Farqunda Ali Khan | |
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Nizam-ul-Mulk | |
![]() Nasir-ud-Daulah | |
7th Nizam of Hyderabad State | |
Reign | 24 May 1829 – 16 May 1857 |
Predecessor | Sikandar Jah |
Successor | Afzal-ud-Daulah |
Born | Mir Farqunda Ali Khan 25 April 1794 Bidar |
Died | 16 May 1857 | (aged 63)
Burial | |
Spouse | Dilawar-un-Nisa Begum[1] |
Issue |
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House | Asaf Jahi |
Father | Sikandar Jah |
Mother | Fazilat-un-Nisa Begum |
Religion | Islam |
Mir Farqunda Ali Khan (25 April 1794 – 16 May 1857) commonly known as Nasir-ud-Daulah, was seventh 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 Fazilatunnisa Begum, Nasir-ud-Daulah ascended the throne in 1829. He inherited a financially weak kingdom. On his request, Lord William Bentinck withdrew all of the European superintendents of civil departments and followed a policy of non-intervention in the Nizam's affairs. The Nizam founded the Hyderabad Medical School in 1846; he also owed large debts to the Arabs, the Rohillas and the British, and in 1853 he signed a treaty with the British during the reign of Governor-General The Earl of Dalhousie. The British agreed to liquidate all of his debts in return for ceding part of his territory to the British.