Nizam of hyderabad

The throne of the Nizam of Hyderabad at Chowmallah Palace, Hyderabad

Besides the dum biryani and the amazing palaces inspired by Mughal architecture now symbolic of Hyderabad tourism, we don’t really know much about the Nizams or how they acquired the princely state of Hyderabad and ruled it almost independently for two centuries and a half.

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While the Nizams were alive, neither the Mughals, nor the French, nor the British, could wrest control of Hyderabad. On their watch, the city swayed to its own rhythm, breathing new life into Deccani art, music, dance and poetry

Men waiting for a buyer at the fruit stand. Photograph by Jack Birns. Hyderabad, India, 1948.

Nizams of Hyderabad

Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, GCB GCSI (1866-1911) Asaf Jah VI & Nizam of Hyderabad in his Robes of the Order of the Bath

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Courtney A. Stewart explores exquisite examples of Deccan diamonds on view through July 26 in Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy.

HYDERABAD, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1810