page_title: Mahboob Ali Khan
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Mahboob Ali Khan / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: "Installation of the Nizam of Hyderabad by the Governor-General of India," from the Illustrated London News, 1884 Source: ebay, Feb. 2007
context_page_description: Asaf Jah VI Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi GCB GCSI was the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad state, one of the Princely states in India between 1869 and 1911.
context_section_description: Mahboob Ali Khan was born on 17 August 1866 at Purani Haveli in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (in present-day Telangana, India). He was the youngest son of Nizam Afzal-ud-Daulah. Afzal-ud-Daulah died on 28 February 1869. On 29 February, he ascended the throne under the regency of Dewan Salar Jung I and Shams-ul-Umra III. Mahboob Ali Khan was two years and seven months old at that time. While Salar Jung I served as regent, Shams-ul-Umra III served as co-regent.
  Mahboob Ali Khan was the first Nizam to be exposed to western education. A special school under the guidance of Captain Claude Clerk was setup in the Chowmahalla Palace. The children of Salar Jung I, Shams-ul-Umra III and Kishen Pershad were his classmates. Besides English, he was also taught Persian, Arabic and Urdu languages. In 1874, Captain John Clerk, a former tutor to the Duke of Edinburgh was appointed to teach him English. Clarke imbibed in " young Mahboob the customs and manners of high English society".
caption: Installation of the Nizam of Hyderabad by the Governor-General of India
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