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In 2008, Forbes magazine listed the Nizam as the “fifth all-time wealthiest” person with a net worth of $210.8 billion, while TIME magazine called him the richest man in the world in 1937.
Hyderabad State was the only supplier of diamonds for the global market in the 19th century and Osman Ali's inheritance was accumulated by way of mining royalties rather than land revenue.