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Salabat Jung

1718–1763 · 18th century

Salabat Jung was a son of Asaf Jah I who became Nizam of Hyderabad in 1751 with the support of the French under the Marquis de Bussy. Dependent on French troops, he assigned the Northern Circars to France in 1753, and his army was defeated by the Marathas at Udgir in 1760. He was deposed by his brother Nizam Ali Khan in 1762 and killed in prison in 1763.

Salabat Jung
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