-ud-Daulah

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’Āṣaf Jāh V
Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV
SuccessorMir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah VI Princess Hussain un-nisa Begum Saheba, the eldest daughter (Lady Khursheed Jah) Princess Jahandar unisa begum (Lady Viqar ul umrah) Princess Parwarish unisa begum
Born(1827-10-11)11 October 1827
Gufran Manzil,
Hyderabad
Spouse
  • Sahebzadi Mahboob Begum
  • Sahebzadi Allah Rakhi Begum
  • Sahebzadi Hussaini Begum
Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV
MotherSahebzadi Dilawar unisa Begum Saheba
ReligionSunni Islam

Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V Mir Tahniyat Ali Khan Siddiqi (11 October 1827 – 26 February 1869) was the ruling

Hyderabad, India, from 1857 to 1869.[1]

Realm

Asaf Jah V's realm was divided into five

subahs and sixteen districts; each subah was headed by a Subedar and each district by a Taluqdar
.

Developmental reforms

Hyderabad Medical School

He set up the Hyderabad Medical School (HMS) in 1846 which later came to be known as Osmania Medical College.[2]

Rubath for pilgrims of Hyderabad State

Main article: Nizam's Rubath

The Nizam's Rubath is an accommodation building purchased by the 5th

Nizam for the people of Hyderabad State travelling for their Holy pilgrimage (Hajj) to city of Mecca.[3]
[4] It initially consisted of 42 buildings, but with the expansion of the Grand Mosque, only three buildings remain.

Other reforms

Other reforms during his reign, by his

Prime Minister Salar Jung, included the establishment of a governmental central treasury
in 1855.

Asaf Jah V reformed the Hyderabad revenue and

rail and telegraph networks. In 1861 he was awarded the Star of India.[5]

During the regime of the Nizam V- Mir Tahniyath Ali Khan Siddiqi (Afzal-ud-Dawlah), Dar-ul-Uloom, the first regular educational institution of Hyderabad, was set up in 1854.[6]

Personal life

Asaf Jah V was the eldest son of

Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV
(Mir Farqunda Ali Khan) and his wife Sahebzadi Dilawar unnisa Begum Saheba.

He was married three times, first to Sahebzadi Mahboob Begum Saheba, second to Sahebzadi Allah Rakhi Begum and third to Sahebzadi Hussaini Begum Saheba, and sired four sons and six daughters.[citation needed]

Death

He died in Hyderabad on 26 February 1869, after a reign of just 12 years and was buried at the

Mecca Masjid mosque.[7]

Style and titles

GCSI, Nizam of Hyderabad.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Law, John. Modern Hyderabad (Deccan). pp. 25–27.
  2. ^ Shahzore, Dr Mohammed Najeeb (5 July 2020). "Chloroform & how modern medicine came to Hyderabad". The Asian Age.
  3. ^ "Hajj 2018: Draw for free accommodation at Nizam Rubath today in Hyderabad, Telangana". ummid. 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ Aug 2, Syed Akbar. "Nizam: Nizam descendants demand new properties be acquired for Rubat | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Law, John. Modern Hyderabad (Deccan). pp. 34–37.
  6. ^ "Osmania University first to teach in blend of Urdu and English".
  7. ^ "Nasir-ud-Daula & Afzal-ud-daula | Telangana History: From Nizam's to Integration into Indian Union".
  8. ^ "Asaf Jahis (1724-1948)". Retrieved 21 September 2019.

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Afzal-ud-Daulah
Preceded by
Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV
 Nizam of Hyderabad
1857–1869 		Succeeded by
Mahbub Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah VI
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