Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III

Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III was the son of Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung II (the son of Nizam ul Mulk Asaf Jah)^[1]. Born in 1736 ( s/o Sultan Begum ) His original name was Shahabuddin Muhammad Siddiqi but after the death of his father in 1752, he was, by the recommendation of Nawab Safdar Jung appointed Mir Bakhshi (Pay Master General), and received the titles of Amir ul-Umara (Noble of Nobles) and Imad ul-Mulk by the Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur of Delhi^[1]. He blinded and imprisoned Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur in 1754 and assassinated Emperor Alamgir II in 1759^[1]. He was later the Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan III^[1]. His wife was the celebrated Ganna or Gunna Begam who died in the year 1775^[1]. The year of Khan's death is unknown but according to the biography of the poet called Gulzar Ibrahim he was living in 1780 in straitened circumstances^[1]. His poetical name was Nizam^[1]. According to the work called Masir ul Umra he went to the Deccan in 1773 and received a jagir in Malwa subsequently he proceeded to Surat where he passed a few years with the English and then went on a pilgrimage (Hajj) to Makkah^[1]. He composed Persian and Rekhta poetry and left Arabic and Turkish Ghazals and a thick Persian Diwan and a Masnawi in which the miracles of Maulana Fakhr uddin are related^[1]. Some say he died at Kalpi on 31 August 1800 ^[1] and was buried in the Shrine of Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Pakpattan ( Now in Pakistan ).

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} An oriental biographical dictionary: founded on materials collected by the late Thomas William Beale;2nd Edition; Publisher:W.H. Allen, 1894; page 143

See also

• Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung
• Hyderabad State
• Nizam

External links

• Brief biography

Persondata
Name	Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III
Alternative names	Ghazi ud Din Siddiqi
Short description
Date of birth	1736
Place of birth	Nawar
Date of death	1800
Place of death	Kalpi/Bhatvadar