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

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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

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, Each Fort by a

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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
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The Nizam's Rubath is an accommodation building in city of

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, in Saudi Arabia, purchased by the 5th

for the people of

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travelling for their Holy pilgrimage (

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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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, 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) and his wife Dilawar-un-Nisa Begum (buried in Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad). ;Consorts He was married three times, firstly to Mahbub Begum, secondly to Hussaini Begum, and thirdly to Allah Rakhi Begum. ;Sons * A son (7 June 1858 – 23 September 1858) – with Mahbub Begum; * Hifazat Ali Khan (2 May 1860 – 8 September 1861, buried near the tomb of Barhana Shah) – with Hussaini Begum; * Mahboob Ali Khan (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911) – with Allah Rakhi Begum; ;Daughters * Hussain-un-Nisa Begum, married on 29 May 1859 to Khurshid Jah Muhammad Muhi-ud-Din Khan Bahadur Tegh Jang; * Parvarish-un-Nnisa Begum, married on 28 November 1869 to Nawab Bashir ud-Daulah Asman Jah Bahadur, son of Sultan-ud-Din Khan; * Siraj-un-Nisa Begum, betrothed on 15 November 1877 and married on 19 January 1879 to Vazier Ali Pasha; * Jahandar-un-Nisa Begum, married to Iqbal-ud-Daulah Viqar-ul-Umara;

Death

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

Bibliography

External links

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