Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg, (1852–1930) was an Indian military leader from

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

, serving there and in the

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Life

He was born

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(Deccan) in 1852 He was the son of the late Mirza Vilayet Ali Beg, Ressaldar of the 3rd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent. From 1897 he commanded the Nizam's regular forces, and from 1884 he was aide-de-camp to the Nizam of Hyderabad, in the Ressaldar Hyderabad Contingent. He was Commander of the Golconda Brigade since 1885, in the

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

Imperial Service Troops since 1893, and Commander of Regular Troops since 1897, Jagirdar, Hyderabad State.

Career

* Commander of the 1st and 2nd Lancers,

Imperial Service Troops * Hon. Colonel 20th Deccan Horse * 1879–80 – Afghan War, 1879–1880, medal and clasp * 1888 –

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, medal and clasp. Mentioned in dispatches. * 1900 – China Expedition, (medal). Sir Afsar was on staff of Count Von Waldersee during the Boxer Rebellion in 1901. * 1902 – A.D.C for the Nizam, Sir Afsur represented Hyderabad at the coronation of King

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. * 1911 – A.D.C to Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India * 1915 – Staff of

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, Indian Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 1915 * 1915–16 – Staff Indian Cavalry Corp and A.D.C to Sir John French * 1917 – Commander-In-Chief, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Regular Forces

Titles

* 1884 – Received title of Khan Bahadur and Afsur Jung * 1888 – Appointed Honorary Major * 1895 – Received title of Afsur Dowla * 1897 – Decorated with

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on 22 June 1897 in the Jubilee Honours' Gazette * 1902 – Appointed Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel * 1903 – Received title of Afur-ul-Mulk after

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* 1906 – Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O) *

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– Decorated with K.C.I.E

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beg, Muhammad Ali 1852 births 1930 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Indian knights Indian Members of the Royal Victorian Order People from Hyderabad State British military personnel of the Hazara Expedition of 1888