Career
Asaf Jah V"s realm was divided into five subahs and sixteen districts. Each subah was headed by a Subedar and each district by a Taluqdar. Reforms during his reign, by his Prime Minister Salar Jung, included the establishment of a governmental central treasury in 1855.
Asaf Jah V reformed the Hyderabad revenue and judicial systems, instituted a postal service and constructed the first rail and telegraph networks.
In 1861 he was awarded the Star of India. He died at Hyderabad on 26 February 1869, and was buried at the Mecca Masjid mosque.