Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.5.11 Asaf Jahis of Hyderabad

3.5.11.1 Asaf Jah I and Nizam Ali Khan: the Subsidiary Alliance and the Ceded Districts

Nizam-ul-Mulk founded the Asaf Jahi state of the Deccan after the battle of Shakar Kheda (1724); after his death (1748) the French and the English fought over his successors, and Nizam Ali Khan moved the capital to Hyderabad, became the first ruler to accept Wellesley's Subsidiary Alliance (1798) and ceded the districts later called Rayalaseema to the Company (1800).

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Key terms

  • Asaf Jahi
  • Mir Qamaruddin
  • Chin Qilich Khan
  • Nizam-ul-Mulk
  • Shakar Kheda 1724
  • Mubariz Khan
  • Muhammad Shah
  • Aurangabad
  • Palkhed 1728
  • Nasir Jung
  • Muzaffar Jung
  • Salabat Jung
  • Dupleix
  • Bussy
  • Nizam Ali Khan
  • Hyderabad capital 1763
  • Kharda 1795
  • Subsidiary Alliance 1798
  • Wellesley
  • treaty of 1800
  • Ceded Districts
  • Datta Mandalalu

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