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The first Nawwab of the Walajahi family, Anwaru’d-Din Khan Bahadur Shahamat Jang was the nogim of the Carnatic appointed by the Nizam as his deputy, the Nizam himself being the wazir of the Deccan appointed by the Mughal Emperor at Delhi. These appointments were not hereditary by the original grant, yet the ancient custom in India was in favour of here- ditary office. In the course of the decline of the Mughal empire the viceroyalties such as the Deccan, Oudh and Bengal acquired hereditary rights by gradual encroachments and opportune demands from the Emperor who was compelled to concede them in times of difficulty. These rubadars or feudatories became hereditary princes by degrees exercising virtually sovereign jurisdiction with in their own territory, though nominally they paid ceremonial homage and allegiance to the Emperor.
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