Muhammad Ali Beg

Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg
نواب محمد علی بیگ
Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg; نواب محمد علی بیگ
Born	1852; Aurangabad, British India
Died	1930 (aged 78); Hyderabad, Hyderabad State
Allegiance	Hyderabad
Branch	British Indian Army
Rank	Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel
Commands	Commander-In-Chief, Regular Forces of Hyderabad
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire; Member of The Royal Victorian Order

Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg, KCIE, MVO (1852–1930) was an Indian military leader from Hyderabad State, serving there and in the British Indian Army.

Life

He was born Aurangabad (Deccan) in 1852^[1] He was the son of the late Mirza Vilayet Ali Beg, Ressaldar of the 3rd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent. From 1897 he commanded the Nizam's regular forces, and from 1884 he was aide-de-camp to the Nizam of Hyderabad, in the Ressaldar Hyderabad Contingent. He was Commander of the Golconda Brigade since 1885, in the Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops since 1893, and Commander of Regular Troops since 1897, Jagirdar, Hyderabad State.

Career

Commander of the 1st and 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops
Hon. Colonel 20th Deccan Horse^[2]
1879–80 – Afghan War, 1879–1880, medal and clasp
1888 – Black Mountain Expedition, medal and clasp. Mentioned in dispatches.
1900 – China Expedition, (medal). Sir Afsar was on staff of Count Von Waldersee during the Boxer Rebellion in 1901.^[2]
1902 – A.D.C for the Nizam, Sir Afsur represented Hyderabad at the coronation of King Edward VII.
1911 – A.D.C to Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India
1915 – Staff of Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade, Indian Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 1915
1915–16 – Staff Indian Cavalry Corp and A.D.C to Sir John French
1917 – Commander-In-Chief, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Regular Forces

Titles

1884 – Received title of Khan Bahadur and Afsur Jung
1888 – Appointed Honorary Major

Muhammad Ali Beg Nawab, Afsar-i-Jang Bahadur, Aide-de-Camp to His Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, is grandted the honorary rank of Major. Dated 16th May 1888

— THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 15, 1888

1895 – Received title of Afsur Dowla^[3]
1897 – Decorated with C.I.E. on 22 June 1897 in the Jubilee Honours' Gazette

THE Queen has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the celebration of the completion of the Sixtieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign, to make the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire: To be Companions:
Major Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg, Afsar-i-Jang, Bahadur, Commandant of the Hyderabad Imperial Service Lancers.

— India Office, June 22, 1897.

1902 – Appointed Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel

Honorary Major Muhammad Ali Beg, Nawab, Afsar-i-jung, Afsar-ud-Daula Bahadur, C.I.E. to be Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 9th. August, 1902.

— THE LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7, 1902^[4]

1903 – Received title of Afur-ul-Mulk after Delhi Durbar
1906 – Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O)

Chancery of the Royal Victorian Order, St. James's Palace, May 15, 1906.
The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales to India, to make the following promotion in, and appointments to the Royal Victorian Order, to take effect from the dates noted: To be Members of the Fourth Class:
15th February, 1906. Nawab Afsur-i-Jung, Afsar-ud-Daula Bahadur, Honorary Lieutenant- Colonel Muhammad Ali Beg, C.I.E., 20th Deccan Horse, and Commandant, Hyderabad Imperial Service Lancers.