AFGHANISTAN

The Durrani Dynasty
GENEALOGY
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1803-1809 and 1839-1842 H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Shah Shuja ul-Mulk Muhammad Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan. b. before 4th November 1785, thirteenth son of son of H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Sultan Timur Shah Bahadur, Padshah-i-Ghazi, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan, by his fourth wife, a lady of the Sadozai clan, educ. privately. Governor of Herat and Peshawar 1798-1801. Proclaimed himself King in October 1801, after the deposition of Zaman, but was defeated and expelled by Mahmud Shah. Fled to the Khyber country where he continued to press his claims. Proclaimed on the deposition of his younger half-brother, 13th July 1803. Deposed 3rd May 1809 and retired to India. Captured by Jahandad Khan Bamizai and imprisoned at Attock 1811-1812 and in Kashmir 1812-1813, and handed over to Ranjit Singh in 1813. Imprisoned at Lahore 1813-1814. Forced to surrender the famous Koh-i-Nor diamond to Ranjit Singh at Lahore, 1813. Returned to Afghanistan with British and Sikh help in 1839. Enthroned at Kandahar, 25th April 1839. Entered Kabul 7th August 1839. Founded the Order of the Durrani Empire in three classes in 1839. Author of the "Divan-i-Shuja" (1825) and "Memoirs of Shuja ul-Mulk Shah, King of Afghanistan, written by himself" (1826). m. (first) a daughter of Fath Khan Tokhi. m. (second) at Kabul, 1803, Wafa Begum, Binti Asif-i-Dauran [Shah Begum] (d. 1812), eldest daughter of Amir ul-Umara, Sardar Payinda Khan Muhammadzai, Sarafraz Khan, Chief of the Barakzai, by his fourth wife, Zainab Begum, daughter of Musa Khan wakh Javanshir Qizilbashi. m. (third) at Khulm, 1806, a daughter of Sayyid Amir Haidar Khan, Amir of Bokhara. m. (fourth) a daughter of Khan Bahadur Khan Malikdin Khul. m. (fifth) a daughter of Sardar Haji Rahmatu'llah Khan Sardozai, Vafadar Khan, of the Popalzai clan, sometime Wazir. m. (sixth) Sarwar Begum (d. after 1844) (one of the above?). m. (a) Bibi Mastan, an Indian lady (d. after 1856). He was k. at Kabul, by Shuja ud-Daula, 5th April 1842, having had issue, fourteen sons:
- 1) H.R.H. Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Timur Shah. b. 1802 (s/o Fath Khan Tokhi's daughter). Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Wali Ahad 1839. m. (first) 1817 (div. 1830), Bunni Begum. m. (second) Nawab Mukhadara Begum (d. after 1855). m. (third) Nawab Malabat Khanum (d. after 1855). m. (fourth) Nawab Kammu Khanum (d. after 1855). m. (fifth) Nawab Sahib Jan Khanum. He d. in India, 31st October 1854, having had issue, two sons:
- a) Shahzada Sultan Sikander. b. 1818 (s/o Buni Begum). Received a khilat for saving the lives of Indian Christians during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. He d. 21st July 1885, having had issue, two sons:
- i) Shahzada Muhammad Tahir. b. 1848. He d. 1924, having had issue, six sons:
- (1) Shahzada Muhammad Jahangir. b. 1866. He d. 1927, having had issue, two sons:
- (a) Shahzada Zahir ud-din. He d. 1917.
- (b) Shahzada Ibrahim. He d. 1932, having had issue, a son:
- (i) Shahzada Muhammad Ashraf. b. 1931.
- (2) Shahzada Sultan 'Ali. b. 1871. Clerk of the Punjab Chief Court. He had issue, a son:
- (a) Shahzada Sultan Ahmad. b. 1908.
- (3) Shahzada Taifur. He d. 1894. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- (4) Shahzada Kaiser. b. 1878. He d. 1916.
- (5) Shahzada Faghfur. b. 1882. He d. 1918.
- (6) Shahzada Muhammad Zafar. b. 1886. He d. at Ludhiana, 6th December 1938.
- ii) Shahzada Muhammad Waris.
- b) Shahzada Sultan Jalal ud-din. b. 1823 (s/o Buni Begum). Received a khilat for saving the lives of some members of the American Christian Mission at Ludhiana in 1857. He d. 1892, having had issue five sons:
- i) Shahzada Sultan Shuja ud-din.
- ii) Shahzada 'Abdu'l Aziz. b. 1848. He d. 1877.
- iii) Shahzada Zia ud-din. b. 1865. He d. 1895.
- iv) Shahzada Bahar ud-din. b. 1865. Sub-Inspector Punjab Police. He d. 1918, having had issue, two sons:
- (1) Shahzada Shah Alam. b. 1903. He had issue, a son:
- (a) Shahzada Jan Alam. b. 1927.
- (2) Shahzada Sultan Alam. b. 1914.
- v) Shahzada Zaman ud-din. b. 1869. He d. 1913, having had issue, two sons:
- (1) Shahzada Fakhr uz-Zaman. He d. 1925.
- (2) Shahzada Sher uz-Zaman. b. 1899. He had issue, two sons:
- (a) Shahzada Sultan uz-Zaman. b. 1922.
- (b) Shahzada Sultan Husain. b. 1931.
- a) H.R.H. Shahzadi Jahan Tab Begum (eldest dau.). She d. after 1855.
- 2) H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Fath Jang Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (s/o Wafa Begum) - see below.
- 3) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Akbar Mirza. b. before 1828 (s/o Wafa Begum), educ. privately. He d. at Kabul, 31st January 1840.
- 4) H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Shahpur Bahadur, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (s/o Wafa Begum) - see below.
- 5) H.R.H. Shahzada Safdar Jang Bahadur. b. 1829, educ. privately. A pensioner of the HEIC. m. (first) Qandbhar Begum. m. (second) "Bi Sahiba". m. (third) Swaleh Begum (d. 1903). m. (fourth) Nur Bakhsh Begum (d. 1903). He d. at Ludhiana, 12th December 1899, having had issue, five sons and five daughters, including:
- a) Shahzada Haidar Jang. Extra Asst. Cmsnr. Punjab. He d. 1900, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
- i) Shahzada Tahawar Jang. b. 1866. He d. 1931. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- ii) Shahzada Saulat Jang. b. 1872. He had issue, one son:
- (1) Shahzada Turab Jang. b. 1899. He had issue, three sons:
- (a) Shahzada Sultan Haidar. b. 1923.
- (b) Shahzada Sultan Azad. b. 1927.
- (c) Shahzada Sultan Jahangir. b. 1932.
- iii) Shahzada Sarwar Jang. b. 1885. He d. before 1940.
- i) Shahzadi Hazrat Sultan Begum [Hajarat].
- b) Shahzada Bahadur Jang. b. 1853. Tahsildar, Kohat District, Punjab. m. Maryam Begum, younger daughter of Sardar Nur Muhammad Khan, by his second wife, a lady from Khurrum. He d. at Kohat, Punjab, 1909, having had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:
- i) Shahzada 'Abdu'l Rahman, Firuz Jang. b. 1873. He had issue, four sons and a daughter:
- (1) Shahzada Zahir Jang. b. 1898.
- (2) Shahzada Akhtar Jang. b. 1902.
- (3) Shahzada Mahfuz Jang. b. 1906.
- (4) Shahzada Afruz Jang. b. 1918.
- (1) Shahzadi Ruqiya Begum. m. Shahzada Munawar Jang (b. at Ludhiana, Punjab, 1931; d. at Dera Ghazi Khan, 1990), elder son of her father’s first cousin, Shahzada Zafar Jang. She had issue, one son and two daughters – see below.
- ii) Shahzada 'Abdu'l Kadir, Salar Jang. b. 1882. He had issue, three sons:
- (1) Shahzada Kaiser Jang. b. 1904. He had issue, a son:
- (a) Shahzada Jamshir Jang. b. 1926.
- (2) Shahzada Sa'adat Jang. b. 1906.
- (3) Shahzada Bahar Jang. b. 1920.
- i) Shahzadi Shahzada Begum. m. Muhsin Firuz. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- ii) Shahzadi Durrani Begum. m. as his second wife, General H.E. Sardar Muhammad Husain Khan, youngest son of Sardar Gul Muhammad Khan, by his third wife, Sangen Bibi, a Pathan lady. She d.s.p. - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
- c) Shahzada Muhammad Rafiq Jang. b. 1857. Record Keeper at Ludhiana. He had issue, a son:
- i) Shahzada Zafar Jang. b. 1895. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- (1) Shahzada Munawar Jang. b. at Ludhiana, Punjab, 1931. m. Shahzadi Ruqiya Begum, daughter of his father’s first cousin, Shahzada ‘Abdu’l Rahman, Firuz Jang. He d. at Dera Ghazi Khan, 1990, having had issue, one son and two daughters, including:
- (a) Shahzada Musharraf Jang. b. 1961. m. Shahzadi Nargis Malika Begum, daughter of Shahzada Qaiser. He has issue, one son and four daughters:
- (i) Shahzada Agha Muhammad Shahrukh. b. 1988, educ. (M.Com).
- (ii) Shahzadi Dr.Guljana Begum. b. 1983. m. Shahzad Ashraf Lodhi.
- (iii) Shahzadi Zarmina Begum. b. 1984, educ. (MSc). m. Sayed Najam ul Hassan Shah Bukhari.
- (iv) Shahzadi Farina Begum. b. 1986, educ. (MBA). m. Waqas Nasir Jamal Mulak.
- (v) Shahzadi Amna Begum. b. 1991, educ. (Pharm-D).
- (2) Shahzada Muzafar Jang.
- (1) Shahzadi Fakhara Begum.
- d) Shahzada Babar Jang. He d. 1880, having had issue one son:
- i) Shahzada 'Abdu'l Wahab. b. 1887. He d. 1917, having had issue, a son:
- (1) Shahzada Tawab Jang. b. 1912.
- e) Shahzada Salabat Jang. b. 1868. He had issue, two sons:
- i) Shahzada Dalawar Jang. b. 1908. He had issue, two sons:
- (1) Shahzada Sarab Jang. b. 1926.
- (2) Shahzada Anwar Jang. b. 1928.
- ii) Shahzada Sakhawat Jang. b. 1912.
- a) Shahzadi Qanab Sultan Begum.
- b) Shahzadi Jaria Sultan Begum (d/o Qandbhar).
- c) Shahzadi Sharf Sultan Begum.
- 6) H.R.H. Shahzada Asadu'llah Mirza. He d. 1884, having had issue, two sons:
- a) Shahzada 'Abdu'l Aziz.
- b) Shahzada Muhammad Zaman. He d. 1912, having had issue, two sons:
- i) Shahzada Ghulam Sabir. b. 1905. He had issue, two sons:
- (1) Shahzada Hakim ul-Mulk. b. 1930.
- (2) Shahzada Hasam ul-Mulk. b. 1934. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- ii) Shahzada Wala Gauhar. b. 1908. He had issue, a son:
- (1) Shahzada Muhammad Khalid. b. 1932.
- 7) H.R.H. Shahzada Humayun Mirza. He d. 1869, having had issue, one son:
- a) Shahzada Kamran. He d. 1901, having had issue:
- i) Shahzada 'Abdu'r Razzaq. b. 1877. He had issue, two sons:
- (1) Shahzada Mahmud. b. 1895. He had issue, four sons:
- (a) Shahzada Muhammad Irfan. b. 1924. He d. July 2007, having had issue, one son:
- (i) Shahzada Farhan Mehmood Durrani. b. 1968. Chief Mngr Bank Al Habib, Islamabad, He had issue, one son and one daughter:
- 1. Shahzada Hashim Khan Durrani. b. 2005.
- 1. Shahzadi Zainub Durrani. b. 2003.
- (b) Shahzada Ikram Mahmud. b. 1926.
- (c) Shahzada Ihtisham Mahmud. b. 1931.
- (d) Shahzada Muhammad Hayat. b. 1935.
- (e) Shahzada Mansur Mahmud. m. Saida Begum, a “grand daughter” of Mahmud Bakhtiyar Khan, a minister under Ahmad Shah Abdali. He had issue, two sons:
- (i) Shahzada Haris Saad Mahmud.
- (ii) Shahzada ‘Abdu’l Ghani Navid Mahmud.
- (2) Shahzada Masud. b. 1908. He had issue, a son:
- (a) Shahzada Muhammad Khalid Masud. b. 1933.
- 8) H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Nadir Mirza, CIE (1.1.1888). b. 1806, educ. privately. Presdt Ludhiana Municipal Cttee. Hon Magistrate. Served in the Indian Mutiny 1857. Granted land in the Montgomery district of the Punjab 1877. He d. 1895, having had issue, five sons:
- a) Shahzada Muhammad Hamdam. b. 1859. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:
- i) Shahzada Muzaffar Jang. b. 1877. He had issue, five sons:
- (1) Shahzada Akhtar Jan. b. 1904.
- (2) Shahzada Asad Jan. b. 1906. He d. before 1934.
- (3) Shahzada Mumtaz Jan. He d. before 1934.
- (4) Shahzada Imtiaz Jan. b. 1910.
- (5) Shahzada Niaz Ahmad. b. June 1914. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- ii) Shahzada Fakhr ud-din, Fath Jang. b. 1881. He d. 1935.
- iii) Shahzada Ghulam Murtaza. b. 1885. He d. 1916.
- iv) Shahzada Muhammad Ashraf, Hayat Jang. b. 1915.
- i) Shahzadi Agor Sultan Begum [Musammat Begum]. m. …
- b) Shahzada Muhammad Muazzam. b. 1865. m. Bilqis Begum. He had issue, two sons:
- i) Shahzada Muhammad Aslam.
- ii) Shahzada Azam Jan. m. Mastura Begum, third daughter of Sardar Nur ud-din Khan, sometime Judge at Kandahar. He d. 1925, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
- (1) Shahzada Sultan Ahmad. b. 1924.
- c) Shahzada Muhammad 'Umar. b. 1873. He had issue, four sons:
- i) Shahzada Ismail. b. 1897.
- ii) Shahzada 'Usman. b. 1900. He d. 1927.
- iii) Shahzada Ayub. b. 1907. He d. 1931.
- iv) Shahzada Yakub. b. 1923.
- d) Shahzada Muhammad Akbar. b. 1887. Sub-Inspector Alwar State Police. He had issue, three sons:
- i) Shahzada Taifur. He d. 1932.
- ii) Shahzada Kaisar. b. 1911.
- iii) Shahzada Taimur. b. 1916. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- e) Shahzada Muhammad Mukhtar. b. 1892. Sub-Inspector Burma Police.
- a) Shahzadi Umda Sultan Begum. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- 9) H.R.H. Shahzada Badr-i-Munir. m. Sahib Jan Begum (d. after 1874). He d. at Ludhiana, Punjab, 17th August 1894.
- 10) H.R.H. Shahzada Wamaq [Warna Khan]. He d. 1885, having had issue, one son:
- a) Shahzada Sultan Asad. He d.s.p. 1893.
- 11) H.R.H. Shahzada Suban Baksh. He d. 23rd May 1868, having had issue, four sons:
- a) Shahzada Saif ul-Mulk. He d. 1903 (or 15th May 1905), having had issue, two sons:
- i) Shahzada Muhammad Shah. b. 1897.
- ii) Shahzada Muhammad 'Ala.
- b) Shahzada Saif ul-Rahman.
- c) Shahzada Sa'adat ul-Mulk. m. Hayat Begum. He d. 15th April 1904, having had issue, one son:
- i) Shahzada Mubarak Sultan.
- d) Shahzada Kaisar ul-Mulk. He d. 1932.
- 12) H.R.H. Shahzada Farukh Siyar Mirza. m. Shahzadi Sharf Sultan Begum. He d. after 1st January 1873, having had issue, five sons and one daughter:
- a) Shahzada Sultan Adham. b. 1860. He had issue, son:
- i) Shahzada Muhammad Alam. b. 1904.
- b) Shahzada Sultan Taimus. b. 1862. He had issue, one son:
- i) Shahzada Sultan Taifu. b. 1897. He had issue, a son:
- (1) Shahzada Sultan Ahmad Said. b. 1926.
- c) Shahzada Muhammad Zafar ud-din. b. 1875. He had issue, one son:
- i) Shahzada Ahmad Siyar. b. 1903. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- d) Shahzada Mubarak Siyar. b. 1882. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- e) Shahzada Muhammad Siyar. b. 1897. He had issue, a son:
- i) Shahzada Akhtar Siyar. b. 1924.
- a) Shahzadi Mah Rukh Begum. She d. 1903.
- 13) H.R.H. Shahzada Gauhar ul-Mulk. m. (first) Shaukat Begum (d. after 1st January 1874). m. (second) Khurshid Begum. m. (third) Rahdi Begum. He d. before 31st January 1868, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) Shahzada Fazil ul-Mulk. He d. after 1st January 1873.
- b) Shahzada Taj ul-Mulk.
- a) Shahzadi Saifat ul-Mulk (s/o Shaukat Begum?). He d. after 1st January 1874.
- 14) H.R.H. Shahzada Khushru Mirza [Khuara or Khisrau?].
- 1) H.R.H. Shahzadi …(d/o Wafa Begum).
- 2) H.R.H. Shahzadi …(d/o Wafa Begum).
- 3) H.R.H. Shahzadi …(d/o Wafa Begum).
- 4) H.R.H. Shahzadi Kaniz Fatima Begum. She d. after 1823.
- 5) H.R.H. Shahzadi Nadira Sultan Begum, Akhtar-i-Burj-i-Sharaf. She d. after 1843.
- 6) H.R.H. Shahzadi Khawar Sultan Begum. She d. after 1848.
- 7) H.R.H. Shahzadi Umda Sultan Begum. She d. 1902.
- 8) H.R.H. Shahzadi Taj Jahan Begum. She d. after 1855.
- 9) H.R.H. Shahzadi Mihr Pawar Begum. She d. after 1855.
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