Asaf Jahi dynasty

House of Asaf Jah
Coat of Arms of the Nizam of Hyderabad
Founded31 July 1724
FounderAsaf Jah I
Final rulerOsman Ali Khan
TitlesNizam-ul-Mulk
Nawab
Style(s)His Exalted Highness
Estate(s)Chowmahalla Palace
Deposition17 September 1948

The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State.[1] The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Indo-Persian culture, language, and literature, and the family found ready patronage.

The dynasty was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi, a Viceroy of the Deccan—(administrator of six Mughal governorates) under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to 1721. He intermittently ruled after Aurangzeb's death in 1707 and under the title Asaf Jah in 1724. The Mughal Empire crumbled and the Viceroy of the Deccan, Asaf Jah I, declared himself independent, whose domain extended from the Narmada River in the North to Trichinopoly in the South and Masulipatnam in the east to Bijapur in the west.

  1. ^ "How the Nizams 'stole' Hyderabad: Understanding origins of Asaf Jah dynasty". 16 September 2022.