1772 - 1793 H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Sultan Timur Shah Bahadur, Padshah-i-Ghazi, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan. b. at Mashhad, Persia, December 1746, educ. privately. Viceroy of the Punjab, Kashmir, Multan and Sind May 1757-10th April 1758 and November 1759-1771, Governor of Herat 1771-1772. Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father, February 1772. Proclaimed at Herat on the death of his father, 16th October 1772. Entered Kandahar and was crowned at the Shrine of Shahrukh. Transferred his capital to Kabul. m. (first) a lady of the Popalzai clan. m. (second) at Delhi, 13th February 1757, Nawab Muhammadi Zuhra Begum Sahiba, née Gauhar un-nisa Afraz Banu Begum Sahiba, elder daughter of H.M. 'Abu'l-'Adil 'Aziz ud-din Muhammad 'Alamgir II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. m. (third) at Mashhad, 1770, Shahzadi Gowhar Shad Begum, eldest daughter of H.M. Hast Sultan bar Salatin-i-Jahan Shah-i-Shahhan Shah-i-Jahan Shahrukh Shah, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. m. (fourth) a lady of the Sadozai clan. m. (fifth) a lady of the Yusufzai clan. m. (sixth) a lady of the Popalzai clan. m. (seventh) a lady of the Ishaqzai clan. m. (eighth) a daughter of Haji Jamal Khan Barakzai. m. (ninth) a daughter of Sardar Rahim Dad Khan, SultanMuhammadBarakzai, the Chief of the Barakzai clan. m. (tenth) a daughter of Sardar Nur Muhammad Khan Babar, Amin ul-Mulk, and Treasurer. He may also have m. 1757, a daughter of 'Izz ud-Daula, Shahzada Muhammad 'Izz ud-din Bahadur, of Delhi. He d. at Kabul, 19th May 1793 (bur. there) (succ. by his son), having had issue, fifty-four sons and several daughter, including:
1) H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Ayub Shah Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (s/o the first wife) - see below.
2) H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan 'Ali Shah Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (s/o Gauhar Shad) - see below.
3) Shahzada Taj ul-Mulk.
4) Shahzada Muhammad Murad Mirza (s/o Haji Jamal Khan's daughter). He had issue, two sons:
a) Shahzada Sultan Muhammad. He had issue, two sons:
b) Shahzada Kamgar. b. 1827. He had issue, two sons:
i) Shahzada Sultan Mirza.
ii) Risaldar-Major Shahzada Jahangir. Sowar Queen's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry 14/8/1861, prom. Jemadar 1/5/1877, prom. Ressaidar 3/4/1879, prom. Risaldar 20/4/1887, prom. Risaldar-Major, Hon. Magistrate Peshawar. Received valuable lands in Lahore dist. in recognition of his services. He had issue:
(1) Shahzada Ahmad Mirza.
(2) Shahzada Humayun. m. Baboji Begum, daughter of a sister of Colonel Nawab Sir Muhammad Aslam Khan, Sardar Bahadur, KCIE, KCVO, OBI. He was k. in action while trying to capture some dacoits, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
(a) Captain Aziz ul-MulkShahzada Sultan Aziz Jan. b. at Peshawar, ca. 1895. Cmsnd. 2nd-Lieut. Bhopal Sultania Infantry 1927, Capt. and coy. cdr. 1934. He had issue, two sons and five daughters:
(i) Shahzada Muhammad Shah.
(ii) Lieutenant-Colonel Shahzada Ahmad Shah. Lt-Col and cdt. Bhopal Gohar-i-Taj's Own Inf. 1940, served in WW2 1940-1945 (rcvd: 39/45 Star, Defence, War and IGS medals).
(v) Shahzadi Farhat Sultan Begum. m. Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan, HJ (1965), HQA, SPk (b. 22nd February 1923), educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore; POWRIMC, Dehra Dun; RAF Staff Coll., Andover; and Jnt. Services Staff Coll., Camberley. Cmsnd. Pilot Offcr. RIAF 6/1/1944, served in WW2 in Burma and SEA (MID), Flight Cdr. No 4 Sqd., OC No 32 Flying Wing, Mauripur (Masroor), SO PAF Drigh Road (Faisal), PAF Chaklala, and PAF Mauripur (Masroor), prom. Air Cdre., AOC HQ No. 1 Group, Assist. COAS, MD PIA 1959-1965, C-in-C Pakistan Air Force1965-1969, Governor of West Pakistan 1969-1970, Presdt. Pakistan Hockey Fedn. 1967-1969 & 1976-1984, Pakistan Cricket Brd. 1980-1984, etc. rcvd: Hon. MQR of Malta (28.8.1979).
(a) H.H. Nawab Maimuna Sultan Shahbanu Begum Sahiba. b. at Peshawar, 1900, educ. privately at Bhopal. MP (Lok Sabha) for Bhopal 1962-1966. m. at Peshawar, Punjab, 5th September 1905 (nikah), as his first wife, Major-General H.H. Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Haji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ (b. at Sardar Manzil Palace, Bhopal, 9th September 1894; d. at Bhopal, 4th February 1960), youngest son of H.H. Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CI, GBE, by her consort, H.H. 'Ali Jah, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Nasir ud-Daula, Nawab Mian Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Sultan Doulah Sahib, Nawab Consort of Bhopal. She d. at Bhopal, 14th May 1982, having had had issue three daughters - see India (Bhopal).
(b) Shahzadi Huma Sultan Begum. m. and had issue, three sons and three daughters:
(c) Shahzadi Mehr Sarwar Begum. m. Shahzada Sultan Alam (b. ca. 1880; d. at Bhopal, 1935), originally from Peshawar and Ludhiana. She d. 1954, having had issue, seven sons and one daughter:
(i) Shahzada Badre Alam. b. 1910. He d. at Bhopal, ca. 1968.
(ii) Captain Shahzada Nazme Alam. b. 1912. Cmsnd. 2nd-Lieut. Bhopal Gohar-i-Taj's Own Inf. 13/2/1941, prom. Capt. and coy. cdr. 2/2/1944, served in WW2 1941-1945. Rcvd: 39/45 Star, Defence, War and IGS medals. He d. in Pakistan, 1995, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
1. Shahzada Ahmad Alam.
2. Shahzada Mesbah Alam.
3. Shahzada Muhammad Alam.
1. Shahzadi Ayesha.
(iii) Captain Shahzada Akhtar Alam. b. 1913. Cmsnd. 2nd-Lieut. Bhopal Sultania Training Btn. 1/3/1941, prom. Lieut. 1/6/1943, prom. Capt. 1/12/1944. m. Wafa Begum, eldest daughter Sardar 'Abdu'l Rauf Khan, grandson of Colonel Nawab Sir Muhammad Aslam Khan, Sardar Bahadur, KCIE, KCVO, OBI. He d.s.p. 1981.
(iv) Air Commodore Shahzada Tahir Alam.b. 14th August 1930 (identical twin with his brother Tayyab). Fighter Pilot Pakistan Air Force, retd. 1982. m. Fakhr un-nisa Begum, youngest daughter Sardar 'Abdu'l Rauf Khan, grandson of Colonel Nawab Sir Muhammad Aslam Khan, Sardar Bahadur, KCIE, KCVO, OBI. He d. 12th July 1999, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
1. Shahzada Tanwir Alam. b. 12th December 1957. m. Shahzadi Shazia Begum, daughter of Shahzada Said Ahmad, her father's paternal cousin. He has issue, three sons:
a. Shahzada Shahshujah Alam.
b. Shahzada Tahir Alam.
c. Shahzada Shahrukh Alam.
2. Shahzada Ahmad Shah. b. 2nd April 1968. m. Samia Begum, daughter of Said Khan. He has issue, one son:
a. Shahzada Taimur Alam. b. 31st April 2000.
1. Shahzadi Asma Begum. b. 27th March 1960. m. Dr Tariq Khan, neurosurgeon. She has issue, four sons:
a. Fawad Tariq Khan.
b. Fahim Tariq Khan.
c. Omar Tariq Khan.
d. Shahzad Tariq Khan.
(v) Shahzada Tayyab Alam. b. 14th August 1930 (identical twin with his brother Tahir). m. Bridget, a German lady. He was k. in an accident, at Abu Dhabi, UAE, 1976, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
1. Shahzada Nadir Alam. b. 1965. Settled in Germany. m. ...
2. Shahzada Shahrukh Alam. b. 1967. Settled in Germany. m. ...
1. Shahzadi Amina. Settled in Germany. m. ...
(vi) Shahzada Mehr Alam. m. and had issue, four children.
(vii) Shahzada Kokab Alam. m. and had issue, two daughters.
(i) Shahzadi Amna.
5) Shahzada Ashraf Mirza (s/o the Ishaqzai lady). He had issue, two sons:
a) A daughter. m. Sardar Muhammad Khan, of Peshawar.
6) Shahzada Ibrahim. He had issue:
a) Shahzada Ghulam Muhammad.
b) Shahzada Ghulam Kadir.
c) Shahzada Muhammad Azim.
7) Shahzada Miran Mirza (s/o Haji Jamal Khan's daughter). He had issue, three sons:
a) Shahzada Hamza. He had issue, one son:
i) Shahzada Ikram. b. 1832. He had issue, a son:
(1) Shahzada Sultan Muhammad. He had issue, a son:
(a) Shahzada Ahmad Sultan.
b) Shahzada 'Ali Mardan.
c) Shahzada Wali Muhammad. He had issue, a son:
i) Shahzada Sultan Mahmud.
d) Shahzada Muhammad Kasim.
8) Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Hassan Mirza (s/o a Popalzai). He had issue:
a) Shahzada Farukh Murad.
b) Shahzada Sultan Jahan Akhtar Bahadur. m. a sister of one of the wives of Shahzada Mirza Shahrukh Bahadur, of Delhi. He d. 13th November 1856, having had issue, nine sons and five daughters, including:
iii) Shahzada Muhammad Azim Bahadur. Entered the Mughal service. He d. after 1857, having had issue, one son:
(1) Shahzada Muhammad Husain Bahadur.
iv) Shahzada Jamshid Bahadur.
v) Shahzada Bahram Shah Bahadur.
vi) Shahzada Kamran Bahadur.
vii) Shahzada Shahryar Bahadur.
viii) Shahzada Darab Bahadur. b. 1842.
ix) Shahzada Sulaiman Bahadur.
i) A daughter. m. her cousin, Muhammad Jalal ud-din (had issue, Qabir ud-din?).
ii) Another daughter. m. at Delhi, 25th July 1830, as his fifth wife, Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Babar Bakht Bahadur (b. 1796; d. at Delhi, 13th February 1835, bur. there at the Mausoleum of Mirza Jahangir, Nizamuddin), sixth son of H.M. 'Abul-Nasir Mu'in ud-din Muhammad Akbar Shah II Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Padshah Ghazi, King of Delhi, by his second wife, Mussamat Nawab Mumtaz Mahal Begum Sahiba. She had issue, a son and a daughter - see India (Mughal dynasty).
9) Shahzada Kishwar Mirza (s/o Gauhar Shad).
10) Shahzada Jahandar Mirza. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:
a) Shahzada Sher Muhammad.
b) Shahzada Hushang. b. 1828. m. Taj Jahan Begum. He d. 1893, having had issue, five sons and one daughter:
16) Shahzada Humayun Shah (s/o the fourth wife). Governor of Kandahar. Proclaimed himself ruler at Kandahar, on his father's death, 1793. Blinded and imprisoned at Kabul by his brother, Zaman Shah. m. a daughter of General Mehr 'Ali Khan. He had issue, three sons:
a) Shahzada Sultan Ahmad. He was k. in battle, at Leiah, near Kachi-Shumali, December 1795.
b) Shahzada Sarmast.
c) Shahzada Muhammad Umar. He d. after 1823, having had issue, a son:
i) Shahzada Usman.
17) H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Shah Shuja ul-Mulk Muhammad Shah Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (s/o the fourth wife) - see below.
18) H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Zaman ShahShah Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (s/o the fourth wife) - see below.
19) H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah-i-Adl Gustar Khusrawi 'Alam Panah Mazhar-i-Lutfu'llah Zill-i-Haq Sultan Mahmud ShahShah Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (s/o the fifth wife) - see below.
20) H.R.H. Shahzada Haji Firuz ud-din Mirza (s/o the fifth wife). Lived in Yazd for many years as an exile. Governor of Herat 1801-1816, in exile at Mashhad 1816-1823. He had issue, four sons:
a) Shahzada Malik Qasim. m. before 1816, his first cousin, H.R.H. Shahzadi Ruqiya Begum, daughter of H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah-i-Adl Gustar Khusrawi 'Alam Panah Mazhar-i-Lutfu'llah Zill-i-Haq Mahmud Shah Dur-i-Durran, Shah of Afghanistan. He d. at Khiva, 1840, having had issue, four sons:
i) Shahzada Muhammad Murad.
ii) Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf. Proclaimed as ruler of Heart, 15th September 1855. Deposed by an army sent by the Shah of Persia, April 1856. Removed to Tehran. He was k. (hacked to pieces) by the relatives of Said Muhammad, on a mound outside the Kasr-i-Qajar Palace, Tehran, 11th April 1857.
b) Shahzada Malik Muhammad. He had issue, one son:
i) Shahzada Muhsin.
c) Shahzada Farukh Siyar. He had issue, one son.
i) Shahzada Zaman.
d) Shahzada Malik Husain. He had issue, one son:
i) Shahzada Abbas. b. 1820.
21) H.R.H. Shahzada 'Abbas Mirza (s/o the sixth wife). Governor of Peshawar. He had issue, seven sons:
a) Shahzada Daulat Shah.
b) Shahzada Jahandar.
c) Shahzada 'Ali.
d) Shahzada Sultan. He had issue, three sons:
i) Shahzada Maudad. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
(1) Shahzada Shahriyar. m. Aisha Begum, youngest daughter of Sardar Haji Ghulam Muhammad Khan, by his sixth wife, Yasmin Bibi, a Surati lady. He had issue, one son:
(a) Shahzada Payinda.
(1) Shahzadi Sultanat Begum. m. as his fourth wife, Sardar Haji Ghulam Muhammad Khan (b. at Kandahar, 30th April 1830), third son of Sardar Rahim Dil Khan, Governor of Baluchistan, by a Barakzai lady. She d. at Kabul, 1908 (bur. Mausoleum of Timur Shah), having had issue - see Afghanistan (Tarzi).
a) Shahzadi Agha Taj. m. as his sixth wife, H.H. Amiral-Mumenin, Amir-i-Kabir, Dost Muhammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan (b. at Kandahar, 23rd December 1792; d. at Herat, 9th June 1862), eleventh son of Amir ul-Umara, Sardar Payinda Khan Muhammadzai, Sarafraz Khan, Chief of the Barakzai clan, by his fourth wife, Zainab Begum. She had issue, three sons and two daughters - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
22) H.R.H. Shahzada Kuhan Dil Mirza. He d. after 1809, having had issue, three sons:
a) Shahzada Sadiq.
b) Shahzada Muhammad Ata.
c) Shahzada Ahmad.
23) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Husain Mirza (s/o Haji Jamal Khan's daughter). He d. 1825, having had issue, five sons:
c) Shahzada Muhammad Nasir. m. Mahin Banu Begum (d. after 1874). He d. before, 16th February 1871, having had issue, four sons:
i) Shahzada Muhammad Shuaib. b. 1827. m. Mukhudra Begum (d. after 1874). He d. before 7th October 1864, having had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:
(1) Shahzada Muhammad Shah.
(2) Shahzada Muhammad Saleh.
ii) Shahzada Hormuz. b. 1833.
iii) Shahzada Sultan Sa'ad. b. 1833. Cmsnd. 10th Bengal Lancers 15/7/1872, Jemadar 10th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lcrs. 18/9/1885, retd. 1890. He had issue, two sons:
(1) Shahzada Asham Shah.
(2) Shahzada Muhammad 'Ali.
iv) Shahzada Sultan Asad. b. 1835. He had issue, a son:
(1)Shahzada Muhammad Shafi.
v) Shahzada Afrasiyab.
i) Shahzadi Mehr Jan Begum (d/o Mahin Banu Begum). She d. after 1874.
d) Shahzada Ghulam Haidar. b. 1825. He had issue, three sons and one daughter:
(3) Shahzada 'Ali Gauhar. m. (first) Shahzadi Kaukaba Sultan Begum, daughter of Shahzada Sohaib. m. (second) Shahzadi Asfia Sultan Begum, daughter of Shahzada Asad Jan from his wife Sultan Begum, daughter of Khan BahadurShahzada Sultan Ibrahim Jan. He had three sons and six daughters:
(a) Shahzada Salahuddin Gauhar. b. 1920 (s/o Kaukaba Sultan). m. Shahzadi Razia Sultan Begum, daughter of Shahzada Sultan Hussain, by his wife, Shahzadi Hakim Sultan Begum, daughter of Shahzada 'Abdu'l Razik. He d. 1993, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
(i) Shahzada Fasi ud-din. b. 27th December 1944. m. Sayyida Nargis Gul Begum, daughter of Sayyid Hassan Agha Harvi, by his wife, Shahzadi Mehr un-nisa Begum, daughter of Shahzada Nisar ud-din. He has issue, two sons and three daughters:
(ii) Shahzadi Rehana Begum. b. September 1943. m. Shahzada Alamgir Durrani, son of Shahzada Nisar ud-din, by his wife, Shahzadi Shaista Begum, daughter of Shahzada 'Ali Gauhar. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
(iii) Shahzadi Rukhsana Begum. b. 14th March 1952. m. Khalid Chughtai. No issue.
(b) Shahzada Sultan Mahmud [Sher Afghan]. b. 1925 (s/o Asfia Sultan). m. (first) Shahzadi Rooh Afza Begum, daughter of Shahzada Ghulam Ahmad [Sher Gul Jan], by his wife, Shahzadi Sharaf Sultan Begum, daughter of Shahzada Asad Jan. m. (second) Mah Gul Begum, from a Popalzai family. He d. 1997, having had issue, one son and one daughter by each wife:
(i) Shahzada Itasham (s/o Rooh Afza). Settled in England.
(ii) Shahzada Sultan Burq. b. 1965 (s/o Mah Gul). m. Saima Nazli Begum, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan, of the Popalzai family. He has issue, two daughters:
1. Shahzadi Lahiba. b. 1993.
2. Shahzadi Lailoma. b. 1997.
(i) Shahzadi Shams un-Nihar (d/o Rooh Afza). Settled in England.
(ii) Shahzadi Sumera Begum. b. 1960 (d/o Mah Gul). m. Shahzada Waseem ud-din Durrani, son of Shahzada Esham ud-din Durrani, by his wife, Nawabzadi Sitara Jabeen Begum, daughter of Nawabzadi Muzaffar Gauhar. She has issue, two sons and one daughter.
(c) Shahzada Masluh ud-din (s/o Asfia Sultan). m. Nasreen Banu Begum, from his mother's family, a Mufti Khel of Peshawar and Abbotabad. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
(i) Shahzada Nadeem ud-din. b. 1963. m. out of family. He has one son.
(ii) Shahzadi Zarmeena Zari Begum. b. 1979. m. into a Mufti family. She has issue, one son.
(a) Shahzadi Gauhar Sultan Begum (d/o Kaukaba Sultan). m. Nawabzada Muzaffar Gauhar, son of Nawabzada Ahmad 'Ali Khan, by his wife, Shahzadi Gauhar Begum. She had issue, one daughter.
(b) Shahzadi Shaista Begum (d/o Kaukaba Sultan). m. Shahzada Nasir ud-din, son of Shahzada Bahar ud-din. She has issue, one son and seven daughters.
(c) Shahzadi Noor us-Saba Begum (d/o Kaukaba Sultan). m. Shahzada Jahandar, son of Shahzada Habib ur-Rehman, by his wife, Shahzadi 'Alia Begum, daughter of Shahzada Sher 'Ali.
(d) Shahzadi Behrawer Sultan (d/o Kaukaba Sultan). unm.
(e) Shahzadi Noor un-Nihar Begum (d/o Asfia Sultan). m. Shahzada Haider Sultan, son of Shahzada Sultan Hussain, by his wife, Shahzadi Hakim Sultan Begum, daughter of Shahzada 'Abdu'l Raziqa.
(i) Shahzadi Dura Shahwar Begum [Shah Gul Begum] (d/o Asfia Sultan). m. Sayyid Fazale Khuda, from a notable Pathan family from Charsada. She has issue, three daughters and one son.
(1) Shahzadi Bilqis Begum. m. Shahzada Sultan Ismail, son of Shahzada Ibrahim. She had issue, one daughter.
e) Shahzada Sikander. b. 1837.
24) H.R.H. Shahzada Muzaffar Mirza (s/o the Ishaqzai lady). He had issue, one son.
a) Shahzada Sultan Safdar. He had issue, two sons:
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