The Salar Jung family was a noble

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

family under the Nizams, who ruled from 1720 to 1948. They are credited with safeguarding rare artifacts and collections, which are now at

Salar Jung Museum The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at Dar-ul-Shifa, on the southern bank of the Musi River, India, Musi River in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the List of museums in India, notable National Museums of India. ...

. The family were one of the remaining families of nobles other than the three great Paigah nobles, (who were the highest order of nobility under the Nizams) and after them ranked the Umra-e-Uzzam families. The Salar Jung family was one of the Umra-e-Uzzam. Their ancestry dates to the 16th century. By the middle of the 19th century, the family assumed importance as five members served as

Grand Vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

s to the Nizams. The family resided at the

Dewan Devdi Dewan Devdi was the palace of the nobles, the Salar Jungs. It was situated close to Charminar and Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad. The word ''Diwan'' means Prime Minister, and ''Devdi'' refers to mansions of Hyderabadi noblemen. Dewan Devdi ha ...

palace. The five Prime Ministers from the family are buried at ''Daira Mir Momin'', a graveyard in the old city of

. Prince Moazzam Jah and classical musician

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (2 April 1902 – 23 April 1968) was an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Patiala gharana.Owais al-Qarani Awais bin Bashir ( ar, أُوَيْس ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن جَزْء ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْقَرَنِيّ, ), also spelled Uways or Owais, was a Muslim from Yemen who lived during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ...

,who lived in the times of Prophet Muhhammad. According to the legend their claimed ancestor Shaikh Owais II who was tenth in descent from Owais,arrived in India during the reign of

Ali Adil Shah Ali Adil Shah I ( fa, ; 1558–1579) was the fifth Sultan of Adil Shahi dynasty, Bijapur Sultanate. On the day of his coronation Ali abandoned the Sunni practices and reintroduced the Shia, Shi’ah Khutbah and other practices. The Persian peo ...

Bijapur Bijapur, officially known as Vijayapura, is the district headquarters of Bijapur district of the Karnataka state of India. It is also the headquarters for Bijapur Taluk. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural ...

,and established himself by marrying his son Shaikh Muhammad Ali to Minister Mulla Ahmad Nawayet's daughter. The family's Jagir comprised six taluks:

Kosgi Kosgi is a municipality in Narayanpet district of Telangana state in India. It has a population of 21,038 (Census 2001). It is a part of Kodangal constituency of the Telangana state's Legislative Assembly. The notable towns nearby Kosgi are T ...

, Ajanta,

Koppal ''Koppal'' is a district headquarters of Koppal district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Koppal is surrounded on three sides by hills. It was known as Kopana Nagara. The town has historical landmarks such as the Koppal Fort, Gavimath (a rel ...

Yelburga Yalaburga also called Yelburga is a panchayat town in Koppal district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Geography Yelburga is located at . It has an average elevation of 605 metres (1984 feet). It is around 40 km north-west of K ...

, Dundgal,

Raigir Raigiri is a village of Bhuvanagiri mandal and also falls under Bhongir Municipality in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in the state of Telangana, India. There is a railway station in this village between Secunderabad, Bhuvanagiri and Kazipet, War ...

which had a total of 333 villages with a population of 180,150 (1901),spread over an area of 1.486 square miles that produced a revenue of 820,000.

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Mir Laiq Ali Khan Salar Jung II Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung II (died 7 July 1889) was a former Prime Minister of Hyderabad State (1884–1887). He belonged to the noble Salar Jung family. He is also known for authoring the Persian-language travelogue ''Vaqayeʿ-e Mosafer ...

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Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III Nawab Abul Quasim Owaisi, Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III (1889–1949), commonly known as Salar Jung III, was a nobleman and art collector from Hyderabad Deccan (Hyderabad State). He served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad Deccan during the ...

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