Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV

Nasir ad-Daula I Farqunda Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah IV (* April 25, 1794 in Bidar, † May 16, 1857 ) was the Nizam, the absolute ruler of the Indian princely state of Hyderabad in the highlands of the Deccan. The mother of his crown prince was Dilwar - u -Nisa Begum.

As the time of his predecessor, the purchase of office was customary court sentences were spoken in favor of the highest bidder. Vassals ( jagir ) always acquired greater land areas that they completely controlled the agreed charges were rarely transferred to the state treasury. The landbebauenden residents had to perform forced labor also ( vetti ).

In his time the permanent "lease " of the fertile territory of Berar to the British colonial rulers falls. The ancestors of the Nizam had committed a native troops under British command ( subsidary force: 8 battalions of infantry, two cavalry regiments ) - stationed in the then ten kilometers away, from the capital Secunder; abad - to equip and maintain. The Governor-General Lord Dalhousie and the resident John Low ( * 1788, † 1880) believes that Hyderabad with 640,000 rupees was in arrears and demanded the cession of this territory (value 3 million Rs ), the Raichur - Doabs were (1, 1 million Rs ) and some others. In addition, the jewels of the ruler were pledged. The additional troops, completely commanded by the British and equipped, Hyderabad Contingent was called with an authorized strength of 5,000 infantry, 2000 cavalry, and four batteries of artillery.

The 1853 came into office after the death of his uncle, Siraj ul- Mulk Diwan Salar Jung I, even second-largest Jagir, began introducing an accounting system, the control of public finances.

He was buried in the Mecca mosque in the capital.