Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State, also referred to as the Nizam's Dominions was the largest of the Princely states. Not a part of British India, it was ruled by a Nizam (a hereditary position) from 1724 to 1948.
The state had borders with the Madras Presidency to the south, the Bombay Presidency to the west and Berar and the Central Provinces to the north. Its capital was the city of Hyderabad.
External links
Historical books online
- The Nizam: his History and Relations with the British Government by Henry George Briggs 1861 Volume 1, Archive.org Volume 2, Google Books
- Our Faithful Ally The Nizam by Captain Hastings Fraser 1865 Google Books