Carnatic region was a subdivision which was partly administered by the governor of Bijapur and Hyderabad.

[1]: 143 [2]: 95 [3] The domain of Viceroy of the Deccan extends from the Narmada River in the North to Trichinopoly in the South and Masulipatnam in the east to Bijapur in the west.

[4] The Aurangabad city was selected as the viceregal capital of Deccan where Aurangzeb resided until his death in 1707 AD, and the Asaf Jah I ruled from the very place until 1750 AD, when his capital was shifted to Hyderabad city and the domain of Viceroy of Deccan was renamed as Hyderabad Deccan.

[5]: 82 In 1636, Shah Jahan appointed Aurangzeb as the Viceroy of the Deccan.

[3] The Mughal Empire and the Deccan-Economic factors and consequences, by Shireen Moosvi-(1982), Published by: Indian History Congress, as Proceedings of the Indian History Congress-Volume 43 (1982) This Mughal related article is a stub.