Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III
Mir Akbar Ali Khan Siddiqi Sikander Jah Asaf Jah III. ( Born November 11, 1768 in Hyderabad, † May 21, 1829 ), was as Nizam from 1803 to 1829, the absolute ruler of the Indian princely state of Hyderabad in the highlands of the Deccan.
Rule
Although he struggled to be treated as second-class ally of the British in the beginning, but had to acknowledge in 1808 that the French had lost their power in India. The Resident was the highest authority on many issues. His power was visible in the impressive office building, in the district Chādargāt, for everyone. The British stationed permanently by the Nizam equipped, but they commanded troops in the then 10 km away from the capital lying Secunderabad cantonement.
1808 the Nizam and the british friendly Hindu Chandu Lal was imposed as a minister, who remained in office until 6 September 1843. This soon domonierte the administration, the actual sofa Munir ul- Mulk and the Nizam withdrew from the official shops and cultivated instead a dissolute lifestyle and court intrigue. But the sofa, leaving Rs 2.5 million debt at his death. On a similar sized feet lived the sons of the ruler. The payments for the Subsidiary Force one became more and more residue. Nonetheless, the expansion of the magnificent Chowmahalla Palace was continued. In his reign the expansion of the Purani Haveli Palace falls.
Chandu Lal began fief ( jagir ) with the right of tax collection sell corruption took, even for a Muslim despotism of the East, immense proportions. 1816 took the Minister, with the approval of the Governor General, a loan from the Hyderabad company Palmer & Co., whereby the country got into debt bondage. A second loan was not approved in 1820, when it was found, after examination by the new resident Charles Metcalfe that nearly £ 1 million ( equivalent in today's money £ 64,715,641 ) at rates up to 24% had been borrowed and wasted. Other lending was prohibited, the revenues of the North Circars used to service the debt, but only 6% interest is paid. Palmer & Co. soon went bankrupt. Waste and the debt remained.
The Treaty of 1822 regulated border issues and gave birth to the ruler of the obligation tribute ( chauth ) to pay.
His grave lay is how his next three successors in the Mecca mosque in the capital.
Family
He was married firstly with Jahan Begum Sahiba Parwar ( Haji Begum ), daughter of Nawab Saif ul- Mulk ( Maali Mian ) in May 1800th As a second wife followed Fazilath Unisa Begum ( Chandni Begum ).
Overall, he had ten sons and nine daughters, including the more important:
- I Gawhar Ali Khan Mubarizuddaula, † 1854
- Zulfiqar ul- Mulk
- Shamsam ul- Mulk