Of the Nizam of Hyderabad it can be truly said that he is the man who has everything. In his 72 years, he ruled a state of 18 million people, bossed a brilliantly uniformed army of 22,000 men ...

Yet the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Sir Osman Ali Khan, also knitted his own socks, wore the same patched clothes for months and cadged cigarettes from his guests. The crumpled turban that he always ...

A Washington, DC native, Nizam has been working in his family’s historic restaurant, Ben’s Chili Bowl, since he was a child. Opened in 1958 on U Street by his parents Ben and Virginia Ali ...

Much of Hyderabad's heritage is tied to the legacy of the Nizams, in particular the legacy left by the sixth Nizam, Mir Mahboob Ali Khan and his successor Mir Osman Ali Khan. Now one of the things ...

The Nizam Museum, established in the year 2000, comprises more than 450 artefacts which were gifted to the seventh Nizam during the coronation of his silver jubilee in 1937. Diamond-studded golden ...

After the fall of Hyderabad, the Nizam continued to be the administrator technically till January 25, 1950, as all government orders or ‘firmans’ were issued in his name. On January 26 ...