List of office holders of Hyderabad

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This list of the incumbents of Hyderabad shows the rulers, heads of government and British residents of the Indian princely state of Hyderabad since the Mughal Empire gained independence until it was incorporated into the Indian Union in 1948/56.

The Nizam as the “first prince of India” was granted the right to a salute of 21 rounds by the British as rulers . The heir to the throne was named Prince of Berar.

Nizam

Asaf Jah I., founder of the dynasty
  • June 20, 1720 to June 1, 1748: Qamar ad-Din Chin Qilij Khan, from July 12, 1737: Asaf Jah I. (* 1671, according to legend, died * 1644, 104 years old. Mausoleum in the fort of Daulatabad.) Um A grandson and four sons fought to succeed him.
  • January 1, 1748 to December 16, 1750: Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad (* 1712, murdered 1750) the second son. Rebeled in 1740 and was temporarily imprisoned.
  • December 16, 1750 to February 13, 1751: Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat, allied with the French. Murdered.
  • Usurper: February 1751 - October 16, 1752: Ghazi ad-Din († 1752)
  • February 13, 1751 to July 8, 1762: Asaf ad-Dowla Mir Ali Salabat Jang , (* 1718, 3rd son of Asaf Jah, French-friendly, deposed by his brother, captured in the fort of Bidar, murdered there in 1763)
  • July 8, 1762 to August 6, 1803: Ali Khan Asaf Jah II. (* 1734). Installed by the British.
  • August 7, 1803 to May 21, 1829: Mir Akbar Ali Khan Asaf Jah III. (* 1768) (= Sikandar Jah)
  • May 21, 1829 to May 16, 1857: Naser ad-Dowla Farkhunda Ali Asaf Jah IV. (* 1794)
  • May 18, 1857 to February 26, 1869: Afzal ad-Dowla Mahbub Ali I. Khan Asaf Jah V. , GCSI (* 1827) "Our Faithful Ally"
  • February 28, 1869 to August 29, 1911: Fath Jang Mahbub Ali II. Khan Asaf Jah VI. (* 1866, under the reign: February 28, 1869 to February 5, 1884; buried in the Mecca mosque of Hyderabad)
  • August 29, 1911 to January 26, 1950: Fath Jang Mir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII. (* 1886, † 1967; from September 17, 1948 under the Indian military governor: Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri , * 1908)

Divan

Chawmahalla Palace
Falaknuma Palace
Bashir Bagh Palace, built for Asman Jah (r. 1887–94; building no longer stands)
  • 1724-1730 Muhammad Iwaz Khan
  • 1730–1742 Anwarullah Khan
  • 1742-1748? Khuda Banda Khan
  • 1748–1750 Shah Nawaz Khan (1st term)
  • 1750–1752 Raja Ragunath Dass
  • 1752–1755 Syed Lashkar Khan
  • 1755–1758 Shah Nawaz Khan (2nd term)
  • 1758–1761 Basalat Jung
  • 1761-1765 Vithal Sundur
  • 1765–1775 Musa Khan Nawab Rukum ud-Daula
  • 1775–1781 Viqar-ud-Daula, with Shams-ul-Mulk (until 1778)
  • 1781? –9. May 1804 Ghulam Sayyed Khan Aristu Jah (hostage of the Mahrats 1795–97)
  • 1795–1797 Mir Alam (1st term)
  • 1804 Raja Rajindra
  • 1804–1808 Mir Alam (2nd term)
  • 1808–1832 Munir ul-Mulk, married to a daughter of Mir Alam, grandfather of Salar Jung I, left 2½ million debts; With
  • 1808-6. September 1843 Chandu Lal
  • 1843–1846 Ram Baksh (1st term)
  • 1846–1848 Siraj ul-Mulk (1st term) († 1853; second son of Munir ul-Mulk)
  • November 1848 – December 1848 Amjad ul-Mulk
  • December 1848 – May 1849 Shams ul-Umara
  • September 1849 – April 1851 Ram Baksh (2nd term)
  • April 1851 – June 1851 Ganesh Rao
  • 1851 – May 1853 Siraj ul-Mulk (2nd term)
  • May 1853-8. February 1883 Mir Turab Ali Khan Salar Jung I. (* 1829, † 1883, nephew of the Nizam), from 1869 together with Rafid ud-Din († 1877), from the Shams ul-Umara large landowner clan, regent. Rafid was followed by his younger brother Rashid († 1881).
  • February 1883 – April 1887 Laiq Ali Khan Salar Jung II. († 1889)
  • 1887–1893 Asman Jah Bahadur, KSIE , ( Shams ul-Umara older line)
  • 1893–1901 Nawab Sri Viqar ul-Umara († 1902; younger son of Rafid ud-Din, Shams ul-Umara younger line)
  • 1902-11. July 1912: Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (1st term; * 1862, † 1940; on leave of absence in 1912 at his own request; third largest landowner, after Nizam and the Salar Jung family)
  • July 11, 1912 – November 1914 Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III. (* 1889, † 1949), appointed with an initially 3-year trial period and Imud ul-Mulk as a consultant, resigned.
  • 1914–1921 Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam
  • 1921–1923 Sayed Ali Imam (1919–1921: "President of Executive Council")
  • 1923–1926 Fareedul Mulk Bahadur
  • 1926–1927 Nawab Wali ud-Daulah
  • 1927–1937 Maharaja Sri Kishen Pershad (2nd term)
  • 1936 / 7– September 1941 Sir Akbar Hydari († 1941)
  • September 1941–1946 Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
  • August 1946 – May 1947 Mirza Mohammad Ismail (* 1883, † 1959)
  • November 1, 1947-28. November 1947 Sri Mehdi Yar Jung

President of the Provisional Government

  • November 1947-19. September 1948: Mir Laik Ali

British residents

Official residence of the resident ( Chādargāt Residency erb. 1803-6, around 1880).

The position was considered in the Indian Civil Service as one of the few 1st class residencies that was only awarded to experienced diplomats with a correspondingly long service life.

  • April 1779–1781: John Holland
  • July 1781–1784: James Grant
  • January 1784–1788: Richard Johnson (* 1750; † 1802)
  • April 1788–1797: John Kennaway (* 1758; † 1836)
  • 1797-15. October 1805: James Achilles Kirkpatrick (executive until 1798; * 1764; † 1805)
  • October 1805 – December 1805 Henry Russell (executive) (* 1783; † 1852)
  • 1806–1810: Thomas Sydenham (* 1780; † 1816)
  • January 1810 – March 1811: Charles Russell (executive)
  • December 1811 – December 1820: Henry Russell
  • December 1820 – August 1825: Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (* 1785; † 1846)
  • September 1825–1830: WB Martin, 1827–1830: John Sutherland (executive)
  • August 1830 – November 1830: Ravenshaw (executive)
  • November 1830-January 1838: J. Stewart; 1833–1834: John Sutherland (executive)
  • January 1838 – September 1838: Cameron (executive)
  • September 1838 – January 1853: James Stuart Fraser (* 1783; † 1869), 1841 William J. Eastwick (executive)
  • March 1853 – September 1853: John Low (* 1788; † 1880)
  • December 1853 – December 1856: George Alexander Bushby (* 1800; † 1856)
  • 1857-21. May 1862: Cuthbert Davidson (* 1810; † 1862)
  • 1862–1867: George Udny Yule (* 1813; † 1886)
  • 1867–1868: Sir Richard Temple (* 1826; † 1902)
  • 1868: AA Roberts
  • 1869 – December 1875: Charles B. Saunders (* 1821; † 1888), 1873 Peter Stark Lumsden (executive)
  • December 1875–1881: Richard John Meade (* 1821; † 1894)
  • May 1881 – April 1882: Steuart Colvin Bayley (* 1836; † 1925)
  • April 1882 – April 1883: William Brittain Jones (* 1834; † 1912)
  • 1883–1888: John Graham Cordery (* 1833; † 1900)
  • 1889-1891: Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
  • 1891–1900: Trevor John Chichele Chichele-Plowden (* 1846; † 1905)
  • 1900–1905: David William Keith Barr (* 1846; † 1916)
  • 1905–1908: Charles Stuart Bayley (* 1854; † 1935)
  • 1908–1910: Michael Francis O'Dwyer (* 1864; † 1940)
  • 1911–1916: Alexander Fleetwood Pinhey (* 1861; † 1918)
  • 1916–1919: Stuart Mitford Fraser (* 1864; † 1963)
  • 1919-1925: Charles Lennox Russell
  • 1925-1930: William Barton
  • 1930–1933: Terence Humphrey Keyes (* 1877; † 1939)
  • 1933-1938: Duncan Mackenzie
  • 1938-1942: Claude H. Gidney
  • 1942–1946: Arthur Cunningham Lothian (* 1887; † 1962)
  • 1946-8. April 1947: Charles Gordon Herbert

literature

  • Hyderabad State. List of Leading Officials, Nobles and Personages. Government of India Central Publication Branch, Calcutta 1925-1937.
  • Rajendra Prasad: The Asif Jahs of Hyderabad. Their rise and decline. Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi 1984, ISBN 0-7069-1965-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Details from: John Law: Modern Hyderabad (Deccan). Thacker, Spink & Co, Calcutta 1914, ( digitized ).
  2. ^ A b Imperial Gazetteer of India. Provincial Series. Hyderābād State. Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta 1909, p. 52, ( online ).
  3. ^ Incumbent: John Law: Modern Hyderabad (Deccan). Thacker, Spink & Co, Calcutta 1914, p. 133 f.

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