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{{Short description|Muslim dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Hyderabad from 1734 to 1948}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}{{More citations needed|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox royal house
| surname = House of Asaf Jah
| titles = Nizam-ul-Mulk<br/>Nawab
| other_names = 
| coat_of_arms = Hyderabad Coat of Arms.jpg
| coatofarmssize = 
| coat_of_arms_caption = Coat of Arms of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| parent_family = [[Banu Taym]]
| founder = [[Asaf Jah I]]
| current_head = [[Azmet Jah]]
| final_ruler = [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII|Osman Ali Khan]]
| styles = [[His Exalted Highness]]
| estate = [[Chowmahalla Palace]]
| appointer = 
| founding_year = 31 July 1724
| deposition = 17 September 1948
}}

The '''Asaf Jahi''' is a Muslim dynasty that ruled the [[Hyderabad State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/how-the-nizams-stole-hyderabad-understanding-origins-of-asaf-jah-dynasty-122091600252_1.html|title=How the Nizams 'stole' Hyderabad: Understanding origins of Asaf Jah dynasty|date=16 September 2022 }}</ref> The family came to [[Indian subcontinent|India]] in the late 17th century and became employees of the [[Mughal Empire]]. They were great patrons of [[Indo-Persian culture]], language, and literature, and the family found ready patronage.{{citation needed| date=March 2026}}

The dynasty was founded by [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi]], a [[Viceroy of the Deccan]]—(administrator of six Mughal governorates) under the [[Mughals|Mughal emperors]] from 1713 to 1721. He intermittently ruled after [[Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb's]] death in 1707 and under the title Asaf Jah in 1724. The Mughal Empire crumbled and the Viceroy of the Deccan, Asaf Jah I, declared himself independent, whose domain extended from the [[Narmada River]] in the North to [[Trichinopoly]] in the South and [[Masulipatnam]] in the east to [[Bijapur]] in the west.

==History==
[[Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi]], the grandfather of the first [[Nizam]], was born in Aliabad near [[Samarkand]] in the kingdom of [[Bukhara]] in modern-day [[Uzbekistan]]. His father, Alam Shaik, was a well-known [[Sufi]] and celebrated man of letters. Khwaja Abid's mother was from the family of Mir Hamdan, a distinguished Syed of Samarkhand. The first Nizam's mother was the daughter of [[Saadullah Khan (Mughal Empire)|Sadullah Khan]], the [[Grand vizier]] (1645-1656) of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Hyderabad Affairs |year=1883 |publisher=Talbot Bros. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-4AscFFwZsC |language=en}}</ref>

After succeeding in the war of succession, Aurangzeb made him the Governor of [[Ajmer]] and subsequently of [[Multan]] with the title of ''Qalich Khan''. He served the Emperor with distinction particularly during the early years of Aurangzeb's reign while he was consolidating and restoring peace in his newly acquired territory.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kate |first1=P. V. |title=Marathwada under the Nizams, 1724-1948 |date=1987 |publisher=Mittal Publications |location=Delhi, India |isbn=978-81-7099-017-8}}</ref>

Asaf Jah's father [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I]] was a military general under Aurangzeb. Under the command of Feroze Jung, Hyderabad was sieged and later occupied by the Mughals.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Shia of India|url=https://insideismailism.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/shia-of-india-1953-john-norman-hollister_txt.pdf|page=125|last=Holister|first=John Norman|year=1953|access-date=3 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010135146/https://insideismailism.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/shia-of-india-1953-john-norman-hollister_txt.pdf|archive-date=10 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Asaf Jah I==
{{Main|Asaf Jah I}}  
[[File:Asaf Jah I.jpg|right|thumb|[[Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah I|Qamaruddin Khan, Asaf Jah I]]]]
The founder of this dynasty was [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I|Mir Qamaruddin Khan]], a noble and a courtier of the Mughal [[Muhammad Shah]], who negotiated a peace treaty with Nadirshah got disgusted with the intrigues that prevailed in [[Delhi]]. He was on his way back to the Deccan, where, earlier he was a [[Subedar]]. But he had to confront [[Mubariz Khan]], as a result of a plot by the Mughal emperor to kill the former. Mubariz Khan failed in his attempt and he was himself slain. This one took place in AD 1724, and henceforth Mir Qamaruddin, who assumed the title of [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Nizam-ul-Mulk]], conducted himself as an independent ruler. Earlier, while he was one of the Ministers of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah, the latter conferred on him the title of Asaf Jah. Thus begins the Asaf Jahi rule over Golconda with the capital at [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hydonline.com/cityscape/history/nizams.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416073722/http://www.hydonline.com/cityscape/history/nizams.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2007-04-16 | title=Nizams}}</ref>

==Asaf Jah II==
{{Main|Asaf Jah II}}

{{More citations needed|date=August 2023}}
The fourth son of the [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I|Nizam-ul-Mulk]], [[Nizam Ali Khan]] was born on 24 February 1734. He assumed the Subedari of the Deccan at the age of 28 years and ruled the Deccan for almost 42 years - the longest period among the Nizams.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfNLEAAAQBAJ|title=Handbook of Research on the Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities|author=Taher Mohamed|publisher=IGI Global|year=2021|page=110|isbn=9781799883654 }}</ref> His reign was one of the most important chapters in the history of the Asaf Jahi dynasty. Among his efforts to consolidate the Nizam empire was the shift of the Deccan capital from Aurangabad to Hyderabad. He ruled the Deccan at a most critical period and got very successful support from the [[House of Paigah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2O07AQAAIAAJ|title=Journal: Humanities. Section A., Volumes 33-36|publisher=University of Madras|year=1961|page=141}}</ref> He protected the Deccan from the attack of the [[Marathas]] and [[Tippu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]] by signing a mutual protection treaty with the British.

After a reign that played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Nizam dynasty, Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi died in 1803 at the age of 69. He was buried at the [[Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad|Mecca Masjid]]{{cn|date=January 2024}} alongside the tomb of his mother Umda Begum.

==Asaf Jah III==
{{Main|Asaf Jah III}}

[[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Siddiqi Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III]] was born on 11 November 1768. After the death of Nizam Ali Khan, he became the Subedar Jah was ratified by the emperor [[Shah Alam II]] and also conferred all his father's titles on Sikander Jah.<ref>{{cite web |title=SECUNDERABAD: ORIGINS, TALES & ARMY CONNECTION |date=February 2017|url=https://salute.co.in/secunderabad-origins-tales-army-connection/}}</ref>

==Asaf Jah IV==
{{Main|Asaf Jah IV}}

[[Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV|Mir Farkhunda Ali Khan Siddiqi Nusir-ud-Dawlah]] was born in [[Bidar]] on 25 April 1794. He was the eldest son of Sikander Jah and after his father's death, he succeeded him on 23 May 1829.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hyderabadplanet.com/mir-farkhunda-ali-khan-nasir-ud-daula-asaf-jah-nizam.html | title=Mir Farkhunda Ali Khan Nasir-ud-daula - Asaf Jah IV of Hyderabad, India | access-date=30 September 2018 | archive-date=7 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207095712/http://www.hyderabadplanet.com/mir-farkhunda-ali-khan-nasir-ud-daula-asaf-jah-nizam.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2024}}

==Asaf Jah V==
{{Main|Asaf Jah V}}

[[Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V|Mir Tahniath Ali Khan Siddiqi Afzal-ud-daula]] was born in Kuruduwadi on 11 October 1827. He was the eldest son of Nawab Nasir-ud-daula. He ascended the throne on 18 May 1857 and Indian mutiny was started on 17 July 1857 [[Rohillas]] attacked the residency but [[Sir Salar Jung]] put down the attack with a firm hand. Similarly, trouble started in [[Solapur]] but the Maharaja of Solapur was unable to control it.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

==Asaf Jah VI==
{{Main|Asaf Jah VI}}

[[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI|Mir Mahboob Ali Khan]] was born in Tandur on 17 August 1866. He was the only son of Nawab [[Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V|Afzal-ud-Daula Asaf Jah V]]. When his father died he was two years and seven months old. He was installed as the Munsab by Sir [[Salar Jung I]], Nawab Rasheeduddin Khan, Shams ul Ummra and the residents, there functioned as the Reyab. Shar-ul-Ummul died on 12 December 1881 and Salar Jung became the sole regent. He was remembered as administrator and regent till his death.<ref>{{cite news|title=NIZAM OF HYDERABAD DEAD.; Premier Prince of the Indian Empire Had an Annual Income of $10,000,000. |work=The New York Times |date=30 August 1911 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/08/30/archives/nizam-of-hyderabad-dead-premier-prince-of-indian-empire-had-annual.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-staying-at-falaknuma-is-like-holding-a-mirror-up-to-our-past-1741439|title=Staying at Falaknuma is like holding a mirror up to our past | date=16 September 2012 | first=Sumit | last=Chakraberty|publisher=DNA |access-date=22 October 2018 }}</ref> after the death of Sir [[Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I|Salar Jung I]] Sir [[Viqar-ul-Umra]] became the next Regent and guardian of [[Mahboob Ali Khan]] and served as [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/bhopal14 |title=bhopal14}}</ref>

He is popularly known for his efforts to abolish the practice of [[Sati (practice)|Sati]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Letters leave a rich legacy of rulers |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/100618/letters-leave-a-rich-legacy-of-rulers.html}}</ref> and for having supernatural healing powers against [[Snakebite]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Picturing the 'Beloved'|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/180816/picturing-the-beloved.html}}</ref>

==Asaf Jah VII==
{{Main|Asaf Jah VII}} 

Asaf Jah VII was the last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad State.He signed the [[instrument of accession]], joining India in 1948.{{sfn|Chandra|Mukherjee|Mukherjee|2008|p=96}}
[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] was born in Hyderabad on 5 April 1886 at Purani Haveli. Since he was the heir-apparent, great attention was paid to his education, and eminent scholars were engaged to teach him [[English language|English]], [[Urdu]], [[Persian language|Persian]]. On 14 April 1906, he married Dulhan Pasha Begum, daughter of Nawab Jahangir Jung, at Eden Bagh, at the age of 21.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nizam VII cared more for people than himself |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/270518/nizam-vii-cared-more-for-people-than-himself.html|date=2018-05-26}}</ref>

He is credited for various reforms in education and development and remembered for being a truly secular<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/nizam-hyderabad-mir-osman-ali-khan-was-perfect-secular-ruler-812716/ | title=Nizam Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan was a perfect secular ruler| date=2015-08-13}}</ref> King by giving yearly donations to various temples.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nizam gave funding for temples and Hindu educational institutions |url=http://missiontelangana.com/nizam-gave-funding-for-temples-and-hindu-educational-institutions/ |access-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708074635/http://missiontelangana.com/nizam-gave-funding-for-temples-and-hindu-educational-institutions/ |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made large donations to educational institutions in India and abroad. He donated Rs 10 Lakh to the [[Banaras Hindu University]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Nizam gave funding for temples, and Hindu educational institutions {{!}} {{!}} Mission Telangana |url=http://missiontelangana.com/nizam-gave-funding-for-temples-and-hindu-educational-institutions/ |date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708074635/http://missiontelangana.com/nizam-gave-funding-for-temples-and-hindu-educational-institutions/ |archive-date=8 July 2018 }}</ref> and Rs 5 Lakh to the [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Why we need Minority Character for Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia or Hamdard |url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/14147-why-we-need-minority-character-for-aligarh-muslim-university-jamia-or-hamdard |access-date=21 February 2023 |publisher=milligazette |date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709094521/http://www.milligazette.com/news/14147-why-we-need-minority-character-for-aligarh-muslim-university-jamia-or-hamdard |archive-date=9 July 2018 }}</ref>

He set up the [[Osmania University]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/osmania-university-first-to-teach-in-blend-of-urdu-amp-english/articleshow/57366802.cms | title=Osmania University first to teach in blend of Urdu & English - Times of India| website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Osmania General Hospital]], [[Osmania Medical College]], [[State Bank of Hyderabad]], South India's first airport -the [[Begumpet Airport]], [[Nizamia Observatory]], [[Government Nizamia General Hospital]], etc.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://telanganatoday.com/reminiscing-seventh-nizam-enormous-contribution-education | title=Reminiscing the seventh Nizam's enormous contribution to education}}</ref>

The Nizam was reported to have fathered 34 children including 16 sons and 18 daughters.<ref name="34 children #3">{{cite news|title=Last surviving son of Nizam, Fazal Jah, dies|author=Mir Ayoob Ali Khan|date=19 February 2018|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/last-surviving-son-of-nizam-fazal-jah-dies/articleshow/62975984.cms|access-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220040300/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/last-surviving-son-of-nizam-fazal-jah-dies/articleshow/62975984.cms|archive-date=20 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="34 mention #2">{{cite news |title=Last Surviving son of seventh Nizam passes away in Hyderabad |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/last-surviving-son-seventh-nizam-passes-away-hyderabad-76681 |access-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218193305/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/last-surviving-son-seventh-nizam-passes-away-hyderabad-76681 |archive-date=18 December 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref name="Nizams34children">{{cite news |title=Nizam's heirs seek Pakistani intervention to unfreeze bank account |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nizam-heirs-pakistani-intervention-unfreeze-bank-account-110376-2012-07-20 |publisher=indiatoday |date=20 July 2012 |access-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218145641/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nizam-heirs-pakistani-intervention-unfreeze-bank-account-110376-2012-07-20 |archive-date=18 December 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mohla |first=Anika |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article1306390.ece |title=From richest to rags in seven generations |publisher=The New Indian Express |accessdate=18 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814120438/http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article1306390.ece |archive-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1584818/India-finally-settles-1million-Nizam-dispute.html |title=India finally settles £1million Nizam dispute |date=12 April 2008 |access-date=11 April 2019 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411234313/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1584818/India-finally-settles-1million-Nizam-dispute.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,497496,00.html |title=A prince's ransom &#124; the Guardian &#124; guardian.co.uk |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=11 April 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063024/https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,497496,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Others==
===Descendants of Asaf Jah VII===
* [[Azam Jah]], Prince of [[Berar Province|Berar]], [[GCIE]], [[Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire|GBE]], [[Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom)|MSM]] (21 February 1907 – 9 October 1970). Granted the title of ''His Highness the Prince of Berar'' (13 November 1936). Passed over in the line of succession in 1967 in favour of his elder son. He had two sons, the elder [[Mukarram Jah]] and the younger [[Muffakham Jah]]
* [[Moazzam Jah]], second son of [[Asaf Jah VII]].
* [[Mukarram Jah|Barkat Ali Khan Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII]], 8th (Titular) Nizam of Hyderabad (6 October 1933 - 14 January 2023). Succeeded his grandfather as a titular monarch on 24 January 1967; titles were abolished by the Indian Government on 28 December 1971. He had children including two sons.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
* [[Azmat Jah|Muhammad Azmat Ali Khan, Asaf Jah IX]], 9th (Titular) Nizam of Hyderabad (23 July 1960 - ). Succeeded his father as titular monarch on 14 January 2023; titles were abolished by the Indian Government on 28 December 1971. He has a son, Murad Jah.
* [[Najaf Ali Khan]] - Grandson of 7th Nizam - known for being a [[Culture of Hyderabad|Hyderabad Heritage]] enthusiast, who has also criticized the [[Government of Telangana]] regarding the negligence of several [[Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India|heritage structures]] and hospitals built by the [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|7th Nizam]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/151016/a-treasure-lost-nizam-scion.html|title=A treasure lost: Nizam scion|date=2016-10-15|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/nizams-family-wants-hangar-collapse-probe/articleshow/64902501.cms|title=Nizam's family wants hangar collapse probe - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>

==Asaf Jahi rulers of Hyderabad==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=8%  | Image
! width=15% | Titular Name
! width=15% | Personal Name
! width=8%  | Date of birth
! width=8%  | Nizam From
! width=8%  | Nizam Until
! width=8%  | Date of death
|-
| [[File:Nizam-ul-mulk.jpg|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I'''<br>{{Nastaliq|نظام‌الملک آصف جاہ}}
| align="center"| '''[[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan]]'''<br>{{Nastaliq|}}
| align="center"| 20 August 1671
| align="center"| 31 July 1724
| align="center" colspan="2"| 1 June 1748
|- 
| [[File:No image.png|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Nasir Jung'''<br>{{Nastaliq|نصیرجنگ}}
| align="center"| '''[[Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad|Mir Ahmed Ali Khan]]'''
| align="center"| 26 February 1712 
| align="center"| 1 June 1748
| align="center" colspan="2"| 16 December 1750
|-
| [[File:Dupleix meeting the Soudhabar of the Deccan.jpg|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Muzaffar Jung'''<br>{{Nastaliq|مظفرجنگ}}
| align="center"| '''[[Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat|Mir Hidayat Muhi-ud-din Sa'adullah Khan]]'''
| align="center"| ?
| align="center"| 16 December 1750
| align="center" colspan="2"| 13 February 1751
|-
| [[File:Salabat Jung.jpg|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Salabat Jung'''<br>{{Nastaliq|صلابت جنگ}}
| align="center"| '''[[Mir Sa'id Muhammad Khan, Salabat Jang|Mir Sa'id Muhammad Khan]]'''
| align="center"| 24 November 1718
| align="center"| 13 February 1751
| align="center"| 8 July 1762<br />(''deposed'')
| align="center"| 16 September 1763
|-
| [[File:Mir Nizam Ali Khan.jpg|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah II'''<br>{{Nastaliq|نظام‌الملک آصف جاہ دوم}}
| align="center"| '''[[Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II|Mir Nizam Ali Khan]]'''
| align="center"| 7 March 1734
| align="center"| 8 July 1762
| align="center" colspan="2"| 6 August 1803
|-
| [[File:Sikandar Jah.jpg|115px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III'''<br>{{Nastaliq|سکندر جاہ ،آصف جاہ سوئم}}
| align="center"| '''[[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III|Mir Akbar Ali Khan]]'''
| align="center"| 11 November 1768 
| align="center"| 6 August 1803

| align="center" colspan="2"| 21 May 1829
|-
| [[File:Nasir ud-Daula.jpg|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Nasir-ud-Daula, Asaf Jah IV'''<br>{{Nastaliq|ناصر الدولہ ،آصف جاہ چہارم}}
|align="center"| '''[[Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV|Mir Farqunda Ali Khan]]'''
| align="center"| 25 April 1794
| align="center"| 21 May 1829
| align="center" colspan="2"| 16 May 1857
|-
| [[File:Afzal ud-Daula.jpg|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Afzal-ud-Daula, Asaf Jah V'''<br>{{Nastaliq|افضال الدولہ ،آصف جاہ پنجم}}
| align="center"| '''[[Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V|Mir Tahniyath Ali Khan]]'''
| align="center"| 11 October 1827 
| align="center"| 16 May 1857
| align="center" colspan="2"| 26 February 1869
|-
| [[File:Asaf Jah VI.jpg|100px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Asaf Jah VI'''<br>{{Nastaliq|آصف جاہ شیشم}}
| align="center"| '''[[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI|Mir Mahbub Ali Khan]]'''<br>{{Nastaliq|میر محبوب علی خان}}
| align="center"| 17 August 1866 
| align="center"| 26 February 1869
| align="center" colspan="2"| 29 August 1911
|-
| [[File:Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg|150px|center]]
| align="center"| '''Asaf Jah VII'''<br>{{Nastaliq|آصف جاہ ہفتم}}
| align="center"| '''[[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII|Mir Osman Ali Khan]]'''<br>{{Nastaliq|میر عثمان علی خان}}
| align="center"| 6 April 1886
| align="center"| 29 August 1911
| align="center"| 17 September 1948<br />(''deposed'')
| align="center"| 24 February 1967 
|}

Nasir Jung, Muzaffar Jung and Salabat Jung:- * These three rulers are not enumerated in the order of the Asaf Jah's, mainly because they were not granted the title of ASAF JAH by the Mughal Emperor.

=== Titular ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! width=15% |Titular Name
! width=15% | Personal Name
! width=8%  | Date of birth
! width=8%  | Nizam From
! width=8%  | Nizam Until
! width=8%  | Date of Death
! Note(s)
|-
| align="center"| Asaf Jah VIII<br>{{Nastaliq|آصف جاہ ہشتم}}
| align="center"| [[Mukarram Jah|Mir Barkat Ali Khan]]<br>{{Nastaliq|میر برکت علی خان}}
| align="center"| 6 October 1933
| align="center"| 24 February 1967
| align="center"| 5 November 1971
(deposed)
| align="center"| 15 January 2023
|Government of India recognised him in 1964 as heir-apparent to Asaf Jah VII, and following his grandfather's demise in 1967, he succeeded to his rank, dignity, and title. His coronation took place at Chowmahalla Palace on April 6, 1967, and he was recognised as Ruler of Hyderabad on April 14, 1964, by the Government of India. However, due to [[Privy Purse in India#Abolition|26th Amendment to the Constitution of India]], he ceased to enjoy his princely pensions, titles, and privileges.
|-
| align="center"| Asaf Jah IX<br>{{Nastaliq|آصف جاہ نہم}}
| align="center"| [[Azmet Jah|Mir Muhammad Azmet Ali Khan]]<br>{{Nastaliq|میر محمد عظمت علی خان}}
| align="center"| 23 July 1960
| align="center"| 20 January 2023
| colspan="2" |
|Azmet Jah acceded to the throne of the former Hyderabad State on 14 January 2023, following the death of Asaf Jah VIII.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Azmat Jah becomes the next Nizam of Hyderabad; here's all you need to know about him |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/azmat-jah-becomes-the-next-nizam-of-hyderabad-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-him/articleshow/97192539.cms |access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> Azmat Jah's ceremonial coronation took place on 20 January 2023, at [[Chowmahalla Palace]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-22 |title=Azmet Jah coronated as ninth titular Nizam of Hyderabad |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/hyderabad/story/azmet-jah-coronated-as-ninth-titular-nizam-of-hyderabad-2324768-2023-01-22 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-22 |title=In Hyderabad, Azmet Jah coronated as successor of Mukarram |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/azmet-jah-coronated-as-successor-of-mukarram-in-hyderabad/articleshow/97214523.cms |access-date=2024-12-25 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2023}}
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==Family tree==
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==See also==
* [[Hyderabad State]]
* [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]
* [[National Anthem of Kingdom of Hyderabad]]
* [[Paigah (Hyderabad)|Paigah]]
* [[Salar Jung family]]
* [[List of Sunni Muslim dynasties]]
* [[Karrani Dynasty]]
* [[Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaaf]]
* [[Aga Khan Palace]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{citation |last1=Chandra |first1=Bipan |author-link=Bipan Chandra |last2=Mukherjee |first2=Aditya |last3=Mukherjee |first3=Mridula |title=India Since Independence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dE9qEg-NgHMC |year=2008 |orig-year=first published 1999 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-310409-4 }}

==External links==
*[https://asafjahidynasty.com/ Official Portal] 
* {{Google books |id=d1wUgKKzawoC |page=142 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707–1813 }}

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