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SIR SALAR JUNG (1829-1883)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 60 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR SALAR See also:JUNG (1829-1883)  , See also:Indian statesman of See also:Hyderabad, See also:born in 1829, descendant of a See also:family which had held various appointments, first under the Adil Shahi See also:kings of See also:Bijapur, then under the See also:Delhi emperors and lastly under the Nizams . While he was known to the See also:British as See also:Sir Salar See also:Jung, his See also:personal name was Mir Turab See also:Ali, he was styled by native officials of Hyderabad the Mukhtaru 'l-Mulk, and was referred to by the See also:general public as the See also:Nawab See also:Sahib . He succeeded his See also:uncle Suraju 'l-Mulk as See also:prime See also:minister in 1853 . The See also:condition of the Hyderabad See also:state was at that See also:time a See also:scandal to the See also:rest of See also:India . Salar Jung began by infusing a measure of discipline into the Arab mercenaries, the more valuable See also:part of the See also:Nizam's See also:army, and employing them against the rapacious nobles and bands of robbers who had annihilated the See also:trade of the See also:country . He then constituted courts of See also:justice at Hyderabad, organized the See also:police force, constructed and repaired See also:irrigation See also:works, and established See also:schools . On the outbreak of the See also:Mutiny he supported the British, and although unable to hinder an attack on the residency, he warned the British minister that it was in comtemplation . The attack was repulsed; the Hyderabad contingent remained loyal, and their See also:loyalty served to ensure the tranquillity of the See also:Deccan . Salar Jung took See also:advantage of the preoccupation of the British See also:government with the Mutiny to push his reforms more boldly, and when the See also:Calcutta authorities were again at See also:liberty to consider the condition of affairs his See also:work had been carried far towards completion . During the lifetime of the Nizam Afzulu'd-dowla, Salar Jung was considerably hampered by his See also:master's jealous supervision . When Mir Mahbub Ali, however, succeeded his See also:father in 1869, Salar Jung, at the instance of the British government, was associated in the regency with the See also:principal See also:noble of the state, the Shamsu '1-Umara or See also:Amir See also:Kabir, and enjoyed an increased authority . In 1876 he visited See also:England with the See also:object of obtaining the restoration of See also:Berar .

Although he was unsuccessful, his personal merits met with full recognition . He died of See also:

cholera at Hyderabad on the 8th of See also:February 1883 . He was created G.C.S.I. on the 28th of May 187o, and received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University of See also:Oxford on the 21st of See also:June 1876 . His See also:grandson enjoyed an See also:estate of 1486 sq. m., yielding an income of nearly £6o,000 . See See also:Memoirs of Sir Salar Jung, by his private secretary, Syed Hossain Bilgrami, 1883 .

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