Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III

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Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III
Born	(1889-06-04)4 June 1889 , Poona (India)
Died	2 March 1949(1949-03-02) (aged 59) Dewan Devdi, Hyderabad state (India)
Burial place	Daira Mir Momin, Hyderabad
Parents	Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung II (father) (mother)
Prime Minister of Hyderabad
In office 1912–1914
Monarch	Asaf Jah VII
Preceded by	Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad

Nawab Abul Quasim Owaisi, Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III (1889–1949), commonly known as Salar Jung III, was a nobleman and art collector from Hyderabad Deccan (Hyderabad State). He served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad Deccan during the reign of the seventh Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan. In 1912, at the age of twenty-three, Salar Jung III succeeded Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad as Prime Minister and served for two and a half years. He held the fourth-highest position among the Hyderabad Deccan nobility, below three members of the Paigah family.

His extensive art collection is now held in Hyderabad's Salar Jung Museum.^[1] .

Family[]

Salar Jung III's paternal family, the Salar Jung family, provided a number of Prime Ministers over five generations: , Nawab , Nawab , Nawab Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I, Nawab Mir Laiq Ali Khan Salar Jung II. Through his mother, Salar Jung III was the great-grandson of Nawab , , the Nawab of and great-grandson of Nawab , .

Claims of an unrecognized daughter[]

In 1962, Chand Sultana, alias Indra Bai, claimed to be Salar Jung III's daughter through his 1923 Mutah marriage with a woman named Tarabai.^[2]

Personal life[]

Salar Jung III was passionate about collecting rare relics, artefacts, antiques and manuscripts, including illuminated Qurans. He is believed to have spent the lion's share of his money on his collection over a period of 35 years. The collection was exhibited privately at his family residence, Dewan Devdi, until its relocation in 1968 to the Salar Jung Museum, one of India's three National Museums.

See also[]

• Salar Jung family
• Hyderabad Deccan

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