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Sawanih-i-Deccan, the Glossary

Sawānih-i-Deccan (News of Deccan) was a work was compiled by Munim Khan al-Hamdani al-Aurangabadi in 1197 A.H. (1782 A.D.). It is an unpublished manuscript in Persian and gives statistics of revenue accounts of the six subas of the Deccan with a historical account of the Asaf Jahis or Nizams of Hyderabad.^[1]

Asaf Jahi dynasty

The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State.

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Deccan Plateau

The Deccan is a large plateau and region of the Indian subcontinent located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada River.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

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Hyderabad State

Hyderabad State or Hyderabad Deccan was a kingdom, country, and princely state in the Deccan with its capital at the city of Hyderabad.

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Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II

Mirza Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah II (7 March 1734 – 6 August 1803) was the 5th Nizam of Hyderabad State between 1762 and 1803.

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Persian language

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.

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Rajahmundry Circar

Rajahmundry Circar or Rajahmundry Sarkar was one of the five Northern Circars in the Golconda Sultanate, Deccan subah of Mughal empire and later in the Nizam's dominion of Hyderabad.

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