Asaf Jahi dynasty

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royal dynasty ruling family

The Asaf Jahi dynasty was the ruling family of the Nizams of Hyderabad, which governed the princely state of Hyderabad in south-central India from the early 18th century until Indian integration in 1948.

Aliases (2)

Asaf Jah I ×1
Asaf Jahi period ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	royal dynasty → ruling family →
annexationEventName	Operation Polo →
associatedEmpire	Mughal Empire →
capital	Hyderabad →
coatOfArms	emblem of the Nizam of Hyderabad →
continent	Asia →
country	Hyderabad State →
currency	Hyderabadi rupee →
endTime	1948 →
ethnicOrigin	Turkic →
event	annexation of Hyderabad by India in 1948 →
founder	Asaf Jah I → Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan →
foundingEvent	appointment of Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan as Nizam of Hyderabad →
governmentForm	absolute monarchy →
integrationInto	Union of India →
integrationYear	1948 →
knownFor	development of Hyderabad city → maintaining semi-autonomous rule under British suzerainty → patronage of arts and architecture →
language	Dakhini Urdu → Marathi → Persian → Telugu →
lastRuler	Mir Osman Ali Khan →
lastRulerTitle	Nizam VII →
laterGovernmentForm	princely state under British paramountcy →
notableRuler	Asaf Jah I → Asaf Jah II → Asaf Jah III → Asaf Jah IV → Asaf Jah V → Asaf Jah VI → Asaf Jah VII →
politicalStatus	princely state under British Raj →
predecessor	Mughal Empire →
region	South-Central India →
religion	Sunni Islam →
religiousPolicy	patronage of Islamic institutions → support for multi-religious population →
ruledTerritory	Hyderabad Deccan → parts of present-day Karnataka → parts of present-day Maharashtra → parts of present-day Telangana →
startTime	1724 →
successor	Dominion of India → Republic of India →
titleHeld	Nizam of Hyderabad →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chowmahalla Palace →	builtFor
Nizam →	dynasty
Hyderabad State ("Asaf Jah I") →	foundedBy
Hyderabad →	historicalDynasty
Chowmahalla Palace ("Asaf Jahi period") →	historicalEra
Hyderabad State →	rulingDynasty