Salar Jung family

By the middle of the 19th century, the family assumed importance as five members served as Grand Viziers to the Nizams.

The five Prime Ministers from the family are buried at Daira Mir Momin, a graveyard in the old city of Hyderabad.

Prince Moazzam Jah and classical musician Bade Ghulam Ali Khan are also buried there.

According to the legend their claimed ancestor Shaikh Owais II who was tenth in descent from Owais,arrived in India during the reign of Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur,and established himself by marrying his son Shaikh Muhammad Ali to Minister Mulla Ahmad Nawayet's daughter.

[3] The family's Jagir comprised six taluks: Kosgi, Ajanta, Koppal, Yelburga, Dundgal, Raigir which had a total of 333 villages with a population of 180,150 (1901),spread over an area of 1.486 square miles that produced a revenue of 820,000.