Nawab Asman Jah Bahadur

His Excellency Nawab Mohammad Mazahr ud-Din Khan Asman Jah Rafath Jung, Bashir ud- Dawla, Umdat ul- Mulk, Azam ul- Umara, Amir -i -Akbar, Bahadur, KCIE (* 1839 in Hyderabad, † 1898 in Hyderabad ) was aristocrat of the Indian princely state of Hyderabad. At the time of Asaf Jah VI. Member of the Privy Council 1887-1893 and sofa.

Journey

Asman Jah was the eldest son of Sabkat Jung ( = Bashir -ul- Mulk ) from the elder line of the sons of Shams ul- Umara ( Diwan 1848/9; = Amir -i - Kabir I. ). As such he was a great-grandson of Asaf Jah II The Klan was, according to the ruler, the second largest landowner (as Paigah for military service obligation ) of the country. Traditionally, the family presented the supreme commander of the troops of the Principality. His brother Khurshid Jah and cousin Viqar ul- Umara kept in the 1890s also the highest public offices. He was, as his relative Viqar ul- Umara, married to a daughter of Asaf Jah V..

After his uncle's death, during the minority of Asaf Jah VI. he was co-regent next Salar Jung I.. During the latter traveled to England he conducted the affairs of state. Asam years represented his uncle at the reception of the Prince of Wales in Bombay, following the Imperial Durbar in Delhi, he was in the wake of the eleven-year Asaf Jah VI. , There at the Proclamation Day had its first public appearance. He was awarded the Medal of Delhi.

As a representative of the Nizam, he traveled in 1887 to the celebrations on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria to London, where was threaded by Abdul Huq, and the award of the national mining concession to the Hyderabad ( Deccan ) Company on the edge. A week after his return, he was appointed as the successor of Salar Jung II, the Council, an office which had been previously perceived business leader. In the end of his tenure was that a minimal voice -providing decree Qanoon -cha- Mubarak (20 February 1893), in its elaboration Imud ul- Mulk and the private secretary to the Nizam Server young were significantly involved with. He was succeeded in office Viqar ul- Umara.

In the family residence Bashir Bagh he had to create a magnificent garden, also the Asman Ghar Palace in an English neo-Gothic style in the suburb Mallapet. North of the palace Falkanuma you built the magnificent palace Jahanuma in his name.

Literature and sources

  • Lethbridge, Roper; Golden Book of India; 1893, pp. 30-2
Hyderabad State Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI Divan Mir Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II Viqar-ul-Umra Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I Singareni Collieries Company Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung II
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