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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
| Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surnames | Hyderabad | | | First Name(s) | Nizam Ali | | | Year of Birth | ? | | | Year of Death | 1803 | | | Entry | Son of Kamaruddin, the first Nizam-ul- Mulk : dethroned and imprisoned his brother, the Nizam Salabat Jang, 1761, and became Nizam : devastated the Carnatic, 1765, but was driven back : the Madras Government made a treaty at Hyderabad, Nov. 12, 1766, through Brig- General Caillaud with Nizam Ali for mutual assistance, and the grant of territory for a subsidiary force. Nizam Ali treacherously deserted the English, and with Hyder Ali invaded the Carnatic, but, by another treaty of Feb. 26, 1768, renounced Hyder and regained the English alliance on certain terms : in 1788 he made over the Guntur Sircar to the English on certain payments : in the war with Tippoo, Nizam Ali made a treaty of offensive and defensive alliance with Cornwallis, 1790, and gained territory at the end of the war, 1792 : the Mahrattas revived a claim against the Nizam for arrears of chout, and war resulted in the defeat of the Nizam and his army at Kurdla in March, 1795 : he had to cede territory and pay three crores of rupees : his eldest son, Ali Jah, rebelled, but was captured by the Nizam's French troops : another treaty of Sep. 1, 1798, was made between the British and the Nizam : Nazim Ali agreed to disband his French battalions : in the second war with Tippoo, 1799, the Nizam's army cooperated with the British troops, and the Nizam received territories by the partition treaty of Mysore : these territories were ceded to the British for the payment of the British subsidiary force at Hyderabad : Nizam Ali died, 1803. |
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