TREATIES, ENGAGEMENTS, AND SUNNUDS
HYDERABAD, MYSORE, AND COORG.
From Malcolm's History of India and Reports by successive Residents.
THE fortunes of this family were founded by Kumr-ood-deen Assuf Jah, a distinguished soldier of the Emperor Aurungzeb, who in 1713 was appointed Nizam-ool-Moolk and Soubadar of the Deccan, but eventually threw off the control of the Delhi Court. Assuf Jah died in 1748, and was succeeded by his second son Naseer Jung, the eldest son Ghazee-ood-deen Khan holding high office at the Court of Delhi. The claims of Naseer Jung were disputed by Mozuffer Jung, his nephew, with the support of Dupleix, the Governor of the French settlements, who saw in the establishment through his influence of Mozuffer Jung as Soubadar of the Deccan, and of Chunda Sahib a claimant for the Nawabship of the Carnatic, a sure means of securing the ascendancy of the French in India. The support which Mozuffer Jung received from the French was, in those times, of itself sufficient reason to induce the English to lend their aid and influence to Naseer Jung. Mozuffer Jung fell into the hands of his uncle, by whom he was imprisoned, but in the following year, after the murder of Naseer Jung by Pathan rebels, he was released, and with the support of the French assumed the authority of Soubadar. After his accession Mozuffer Jung received into his service a body of French troops under command of Bussy, b