[1] He was born in Chowmahalla Palace in the Khilwath, the second son of Asaf Jah II and Tahniat un-nisa Begum.

She was the granddaughter of Aristu Jah, from whom she inherited Purani Haveli (lit.

[13] During his reign, a British cantonment was established near Hyderabad and the area was christened after him as Secunderabad.

[14][15] Upon the recommendation of Maharaja Chandu Lal, a Punjabi Khatri and influential dignitary at the Nizam's court.

[16][17] Sikander Jah not only built the Rambagh temple in Attapur, Hyderabad but also attended the inauguration ceremony proving again the communal harmony that existed between the Muslim Asaf Jahi rulers and their Hindu subjects in Hyderabad.