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Nizam Alī Khān

ruler of Hyderabad

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history of India

In India: The government of Lord Wellesley
…to Hyderabad, when the aging Niẓām ʿAlī Khan was in dire fear of the Marathas. In 1800 the subsidy was compounded for the nizam’s share of the Mysore annexations. The same system was applied to Avadh, when the great annexation of 1801 was said to be on account of the…
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opposition to Hyder Ali

In Hyder Ali
In 1766 the Marathas, ʿAlī Khān, nizam of Hyderabad, and the British entered a triple alliance against Hyder, but he soon bought off the Marathas, captured Mangalore, and defeated the Bombay army of the British. In April 1769 he secured from the British a promise of aid in an…
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