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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Asman Jah
| honorific_prefix = [[Nawab]] [[Sir]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Bahadur (title)|Bahadur]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]
| image = File:H.E The Nawab Sir Asman Jah Bahadur, K.C.I.E.jpg
| order = 28th
| office = Prime Minister of Hyderabad
| monarch = [[Mahboob Ali Khan|Mahbub Ali Khan]]
| governor_general = [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|The Earl of Dufferin]] <br/> [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne|The Marquess of Lansdowne]]
| term_start = 1887
| term_end = 1894
| predecessor = [[Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung II|Salar Jung II]]
| successor = [[Viqar-ul-Umra]]
| birth_name = Muhammad Mazharuddin Khan
| birth_date = 1839
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1898|7|18|1839}}
| death_place = [[Basheer Bagh Palace]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]] (present-day [[Telangana]], India)
| resting_place = [[Paigah Tombs]]
| spouse = Parwarishunnisa Begum
| children = Muinuddin Khan
| relatives = [[Viqar-ul-Umra]] (cousin) <br/> [[Mahboob Ali Khan|Mahbub Ali Khan]] (brother-in-law) <br/> [[Afzal-ud-Daulah]] (father-in-law)
| residence =
| alma_mater =
}}
'''Nawab Sir Muhammad Mazharuddin Khan Bahadur''' {{postnom|KCIE}} (1839 – 18 July 1898), commonly known as '''Sir Asman Jah''' or '''Nawab Sir Asman Jah Bahadur''', was an Indian [[nobility|noble]] who served as [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad]] from 1887 to 1894. A member of the powerful [[Paigah family]], Asman Jah built the [[Asman Garh Palace]], [[Basheer Bagh Palace]], and [[Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower]]. He represented Nizam [[Mahboob Ali Khan|Mahbub Ali Khan]] at the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria]].

==Early life and ancestry==
Asman Jah was born as Mazharuddin Khan in 1839, although his exact date of birth is not recorded. His biological father Sultanuddin Khan was the third son of Fakhruddin Khan. After Sultanuddin's death, Asman Jah was adopted by his uncle Rafiuddin Khan Shams-ul-Umra III. Jah's maternal grandmother was Bashirunnisa Begum, a daughter of [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizam]] [[Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II|Nizam Ali Khan]].{{sfn|Lethbridge|2005|p=31}}{{sfn|Lynton|1992|p=86}}

Asman Jah was a member of the [[nobility|noble]] [[Paigah family]] which was hierarchically second to the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. The members of the family were staunch Nizam loyalists.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Safvi |first1=Rana |title=The Paigah's necropolis |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/the-paigahs-necropolis/article22481683.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=30 March 2019 |date=21 January 2018}}</ref> The family descends from the Second [[Rashidun caliphate|Rashidun caliph]] [[Umar]](R.A) Sufi saint [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar]] is also an ancestor of the family. One of Jah's ancestor Muhammad Abu’l Khair Khan was a ''[[mansabdar]]'' during [[Mughal emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]]'s reign. Jah's cousin [[Viqar-ul-Umra]] also served as [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad]].{{cn|date=August 2020}}

==Political career==
In 1869, Asman Jah was appointed as Minister for Justice and served in that position until 1888. After the death of [[Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I|Sir Salar Jung I]] in 1883, Jah was made a member of the Council of Regency. He also went on to become the administrator of the [[Hyderabad State]] during the Nizam's visit to [[Kolkata]] during the same year.{{sfn|Lethbridge|2005|p=31}}

In 1887, Nizam [[Mahboob Ali Khan|Mahbub Ali Khan]] chose Jah to represent him at the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria|Golden Jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria]] held at the [[Windsor Castle]]. After returning from England, he was appointed [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad|Prime Minister]] of the state.{{sfn|Lethbridge|2005|p=31}} He was replaced by his cousin [[Viqar-ul-Umra]] in 1894.{{sfn|Lethbridge|2005|p=32}}

==Architecture==
Jah built the [[Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower]] in 1892. The [[clock tower]] had clocks on its four sides and was constructed in the middle of a garden.<ref>{{cite web |title=After decades of neglect, Hyd's 126-year-old Mahboob Chowk clock starts ticking again |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-when-pizza-delivery-stalled-ipl-match-hyderabad-99219 |publisher=The News Minute |access-date=30 March 2019 |date=1 October 2018}}</ref> He also built the [[Basheer Bagh Palace]] at a cost of about {{INRConvert|400|k|year=1880|to=USD}} in {{circa|1880}}.<ref name="TT">{{cite web |last1=Verma |first1=Anand Raj |title=Palaces lost in time |url=https://telanganatoday.com/palaces-lost-time |publisher=Telangana Today |access-date=30 March 2019 |date=14 January 2018}}</ref> Jah also constructed the [[Asman Garh Palace]] in 1885 at the top of a hillock in [[Hyderabad]]. It was built in the [[Gothic architecture]] style and had pointed arches supported by [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] pillars. Jah's brother-in-law and Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan enjoyed living in the palace and he later gifted it to the Nizam. The building presently houses the St. Joseph’s Public School.<ref name="TT"/><ref name="PB">{{cite web |title=Castle of dreams |url=https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/01/21/stories/2004012100750300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=30 March 2019 |date=21 January 2004}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jah was married to Parwarishunnisa Begum, the daughter of the fifth Nizam [[Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V|Tahniyath Ali Khan]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Shehbaz Safrani |title=Golconda and Hyderabad |date=1992 |publisher=Marg Publications |isbn=9788185026190 |page=131}}</ref> They had one son Muinuddin Khan who was born in 1891. Jah died at [[Basheer Bagh Palace]] on 16 July 1898 and is buried at [[Paigah Tombs]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Verma |first1=Anand Raj |title=The resplendent Paigah tombs |url=https://telanganatoday.com/resplendent-paigah-tombs |publisher=Telangana Today |access-date=30 March 2019 |date=26 November 2017}}</ref> Jah brought up cricketer [[Syed Mohammad Hadi]] after his father died. Hadi scored the first-ever [[Century (cricket)|century]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/syed-mohammad-rainbow-hadi-first-man-to-score-a-ranji-trophy-hundred-459563|title=Syed Mohammad 'Rainbow' Hadi: First man to score a Ranji Trophy hundred|last=Dhole|first=Pradip|date=14 June 2016|work=Cricket Country|access-date=27 September 2018|language=en-us}}</ref>

Asman Jah's full name with titles is ''Asman Jah, Amir-i-Akbar, Azam-ul-Umra, Umdat-ul-Mulk, Bashir-ud-Daulah, [[Nawab]] Sir Muhammad Mazharuddin Khan Bahadur, Rifat Jung [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]''.{{sfn|Lethbridge|2005|p=31}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==

*{{citation|title=Days Of The Beloved|first=Harriet Ronken|last=Lynton|isbn=9780863112690|publisher=Orient Blackswan|date=1992}}
*{{citation|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire|first=Roper|last=Lethbridge|authorlink=Roper Lethbridge|isbn=9788187879541|publisher=Aakar Books|date=2005}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090423035640/http://www.yadegaran.com/ Sir Asman Jah photos]

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