  the salar jung museum is an art museum located at darushifa, on the southern bank of the musi river in the city of hyderabad, telangana, india. it is one of the three national museums of india.[book name: footprint india by roma bradnock,isbn 978-1-906098-05-6, p-1033] it has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artefacts, carpets, clocks, and furniture from japan, china, burma, nepal, india, persia, egypt, europe, and north america. the museum's collection was sourced from the property of the salar jung family. == history == the salarjung museum is the third largest museum in india housing the biggest one-man collections of antiques in the world. it is well known throughout india for its prized collections belonging to different civilizations dating back is very largest accocation to the 1st century. nawab mir yusuf ali khan salar jung iii (1889â1949), former prime minister of the seventh nizam of hyderabad, spent a substantial amount of his income over thirty five years to make this priceless collection, his life's passion. the collections left behind in his ancestral palace, 'diwan deodi' were formerly exhibited there as a private museum which was inaugurated by jawaharlal nehru in 1951. old timers believe that the present collection constitutes only half of the original art wealth collected by salar jung iii. his employees siphoned off part of it, since salar jung was a bachelor and depended upon his staff to keep a vigil. some more art pieces were lost or stolen during the shifting of the museum from dewan devdi to the present site. later in 1968, the museum shifted to its present location at afzalgunj and is administered by a board of trustees with the governor of telangana as ex officio chairperson under the salar jung museum act of 1961. ==collections== the indian historical collections includes,http://www.metrocitytimes.in/magazine/explo-re-the-belum-beau/ *the paintings of legendary raja ravi varma *aurangzeb's sword. *jade crafted daggers of, emperor jehangir, noorjahan and shah jehan. *a wardrobe of tipu sultan and *a tiffin box made of gold and diamond the furniture collection belonging from the time of [
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