Afzal ad-Dawlah GCSI | |||||
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Āṣaf Jāh V Niẓāmu ʾl Mulk Afḍalu ʾl Daūlah | |||||
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8th Nizam of Hyderabad State | |||||
Reign | 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869 | ||||
Predecessor | Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV | ||||
Successor | Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI | ||||
Born | Gufran Manzil, Hyderabad State, British India | 11 October 1827||||
Died | 26 February 1869 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India | (aged 41)||||
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Issue | Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah VI Hussain-un-Nisa Begum Jahandar-un-Nisa Begum Parvarish-un-Nisa Begum Siraj-un-Nisa Begum | ||||
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House | Asaf Jahi | ||||
Father | Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV | ||||
Mother | Dilawar-un-Nisa Begum | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V Mir Tahniyat Ali Khan Siddiqi (11 October 1827 – 26 February 1869) was the eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, India, from 1857 to 1869.[1]
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 Taluqdar.[citation needed]
He set up the Hyderabad Medical School (HMS) in 1846 which later came to be known as Osmania Medical College.[2]
Main article: Nizam's Rubath |
The Nizam's Rubath is an accommodation building purchased by the 5th Nizam for the people of Hyderabad State travelling for their Holy pilgrimage (Hajj) to city of Mecca.[3][4] It initially consisted of 42 buildings, but with the expansion of the Grand Mosque, only three buildings remain.[citation needed]
Other reforms during his reign, by his Prime Minister Salar Jung, included the establishment of a governmental central treasury in 1855.[citation needed]
Asaf Jah V reformed the Hyderabad revenue and judicial systems, instituted a postal service and constructed the first rail and telegraph networks. In 1861 he was awarded the Star of India.[5]
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.[6]
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).[7]
He was married three times, firstly to Mahbub Begum,[8] secondly to Hussaini Begum,[9] and thirdly to Allah Rakhi Begum.[10]
He died in Hyderabad on 26 February 1869, after a reign of just 12 years and was buried at the Mecca Masjid mosque.[citation needed]
His Highness Sir Nizam-ul-Mulk, Afzal ad-Dawlah, Nawab Farooqi Mir Tahniat Ali Khan Bahadur, Asaf Jah V, GCSI, Nizam of Hyderabad.[16]