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Nawab Agha Mirza Beg Khan, server Jung Bahadur (* 1848 in Delhi ), wasteacher of the future Diwan Salar Jung II and Nizam Asaf Jah VI in the second half of the 19th century in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad . He had a great influence on the worldview of the future ruler. In the background he also worked on a political level.
Life
Server Jung came from the Shiite Berlass clan. This was related to the imperial family and held court offices with the Mughals in Delhi . His father died when he was a child. He and his brothers were raised by a widowed uncle Mirza Abbas Beg Khan. He left his manors ( jagir ) to his wards . The uncle had been in the service of Sir Henry Lawrence during the Sikh wars , who took him with him when he was transferred to Lucknow . In recognition of his services in the suppression of the Sepoy uprising , the Viceroy Lord Canning made him a talukdar in Oudh (salary 600 rupees ). The confiscated small state of Badaygaon ( Sitapur District ) was granted on a permanent basis and remained in family ownership.
Server Jung first went to school in Sitapur, then attended the Talukdar School of Lucknow, which is affiliated with Canning College . He also studied there, u. a. with Sayyed Husain Ali Bilgrami . On the recommendation of Gen. L. Barrow, who had commanded the troops in Hyderabad during the uprising, at Salar Jung I , he reached Hyderabad in 1872 . He married his cousin Nawab Secunder Zamani Begum (= Nawab Makhole Begum, * September 1857) on July 28, 1876 in Delhi.
As a private tutor he was entrusted with the training of the 10- and 11-year-old boys Salar Jung II and Munir ul-Mulk and some other noble sons. The training of the then 8-year-old Asaf Jah VI, who was under the reign . was subordinate to John (1875–1876) and Claude Clerk (1876–1881), both captains in the Indian army . They considered it appropriate to call in a local teacher for his classic Persian-Arabic training. In this task Server Jung was supported by Sayyed Husain Ali Bilgrami ("Imud ul-Mulk") after 1879. In the background he used the divan to influence personnel policy within the court. His opponent around 1880 was the Amir-i-Kabir.
When the 18-year-old Nizam was installed as ruler on February 5, 1884, Server Jung was awarded a monthly pension of 700 Hyderabad rupees , followed by the titles "ul-Mulk" and "Daula". In the next few years, the ruler's confidante and private secretary worked in the background as the master of court intrigue.
He played a key role in the elaboration of the Qanoon-cha-Mubarak, announced on February 20, 1893. This document was a first departure from the absolutist form of government, as a result of which a few deputy ministers (Moin-ul-Maham) were added to the divan (title: Madar-ul-Moham) and a legislative council, initially with six appointed members, was created.
On November 14, 1892, Server Jung received a package with a bribe so that he might agree to the Nizam's mercy towards the Diwan Asam Jah. The sum was brought by Nawab Mehdi Ali Khan (Moshin ul-Mulk). Both the nizam and the resident knew the money had flowed, but ignored that fact. It was only after Nawab Medhi Hassan wrote a letter of complaint to the resident and wrote about it in the Bangalore Evening Mail that the matter was investigated. The Diwan now claimed that it was merely a gift to Server Jung. Except for the messenger to be expelled from the country, nothing happened.
On March 30, 1893, MP Seymour Keay posed awkward questions in Parliament in London. Executive Resident Kenneth McKenzie wrote to the Secretary of State for the Government of India in October 1894 that the Secretary, who did not even have the necessary Rs. 5 present when he was first appointed teacher, had placed 29 of his relatives in the civil service. Of these, 19 received a total of 11575 Hayderabad rupees, the remuneration of the others was not known. Ultimately, the affair led to the battered Asam Jah being replaced by Viqar ul-Umara as a divan.
After losing another power struggle with resident Trevor John Chichele-Plowden in 1896, he was "on leave for six months." The very next day he left Hyderabad, leaving his family behind. However, he tried again and again to exert influence from outside. He took his retirement home in Shimla .
Literature and Sources
- Burrows, CB; Glimpses of the Nizam's Dominions; 1898
- Server ul mulk; Jivan Yar Jung (Ed .; Ex .; Son); My Life: Being the Autobiography of Nawab Server-Ul-Mulk Bahadur; London 1931 [orig. Urdu, after 1911]
Individual evidence
- ^ Pertinenete article printed as a pamphlet: The Lakh Bribery Case, Hyderabad Dn .; Bangalore 1895 (Caxton Press) full text ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bawa, Vasant K .; The Last Nizam: the Life and Times of Mir Osman Ali Khan; New Delhi 1991, pp. 46-8
- ↑ In his autobiography, the handover of money (pp. 275–278; 80000 rupees pushed under the pillow on the bedside) and the investigations (p. 289) are presented as a conspiracy by the resident who persecuted him for years.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Server young |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Server ul-Mulk (honorary title); Agha Mirza Beg (maiden name); Sarvar Jang (alternative transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Private tutor at the court of Hyderabad for Asaf Jah VI. and Salar Jung II (from 1872) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delhi |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |