Hyderabad's Nizam Rises

July 1, 1706

The Mughal governor of the Deccan, Mir Qamar-ud-din, better known by his later title Nizam-ul-Mulk, began consolidating an autonomous regime from Hyderabad. Though still nominally a Mughal servant, he was laying foundations for a post-Mughal princely state that would last, in one form or another, until 1948. His dynasty became the wealthiest in India, ruling a territory the size of France.