Nasir Jung

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Nasir Jung
Asaf Jah I
ReligionIslam

Mir Ahmad Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi, Nasir Jung, was the second

Asaf Jah I
and his wife Saeed-un-nisa Begum. He was born 26 February 1712. He had taken up a title of Humayun Jah, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Ahmad Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Nasir Jung, Nawab Subadar of the Deccan. However, he is most famously known as Nasir Jung.

The Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah bestowed him with the title Nasir Jung and later the next Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur appointed him as the Subedar of the Deccan and bestowed him with the title Nasir-ud-Daula.[1]

Official name

His official name was Humayun, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Ahmad Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi Bahadur, Nasir Jung, Nawab Subadar of the Deccan.

Rise to power

He ruled

Aurangabad, on 23 July 1741. After his father's death, he ascended the throne on 2 June 1748 at Burhanpur.[full citation needed
]

Second Carnatic War

After the death of the Nizam-ul-Mulk, the Nizam of Hyderabad, a civil war for succession broke out in south between Nasir Jung (son of the Nizam-ul-Mulk) and

Arcot
.

The Europeans got directly involved in the affairs of the

Second Carnatic War which was an unofficial war fought between the British East India Company and the French Compagnie de Indes at a time when there was peace between the two powers in Europe. Its roots lay in Dupleix
's (French Governor) skillful exploitation of the confused politics of the region to enhance French power through a series of Indian alliances.

The

Anwar-ud-din Muhammad Khan who had recently been killed by the French in Battle of Ambur
in 1749.

There were initial successes for the French in both Deccan and Carnatc in defeating and murdering their opponents and placing their supporters on thrones by 1750. It was during one such success that Nasir Jung was killed at Dupleix-Fathabad (Sarasangupettai), near

Muzaffar Jung succeeded to the throne of Hyderabad
.

Later, the famous capture of

Nawab of Carnatic. Joseph François Dupleix the French leader was asked to return to France. The directors of the French Compagnie de Indes
were dissatisfied with the political ambitions of Dupleix, which had led to immense financial loss. In 1754, Godeheu replaced Dupleix.

Death

He was killed at Sarasangupettai, near

Burhan ud-Din Gharib.[2]

Positions held

  • Aurangabad
    1745–1746.
  • Nizam

References

  1. ^ Rā Kulakarṇī, A.; Nayeem, M. A. (2000). "History of Modern Deccan, 1720/1724-1948: Political and administrative aspects".
  2. S2CID 194095748
    .

External links
Nasir Jung
Preceded by
Nizam-ul-Mulk
 Nizam of Hyderabad
1 June 1748–16 December 1750 		Succeeded by
Muzaffar Jung


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