1724 CE · political transition statecraft

The Nizam Establishes Hyderabad State

Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah established an autonomous Asaf Jahi state in the Deccan in 1724 as Mughal authority weakened. His government initially remained based at Aurangabad; Hyderabad became the capital later.

Posthumous portrait of Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I, founder of the Hyderabad state — The portrait was produced in Hyderabad circa 1800–1810, decades after Asaf Jah I's death. It is a posthumous representation, not a contemporary portrait from 1724. · Credit: Unknown artist · License: Public domain

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