Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V

I Tahniath Ali Khan Afzal ad -Daulah Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah V. (* October 11, 1827, † February 26, 1869 ), GCSI was the absolute rulers of the Indian princely state of Hyderabad. Under his powerful Diwan Salar Jung I. were reforms of the state administration, such as the division of the country introduced into districts. Through the reforms, the government finances were put on a modern, solid foundation. His principal wife was the Wadid - u -Nisa Begum.

Rule

Since 1853, the administration of the country was under Salar Jung I, who had begun to control the public finances by introducing accounting. At this time the Finance, through the numerous middlemen and the inherent corruption of the Muslim- despotic rule system were shattered. Torture was abolished until 1865.

Shortly after his enthronement broke from the Sepoy Mutiny. The Nizam was threatened by the followers of Shah Waliullah, the Wahhabis who preach a particularly puritanical interpretation of Islam, in its position. The insurgents attacked Rohillas on 17 July 1857 the seat of the residents Cuthbert Davidson (* 1810, † 1862) on. Salar Jung had, however, learned of the plans and warned the British, so that they could repel the attack under the command of Colonel Briggs. The colonial masters were of the view that the fact that the Nizam did not show the slightest sympathy for the insurgents, the spread of the uprising in southern and western India prevented. Also loyally remained the Hyderabad Contingent, which, stationed in Secunderabad and paid by the Nizam, the British had placed under and over the next 15 months in the Presidency of Bombay fought the insurgents.

In reality, the diplomacy was the merit of the sofa, but it was attributed to the ruler who was allowed to call after 1858 then " Faithful Ally of the British Government". As a further reward him in 1861 ½ million debts were canceled, he received the surpluses of Berar and the area of Sholapur.

The Nizam himself took little part in the government that the energetic sofa that has been able to vervierzigfachen the government revenue in the 30 years of his tenure, was responsible and the. Asaf Jah VI as regent for from 1869 the power held in his hands. The Chowmahalla Palace, an example of extreme oriental splendor folding, begun in 1750, was completed during his reign. The peasants of the land remaining after payment of rent and taxes rarely a third of their harvest.

He was buried in the Mecca mosque in the capital.