Asaf Jah III : the third Nizam

 Sikandar Jah: the third Nizam of Hyderabad

    Sikandar Jah ascended the throne after the death of Nizam Ali Khan in August 1803 at the age of 72. Born in November 1768 to Nizam Ali Khan and Tahniyatunnissa Begum at the Chowmahalla palace in Hyderabad, he was Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan Siddiqui Bafayandi Bahadur Sikander Jah Asaf Jah III . The war with the Marathas was over when he became ruler, He appointed Mir Alam as his prime minister. Mir Alam maintained good relations with the British. However he died in 1808 and his son Munir-ul-Mulk took aver as prime minister. A reservoir built by him,south of the Musi river is named Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad. It was a source for drinking water at the time.

 The finances of Hyderabad were in a poor shape due to heavy borrowing and overspending, during the reign of Nizam III. Sikandar Jah ruled for 26 years and died in May 1829. He established a Cantonment near Hyderabad which was called Secunderabad after him. Today it is a bustling twin of Hyderabad and together are called twin-cities with the Hussain Sagar separating them, connected by the Tank Bund Road.

Sikandar Jah,Asaf Jah III.

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Nizam Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikandar Jah,  sitting on a carpet in a garden in front of a terrace, miniature paintings(two portraits),Hyderabad, 1808-16. 

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Mir Alam Bahadur and Raja Chandulal,painting, 1800.

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 Munir al-Mulk Bahadur, painting,19th century.

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References :

• Hyderabad : a city  in history/Khan, Raza Ali, Hyderabad : Zenith Services,1990.
• wikipedia.org

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