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{{Infobox person
| name = Arastu Jah
| image = Nizam II and Arastu Jah ( on left founder of Paigah family in Hyderabad).png
| caption = Arastu Jah with [[Asaf Jah II]]
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| office = [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad]]
| term_start = 1778
| term_end = 1795
| predecessor = Viqar-ud-Daula
| successor = [[Raja Shan Rai Rayan]]
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| term_start2 = 1797
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'''Mu'inud-Daulah, Mushirul-Mulk, Azamul-Umara, Arastu Jah''', a man of [[Persian people|Persian]] descent, was the ''Diwan'' or the [[List of Prime Ministers of Hyderabad State|Prime Minister of Hyderabad]] during the reign of [[Nizam Ali Khan]] (Asaf Jah II) from 1778 until his death in 1804.<ref>New Delhi National Archives of India</ref>

Nawab Azim Ul Umra Arastu Jah was the only person outside of the [[Nizam]]'s family on whom the title Jah was conferred. He never failed in his respect to the [[Nizam]] or presumed to act without first consulting his pleasure. Indeed, he sought to obtain his sanction for his every act in public life.

The locality [[Musheerabad]] is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.knowap.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:a-history-behind-street-names-of-hyderabad-a-secunderabad&catid=14:cover-features&Itemid=69|title=A History behind Street Names of Hyderabad & Secunderabad|last=Ramchandram|first=D.|date=June 30, 1998|website=KnowAP|access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-musheerabad-badi-masjid-narrates-a-lesser-known-chapter-in-hyderabads-history/article19523546.ece|title=There lies a forgotten story|last=Nanisetti|first=Serish|date=2017-08-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-07-20|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> His tomb is a heritage site in danger.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/over-20-historic-maqbaras-lose-their-land-to-grabbers/articleshow/59722343.cms|title=Over 20 historic maqbaras lose their land to grabbers|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref>

==Hostage of the Marathas==

In the [[Battle of Kharda]], which took place on 11 March 1795, Nizam being defeated by the [[Maratha]]s, he was obliged to make a disastrous peace. He was forced to cede territories including [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]], yielding an annual income of 15 lacs, and he pledged himself to liquidate the whole of the Maratha's claim amounting to 30 million rupees.

The prime minister was also given in hostage to the Marathas and was detained in [[Poona]] until June 1797, when he succeeded in getting the treaty cancelled. The sudden termination of Arastu Jah's administration by captivity at the Maratha court deprived his Highness's government of the service of an able minister. The situation of the affairs until his return from captivity was very critical. [[Raja Shan Rai Rayan]] was discharged from the duties of minister in the presence of [[Nizam Ali Khan]] from the time Arastu Jah went to Poona until his return to [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in July 1797.

Nawab Arastu Jah, during his captivity in Poona, obtained much influence with the Marathas, so that before his return and reappointment as a minister, which took place in July 1797, he obtained the restoration of the territories ceded by the Nizam after the Battle of Kharda, the abandonment of claims from Chauth on Bida, the recession of the fort of Daulatabad and the extension of all the pecuniary claims on the part of the Maratha.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

One of the first acts of Arastu Jah on his return to Hyderabad and reinstatement in the ministry was to induce the Nizam to allow prince [[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III]] to sign all public documents and sanads.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

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