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

Nizam The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...

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, India, from 1857 to 1869.

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

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Developmental reforms

Hyderabad Medical School

He set up the Hyderabad Medical School (HMS) in 1846 which later came to be known as

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Rubath for pilgrims of Hyderabad State

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

for the people of Hyderabad State travelling for their Holy pilgrimage (Hajj) to city of

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. 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

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Salar Jung, included the establishment of a governmental central

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in 1855. Asaf Jah V reformed the Hyderabad revenue and

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s, instituted a

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and constructed the first

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and

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networks. In 1861 he was awarded the Star of India. 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.

Personal life

Asaf Jah V was the eldest son of

Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV Mir Farqunda Ali Khan (25 April 1794 – 16 May 1857) commonly known as Nasir-ud-Daulah, was Nizam of Hyderabad, a princely state of British India, from 24 May 1829 until his death in 1857. Born as Farqunda Ali Khan to Nizam Sikandar Jah and ...

(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.

Death

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

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mosque.

Style and titles

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Sir Nizam-ul-Mulk, Afzal ad-Dawlah, Nawab Farooqi Mir Tahniat Ali Khan Bahadur, Asaf Jah V,

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, Nizam of Hyderabad.

References

External links

About Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah 5INDIA, HYDERABAD, Afzal ad-Daula (1857-69) Silver rupee of Asaf Jah, Hyderabad, AH 1282
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