Viceroy of the Deccan
Mughal Empire Deccan | |||||||||
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| 1636–1724 | |||||||||
| Status | Administrative division of the Mughal Empire | ||||||||
| Official languages | Urdu | ||||||||
| Common languages | Telugu Urdu Marathi Kannada Tamil Konkani Malayalam | ||||||||
| Government | Mughal provincial government | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1636 | ||||||||
• Hyderabad State became independent | 1724 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
Viceroy of the Deccan was the representative of the Mughal emperors in Deccan, Deccan consisted of six Mughal governorates (Subah): Khandesh, Bijapur, Berar, Aurangabad, Hyderabad and Bidar. Carnatic region was a subdivision which was partly administered by the governor of Bijapur and Hyderabad.[1]: 143 [2]: 95 [3]
The domain of Viceroy of the Deccan extends from the Narmada River in the North to Trichinopoly in the South and Masulipatnam in the east to Bijapur in the west.[4] The Aurangabad city was selected as the viceregal capital of Deccan where Aurangzeb resided until his death in 1707 AD, and the Asaf Jah I ruled from the very place until 1750 AD, when his capital was shifted to Hyderabad city and the domain of Viceroy of Deccan was renamed as Hyderabad Deccan.[5]: 82
History
In 1636, Shah Jahan appointed Aurangzeb as the Viceroy of the Deccan.[3]
Further reading
References
- ^ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707–1813. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.
- ^ Roy, Olivier (2011). Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-80042-6.
- ^ a b Pandharipande, Reeti; Nadimpally, Lasya (5 August 2017). "A brief history of the Nizams of Hyderabad". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Gurusamy, Mohan (18 October 2016). "Celebrating a long gone Hyderabad". The Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ McInerney, Terence; Kossak, Steven M; Haidar, Navina Najat (2016). Divine Pleasures: Painting from India's Rajput Courts, The Kronos Collections. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588395900.