Salar Jung family

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[[File:Salarjung2.jpg|thumb|Salarjung]]
The '''Salar Jung family''' was a noble [[Hyderabad state|Hyderabad]] family under the [[Nizams]], who ruled from 1720 to 1948. They are credited with safeguarding rare [[artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] and collections, which are now at [[Salar Jung Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/salar-jung-museum-how-one-man-s-art-collection-became-a-national-treasure-119012000161_1.html|title=The Salar Jung Museum: One Family's Million-Object Collection|last=Finney|first=Sophie|website=Culture Trip|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>

The family were one of the remaining families of nobles other than the three great Paigah nobles, (who were the highest order of nobility under the Nizams) and after them ranked the Umra-e-Uzzam families. The Salar Jung family was one of the Umra-e-Uzzam. Their ancestry dates to the 16th century. By the middle of the 19th century, the family assumed importance as five members served as [[Grand Vizier]]s to the Nizams.

The family resided at the [[Dewan Devdi]] palace.

The five Prime Ministers from the family are buried at ''Daira Mir Momin'', a graveyard in the [[Old City (Hyderabad, India)|old city]] of [[Hyderabad]]. [[Prince Moazzam Jah]] and classical musician [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]] are also buried there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/100418/daira-mir-momin-in-shambles.html|title=Daira Mir Momin in shambles|date=10 April 2018|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=17 October 2018|language=en}}</ref>

They claimed descent from [[Owais al-Qarani]],who lived in the times of [[Muhhammad]]. According to the legend their claimed ancestor Shaikh Owais II who was tenth in descent from Owais,arrived in India during the reign of [[Ali Adil Shah]] of [[Bijapur]],and established himself by marrying his son Shaikh Muhammad Ali to Minister Mulla Ahmad Nawayet's daughter.<Ref name="A"/>

The family's Jagir comprised six taluks: [[Kosgi]], [[Ajanta, Maharashtra|Ajanta]], [[Koppal]], [[Yelburga]], [[Dundgal]], [[Raigir]] which had a total of 333 villages with a population of 180,150 (1901),spread over an area of 1.486 square miles that produced a revenue of 820,000.<Ref name="A">{{cite book|title=Census Of India(1961) XI: Mysore Part VI Village survey monographs no 27 Dyampur village |first=K. |last=Balasubramanyam|publisher= The Controller Of Publications|location=|date=1976|url= http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6047/1/43130_1961_DYA.pdf}}</ref>{{rp|24-}}

==Members==
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* [[Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I|Mir
Turab Ali Khan, Salar I]]
** [[Mir Laiq Ali Khan Salar Jung II]]
*** [[Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III]]

==See also==
* [[Salar Jung Museum]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629084434/http://www.aptimes.com/Hyderabad/salar_jungs.htm The Salar Jungs]

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