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28 pressing factories came into existence, the Singareni coal fields were developed, and municipal government was fostered in the city and in the suburb of Chadarghat, and was introduced in the form of Local Boards and Local Funds into the Districts. The good work done during the long reign of H. H. Mir Mahabub Ali Khan will be seen in the following chapters, including the changes made in the four Divisions and the sixteen Districts into which the State was re-divided in 1905, the introduction of up-to-date machinery into the State Mint about the same time, and many kindred matters.

His Highness Mir Mahabub Ali Khan died in 1911, and was buried in the Cathedral Mosque in Hyderabad city amid the lamentations of his subjects. He was succeeded by H. H. Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, who, if he lives, will (I quote the words of one of his Ministers) do more for Hyderabad than any Nizam has done before him.

Mir Kamar-ud-din, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah. . 1712— 1748

Mir Ahmed Khan, Nasir Jung 1748— 1750