Nasir Jung

Nasir Jung
Nizam-ul-Mulk
Nasir-ud-Daulah
Portrait of Nasir Jung
2nd Nizam of Hyderabad
Reign1 June 1748 – 16 December 1750
PredecessorAsaf Jah I
SuccessorMuzaffar Jung
Born26 February 1712
Died16 December 1750 (aged 38)
Burial
HouseAsaf Jahi dynasty
FatherAsaf Jah I
ReligionIslam

Mir Ahmad Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi, Nasir Jung, was the second Nizam of Hyderabad State. He was the son of Asaf Jah I and his wife Saeed-un-nisa Begum. He was born 26 February 1712. He had taken up a title of Humayun Jah, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Ahmad Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Nasir Jung, Nawab Subadar of the Deccan. However, he is most famously known as Nasir Jung.

The Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah bestowed him with the title Nasir Jung and later the next Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur appointed him as the Subedar of the Deccan and bestowed him with the title Nasir-ud-Daula.[1]

  1. ^ Rā Kulakarṇī, A.; Nayeem, M. A. (2000). "History of Modern Deccan, 1720/1724-1948: Political and administrative aspects".