Asaf Jah I | |
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| Chin Fateh Khan Chin Qilich Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah Khan-i-Dauran Bahadur Khan-i-Khana Fateh Jung Firuz Jang Ghazi-ud-din Bahadur Amir-ul-Umara Bakhshi-ul-Mumalik | |
 Nizam-ul-Mulk c. 1745 | |
| 1st Nizam of Hyderabad | |
| Reign | 31 July 1724 – 1 June 1748 |
| Tenure | c. 1677–1748 |
| Predecessor | Position Established |
| Successor | Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad |
| Full name | Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Chin Qilich Siddiqi Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I |
| Years active | c. 1677–1748 |
| Born | 11 August 1671 Agra, Agra Subah, Mughal India |
| Died | 1 June 1748 (aged 76) Burhanpur, Hyderabad Deccan |
| Buried | Khuldabad (near Aurangabad), Hyderabad State, Mughal India (now in Maharashtra, India) |
| Noble family | Asaf Jahi Dynasty |
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| Father | Nawab Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I |
| Mother | Safiya Khanum |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Mughal Empire |
| Service | Nizam of Hyderabad |
| Rank | Sowar, Faujdar, Grand Vizier, Subadar, Nizam |
| Battles / wars | Maratha-Nizam War Battle of Balapur Mughal-Maratha Wars Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire Battle of Karnal Nizam's Carnatic campaigns (1725–27) Battle of Palkhed Battle of Bhopal |
Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi (11 August 1671–1 June 1748) also known as Chin Qilich Qamaruddin Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah and Nizam I, was the first Nizam of Hyderabad.
He began his career during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who made him a general. Following the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, Asaf Jah preferred to remain neutral, refusing to favour any one of Aurangzeb's warring sons. When Aurangzeb's third son Bahadur Shah ultimately emerged victorious, Asaf Jah was rotated as governor of multiple Mughal provinces until 1714, when he was appointed as Viceroy of the Deccan with authority over six Mughal provinces in southern India from 1714 to 1719. From 1719 onwards, he was involved in combating the intrigues of the Sayyid Brothers. From 1720 to 1722, he helped the new Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah in eliminating the Sayyid brothers and was elevated, as a reward, to the grand viziership from 1722 to 1724.
Political intrigues compelled Asaf Jah to rebel against the emperor and in 1724 Muhammad Shah was forced to recognize Asaf Jah as the permanent Viceroy of the Deccan. Later that year Asaf Jah proclaimed himself Nizam and began the Asaf Jahi dynasty, with himself as its first ruler.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ William Irvine (1922). Later Mughals. Vol. 2, 1719–1739. p. 271. OCLC 452940071.
- ^ Mehta 2005, p. 143.
- ^ Rai, Raghunath. History. FK Publications. ISBN 9788187139690.
- ^ Faruqui, Munis D. (2009). "At Empire's End: The Nizam, Hyderabad and Eighteenth-Century India". Modern Asian Studies. 43 (1). Cambridge University Press: 5–6. doi:10.1017/S0026749X07003290. JSTOR 20488070. S2CID 146592706.