What is Nizam of Hyderabad?
{{Infobox former monarchy | royal_title = Nizam-ul-Mulk | border = | realm = Hyderabad | coatofarms = Hyderabad Coat of Arms.jpg | coatofarmssize = | coatofarmscaption = Coat of Arms | image = | caption = Osman Ali Khan | first_monarch = [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Qamaruddin Khan]] | last_monarch = [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII|Mir Osman Ali Khan]] | style = [[Exalted Highness|His Exalted Highness]] | residence = [[Chowmahalla Palace]] | appointer = | began = c. 1720 | ended = 17 September 1948 | pretender = [[Azmet Jah]] }} [[File:Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png|thumb|Asafia flag of Asaf Jahi Dynasty]] '''Nizam''' <ref>{{lang-ur|نظام‌}}), a shortened version of '''Nizam-ul-Mulk''' ({{lang-ur|نظام‌الملک}}, meaning ''[[Administrator]] of the Realm'')</ref> was the title of the native [[sovereign]]s of [[Hyderabad State]], [[India]], since 1719. They belonged to the [[Asaf Jah]]<nowiki/>i dynasty. The [[dynasty]] was founded by [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi]], a [[viceroy]] of the [[Deccan]] under the [[Mughals|Mughal emperors]] from 1713 to 1721. After [[Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb's]] death in 1707, the Mughal Empire fell apart and the viceroy in Hyderabad said he was independent. From 1798 Hyderabad was one of the [[princely states]] of [[British India]], but it kept local control. Seven Nizams ruled [[Hyderabad State|Kingdom of Hyderabad]] for two centuries until [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence in 1947]]. The Asaf Jahi rulers used money to support free [[Education]], [[literature]], [[architecture]], [[art]], [[culture]] and cuisine. The Nizams ruled the state until September 1948 after independence from the British. == Origins == [[File:Nizam-ul-mulk.jpg|right|thumb|[[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Qamaruddin Khan,Asaf Jah I]]]] The Nizams of Hyderabad were of Turkic and Hadhrami Arab Descent.{{cn}} They are descendants of the first Kh