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{{short description|18th-century ruler of Hyderabad}}<br />
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{{Infobox nobility<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizam-ul-Mulk]]<br />
| name = Nasir Jung<br />
| image = File:Nasir Jung, Nizam of Hyderabad.jpg<br />
| title = Nasir-ud-Daulah <br><br />
| succession = 2nd [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Asaf Jah I]]<br />
| successor = [[Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat|Muzaffar Jang]]<br />
| birth_date = 26 February 1712<br />
| death_date = 16 December 1750 (aged 38)<br />
| reign =1 June 1748 – 16 December 1750<br />
| module = {{Infobox military person<br />
| embed = yes<br />
| allegiance = [[Mughal Empire]] <br />
| branch = [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] <br />
| rank = [[Subedar]], [[Nizam]]<br />
| battles = [[Carnatic Wars]]<br />
}}<br />
| religion = <br />
| noble family = [[Asaf Jah]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mir Ahmed Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi''', '''Nasir Jung''', was the son of [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Nizam-ul-Mulk]] by his wife Saeed-un-nisa Begum. He was born 26 February 1712. He succeeded his father as the [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] in 1748. He had taken up a very pompous 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.<br />
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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'''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjJuAAAAMAAJ&q=nasir-ud-daulah | title=History of Modern Deccan, 1720/1724-1948: Political and administrative aspects| last1=Rā Kulakarṇī| first1=A.| last2=Nayeem| first2=M. A.| year=2000}}</ref><br />
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==Official name==<br />
His official name was ''Humayun, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Ahmad Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi Bahadur, Nasir Jang, Nawab Subadar of the Deccan''.<br />
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==Rise to power==<br />
In his early career, he defied the Marathas by refusing to pay tribute and Chauth to [[Chhatrapati]] (Emperor) [[Shahu I|Shahu]]. The Peshwa [[Bajirao]] marched against Nasir Jung who was stationed at Jalna governing the state of Hyderabad in the absence of [[Nijam]]. Bajirao with 30,000 cavalry attacked Nasir Jung and his army near Jalna and defeated him in open field battle. Nasir Jung surrendered to Bajirao and paid a tribute of one crore (10.000,000) of Rupees and restitution of 75 lakhs 7,500,000) of Rupees. He also handed over the territories of Srirangapatanam, Vellore and Gingee to the Marathas under the governorship of [[Murari Rao]].<br />
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He ruled [[Hyderabad State]] in [[India]] from 1 June 1748 to 1750. He was appointed as his father's Deputy during his absence in [[Delhi]] from 1737 to 1741. In 1741 he attempted to seize power, but was defeated by his father at the ''Eid Gah Maidan'' in [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], on 23 July 1741. After his father's death, he ascended the throne on 2 June 1748 at [[Burhanpur]].<br />
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==Second Carnatic War==<br />
{{Campaignbox Second Carnatic War}}<br />
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 [[Muzaffar Jung]] (grandson of the Nizam-ul-Mulk from his daughter). This opened a window of opportunity for Hussain Dost Khan better known as [[Chanda Sahib]] who wanted to become [[Nawab of Carnatic]] and joined the cause of [[Muzaffar Jung]] and began to conspire against Nawab [[Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan|Anwar-ud-din Muhammad Khan]] in [[Arcot]].<br />
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The Europeans got directly involved in the affairs of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] and [[Carnatic region|Carnatic]]. This resulted in the [[Second Carnatic War]] which was an unofficial war fought between the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] and the [[French East India Company|French Compagnie de Indes]] at a time when there was peace between the two powers in Europe. Its roots lay in [[Joseph François Dupleix|Dupleix]]'s (French Governor) skillful exploitation of the confused politics of the region to enhance French power through a series of Indian alliances.<br />
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The [[France|French]] sided with [[Chanda Sahib]] and [[Muzaffar Jung]] to bring them into power in their respective states. But soon the [[United Kingdom|British]] intervened. To offset the French influence, they began supporting Nasir Jung and [[Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah|Muhammad Ali Khan Walajah]] the son of late Nawab [[Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan|Anwar-ud-din Muhammad Khan]] who had recently been killed by the French in [[Battle of Ambur]] in 1749. <br />
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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 [[Gingee]], by the [[Pashtun people|Pathan]] Himmat Khan who was [[Nawab]] of [[Kadapa]], on 16 December 1750. He was buried at the [[Mausoleum]] of [[Sayyid Burhan-ud-din|Burhan ud-Din Gharib]], [[Khuldabad]]. As a result, [[Muzaffar Jung]] succeeded to the throne of [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Hyderabad]].<br />
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Later, the famous capture of [[Arcot]] by the English under [[Robert Clive]] in 1751 led to successive British victories and of their South Indian Allies. The war ended with the [[Treaty of Pondicherry]], signed in 1754–55. [[Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah|Muhammad Ali Khan Walajah]] was recognized as the [[Nawab of Carnatic]]. [[Joseph François Dupleix]] the French leader was asked to return to France. The directors of the [[French East India Company|French Compagnie de Indes]] were dissatisfied with the political ambitions of Dupleix, which had led to immense financial loss. In 1754, Godeheu replaced Dupleix.<br />
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==Death==<br />
He was killed at Sarasangupettai, near [[Gingee]], by the "Himmat Khan the [[Nawab of Kadapa]]", on 16 December 1750 and was buried at the [[Mausoleum]] of [[Sayyid Burhan-ud-din|Burhan ud-Din Gharib]], [[Khuldabad]].<br />
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==Positions held==<br />
*[[Subedar]] of [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] 1745–1746.<br />
*[[Nizam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.hyderabad.synthasite.com Hyderabad's history]<br />
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