Asaf Jahi dynasty

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Asaf Jahi Dynasty Nizams of Hyderabad
Coat of Arms of the Nizam of Hyderabad
Azmet Jah, current head of Asaf Jahi family and IX titular Nizam of Hyderabad
Founded	31 July 1724
Founder	Asaf Jah I
Final ruler	Osman Ali Khan
Titles	Nizam-ul-Mulk Nawab
Style(s)	His Exalted Highness
Estate(s)	Chowmahalla Palace
Deposition	17 September 1948

The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State.^[1] The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Persian culture, language, and literature, and the family found ready patronage.

The dynasty was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi, a Viceroy of the Deccan—(administrator of six Mughal governorates) under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to 1721. He intermittently ruled after Aurangzeb's death in 1707 and under the title Asaf Jah in 1724. The Mughal Empire crumbled and the Viceroy of the Deccan, Asaf Jah I, declared himself independent, whose domain extended from the Narmada River in the North to Trichinopoly in the South and Masulipatnam in the east to Bijapur in the west.^[2]