Nizam UL Mulk – Founder of Asaf Jahi dynasty and Established the Hyderabad state

Nizam-ul-Mulk was born on 11 August 1671 to Feroze Jung.
Jung migrated to India in 1669, and got employed in Aurangzeb's army and later became Subahdar (governor) of Gujarat Subah (province)
He was named Qamaruddin Khan by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
At the age of six, Nizam-ul-Mulk was awarded with a mansab.
During his youth, he Nizam-ul-Mulk used to accompany his father to military expeditions.
After distinguishing himself during an expedition with his father to Pune,
Nizam-ul-Mulk received a rank of 400 zat and 100 horses in 1684.
In 1698, Aurangzeb sent Nizam-ul-Mulk to put down a revolt at Nagori, near Bijapur.

Nizam-ul-Mulk successfully sieged the fort of Panhala which was occupied by the Marathas. He closed all the roads as a result of which no supply could reach the inhabitants.



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