baoni

BAONI

The Asaf Jahi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1784 - 1800 H.H. Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan, Asaf Jah, Amir ul-Umara, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nawab Mir Ghazi ud-din Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang. b. at Nawar, 1^st February 1736, as Mir Shihab ud-din, son of Amir ul-Umara, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nawab Mir Ghazi ud-din II Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang [Mir Muhammad Panah], by his wife, Nawab Sultan Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan, Itimad ud-Daula, Nawab Qamar ud-din Khan Bahadur, Nusrat Jang [Mir Muhammad Fazil], educ. privately. Bakshi 1752-1754, Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan 2^nd June 1754, Dep. Vizier 1757-1759. Granted the titles of Amir ul-Umara, 'Imad ul-Mulk, Ghazi ud-din Khan Bahadur, and Firuz Jang 12^th December 1752, prom. to Nizam ul-Mulk and Asaf Jah 13^th May 1753. Blinded and imprisoned Emperor Ahmad Shah in 1754 and assassinated Emperor Alamgir II in 1759. Escaped punishment by going on pilgrimage to Mecca. Received Baoni and fifty-two villages from Nawab 'Ali Bahadur, the Maratha general, 1784. m. (first) Spring 1755 (div. at Delhi, 20^th February 1757), Gunna Begum Sahiba (d. 1775, bur. Bagh Jamal, Nurabad), daughter of Khan-i-Zaman, Nawab 'Ali Quli Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, sometime Lord Chamberlain and a mansabdar of 7,000, by a poetess and former dancing girl. m. (second) at Delhi, 21^st February 1757, Umda Begum Sahiba, elder daughter of Mu'in ul-Mulk, Rustam-i-Hind, Nawab Mir Manu Khan Bahadur, sometime Subadar of Lahore and Multan, by his wife, Nawab Murad Begum Sahiba [Mughlani Begum], sometime Administrator of Lahore, daughter of Jani Khan. m. (third) … He d. at Kalpi, 1^st September 1800 (bur. Shrine of Farid Shakkarganj, Pakpatan, Punjab), having had issue, four (or six?) sons:

1) 'Ali Jah (s/o 'Umda Begum) (same as Mualla Jah?).
2) Mir Nasir ud-din, who succeeded as H.H. Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Nazim ul-Mulk, Nasir ud-Daula, Nawab Chin Qilich Khan Mihin Sardar Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Nawab of Baoni(s/o Gunna Begum) - see below.
3) Nawab Ghulam Jilani Khan Bahadur (s/o the third wife). He d. at Delhi after eating ice.
4) Hamid ud-Daula, Nawab Khair ud-din Khan Bahadur, Mutahwar Jang [Mir Muhammad Shah] (s/o the third wife). Entered the service of the Nizam and rose to the rank of 5,000 zat and 5,000 sowar. m. a daughter of H.H. Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan, Itimad ud-Daula, Khan-i-Khanan, Nawab Qamar ud-din Khan Bahadur [Mir Muhammad Nizam ud-din].
5) Mualla Jah, Amir ul-Umara, Imad ul-Mulk Sani, Rafi ud-Daula, Nawab Ghazi ud-din Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang. b. 1769. Contested the succession of his brother Nasir 1806. He d. at Hyderabad, after 1814.
6) Nawab Mir Muhammad Baha ud-din Khan Bahadur [Mian Sahib Shakri Khan]. Migrated to Sind, where the Talpur Mir granted him Kandiaro in jagir. He had issue, a son:
- a) Mian Nur Muhammad Khan. He had issue, a son:
  - i) Mian Muhammad Husain, of Shikarpur, Sind. b. 1819, educ. privately. A prominent lawyer. He d. 1899, having had issue, three sons:
    - (1) Izat Nishan, Imad ul-Mulk, Rais ul-Wazara, Khan Bahadur Mian Nabi Baksh Muhammad Husain, CIE (3.6.1932), educ. MA, LLB. Chief Minister of Bahawalpur State 1929-1943. m. (first) … m. (second) Khadija Begum, third daughter of Khan Ata Muhammad Khan, of Amritsar, a distinguished poet, writer and educator. m. (third) Marguerite Muhammad Husain (b. at Belgaun, 15^th July 1904), née Marguerite Taylor. He had issue, three daughters:
      - (a) Ahmad Husain. b. 2^nd April 1919 (s/o Khadjia). m. a daughter of Darbar Malik Shri Bapumian Sahib, of Dasada, in Kathiawar, sometime Dean of Daly Coll, Indore. He had issue:
        
        (i) Shahrukh Begum. m. Christopher …
      - (b) Muzaffar Husain. b. 5^th March 1924 (s/o Khadjia). Sometime District Magistrate, Karachi, Chief Sec. East Pakistan 1971. He d. November 2006.
      - (a) Saeeda Sultan Begum. b. 12^th June 1916 (d/o the first wife), educ. Aligarh Muslim Univ. (BA 1939, BT 1940, MA 1942). She d. unm.
      - (b) Hameedah Begum (d/o the first wife). m. Syed Qaiser Husain Zahidi (b. at Aligarh, UP, 3^rd October 1919), educ, Aligarh Muslim Univ. (BA 1940, MA 1942), late ICS, Chair. Pakistan Road Transport Corp. 1969-1971, Joint Sec. Ministry of Communications, Dir-Gen. Prime Minister's Inspection Team, and of the Federal Ombudsman's Office, and Advisor to the Federal Ombudsman, son of Syed Saghir Husain Zahidi.
      - (c) Fakhunda Sultan Begum. b. 25^th November 1923 (d/o the first wife), educ. Aligarh Muslim Univ. (BA 1942, MA 1945). m. Syed M. Zaidi, senior officer in the State Bank of Pakistan.
      - (d) Mujib un-nisa Begum. b. 10^th December 1921 (d/o Khadija). MP, MNA. Founder of the first English language women's magazine in Pakistan "Women's World". m. Muhammad Akram.
      - (e) Miriam Begum. b. 22^nd February 1931 (d/o Marguerite).
    - (2) The Hon Khan Bahadur Mian 'Ali Bakhsh Muhammad Husain [Alli Buksh Mohamed Hussain], CBE (c 9.6.1938). b. 1865. Mbr Shikarpur Municipality, Vice-Presdt., MLA Sind, Mbr Cncl of State until 1947. Presdt Shikapur Anjuman-i-Islam, Shikapur Waqf Cttee, etc. He d. at Shikapur, Sind, 21^st December 1949, having had issue:
      - (a) Captain Muhammad Bakhsh. b. 1895. Bahawalpur State Forces. He d. 1958, having had issue:
        
        (i) Nazir Husain Mughal. b. 1929. He d. 1989, having had issue, five sons and three daughters:
        
        1. Kamran Husain Mughal. b. at Shikarpur, Sind, 7^th October 1965, educ. (MA). m. 1977, Ayisha Begum. He has issue, one son and two daughters:
        
        a. 'Ali Baksh Husain Mughal. b. at Shikarpur, Sind, 2005.
        
        a. Shafqat Sehar Mughal. b. at Shikarpur, Sind, 1996.
        
        c. Shafaq Fatima Mughal. b. at Shikarpur, Sind, 1999.
        
        2. Akbar Hussain Mughal.
        
        3. Afzal Hussain Mughal.
        
        4. Nasir Hussain Mughal.
        
        5. Simkan Hussain Mughal.
        
        1. Nadeema Begum. m. …Agha.
        
        2 Nasreen Begum. m. …Leghari.
        
        8. Shazia Begum. m. …Qureshi.
    - (3) Khan Bahadur Mian 'Abdu'l Kadir Muhammad Hussain, CIE (1.1.1946). b. at Shikarpur, Sind, June 1890, educ. at Shikapur and Bombay. Pleader Sind 1912, Advocate Bombay 1913, 1^st class Resident Magistrate Sind 1913, Dep. Dist. Collector 1918, Sec. Fallow Rules Cttee. Sind, Dep. Collector Dharwar and Personal Asst. to the Collector, Oriental Translator to Bombay Govt. 1929-1935, Naib Dewan Junagadh 1935-1936, Collector & Dist. Magistrate Sind 1937-1942, Dewan & Vice-Presdt. Junagadh State Cncl. 1942-1947, Mbr. Standing Cttee. Chamber of Princes, Trade Policy Cttee. of the Govt. of India. Dir. Gammon Pakistan Ltd. m. 1929, Najm un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Bakhshizada Sidi Daud Sidi Muhammad Khanzada, of Janjira.
    - (1) ?Shams un-nisa Begum. b. ca. 1899.

1800 - 1815 H.H. Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Nazim ul-Mulk, Nasir ud-Daula, Nawab Chin Qilich Khan Mihin Sardar Bahadur, Zafar Jang [Mir Nasir ud-din], Nawab of Baoni. b. ca. 1756, son of H.H. Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan, Asaf Jah, Amir ul-Umara, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nawab Mir Ghazi ud-din Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, by his first wife, Gunna Begum Sahiba, daughter of Khan-i-Zaman, Nawab 'Ali Quli Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, educ. privately. Granted the titles of Chin Qilich Khan Bahadur and Zafar Jang before his accession. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1^st September 1800. Prom. to the titles of Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Nazim ul-Mulk, and Nasir ud-Daula. Became a tributary of the HEIC 1801. Recognised as hereditary Nawab of Baoni by the GOI, 24^th December 1806. He d. at Kalpi, 11^th May 1815, having had issue, a son:

1) H.H. Amir ul-Umara, Amir ul-Mulk, Nazim ud-Daula, Nawab … Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Nawab of Baoni - see below.

1815 - 1838 H.H. Amir ul-Umara, Amir ul-Mulk, Nazim ud-Daula, Nawab … Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Nawab of Baoni, son of H.H. Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Nazim ul-Mulk, Nasir ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Ghazi ud-din Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 11^th May 1815. Removed his capital to Kadaura. He d. at Kadaura, 18^th October 1838, having had issue:

1) H.H. Nasir ul-Mulk, Azim ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Husain Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Baoni - see below. Copyright© Christopher Buyers

1838 - 1859 H.H. Nasir ul-Mulk, Azim ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Husain Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Baoni, son of H.H. Amir ul-Umara, Amir ul-Mulk, Nazim ud-Daula, Nawab … Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Nawab of Baoni, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 18^th October 1838. Placed the administration of the state in the hands of his son, intending to make the Hajj, but was prevented from doing so because of the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny in 1857. m. several wives, including (first) 1833, the former wife of a slave named Islam, by whom he had issue, three sons. m. (second) … , by whom he had further issue. He d. at Kalpi, 18^th August 1859, having had issue, four sons and two daughters, including:

1) H.H. Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Rashid ul-Mulk, Imad ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Mahdi Hasan Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Baoni - see below.
2) Nawab 'Abdu'llah Husain Khan Bahadur (s/o the second wife). Contested the succession in 1859. He d.s.p.m. 1894.
3) Nawab 'Ali Hasan Khan Bahadur (s/o the first wife). m. and had issue, three sonsm and a daughter:
- a) H.H. Azam ul-Umara, Main ul-Mulk, Nazim ud-Daula, Nawab Riaz ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni - see below
- b) Sahibzada Saiyid Sharif ul-Hasan Khan.
- c) Sahibzada 'Abu'l Hasan Khan. b. 1866, educ. privately. m. and had issue, two sons:
  - i) Sahibzada Sahib-i-Alam.
  - ii) Sahibzada Sardar-i-Alam.
- a) Sahibzadi …Begum Sahiba. m. Khwaja Muhammad Aziz ud-din Ahmed Sahib, sometime Dep. Supt. UP Police at Etawa.
4) Nawab Hadi Hasan Khan Bahadur (s/o the first wife). He d. at Cawnpore, 5^th February 1902.

1859 - 1883 H.H. Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Rashid ul-Mulk, 'Imad ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Mehdi Husain Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Baoni, eldest son of H.H. Nasir ul-Mulk, Azim ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Husayn Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Baoni, educ. privately. Administrator of the state during his father's lifetime, 1857-1859. Succeeded on the death of his father, 18^th August 1859. Installed on the gadi and invested with the titles of Rashid ul-Mulk, 'Imad ud-Daula, and Firuz Jang. Received a sanad confirming succession in accordance with Islamic laws, 11^th March 1862. Granted the additional titles of Sahib Jah and Azam ul-Umara 1863 as a reward for adopting various liberal measures, and a permanent salute of 11-guns together with the style of His Highness 26^th June 1867. Received a further sanad granting him supreme judicial powers, 1867. Abdicated in favour of his son on 5^th October 1883, and retired to Lucknow with a cash allowance for his maintenance. He d. at Lucknow, 21^st December 1895, having had issue and only son:

1) H.H. Azam ul-Umara, Main ul-Mulk, Fakhr ud-Daula, Sahib-i-Jah, Nawab Mir Muhammad Hasan Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Nawab of Baoni - see below.

1883 - 1894 H.H. Azam ul-Umara, Muin ul-Mulk, Fakhr ud-Daula, Sahib-i-Jah, Nawab Mir Muhammad Hasan Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Nawab of Baoni. b. 1863, only son of H.H. Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Rashid ul-Mulk, 'Imad ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Mehdi Husain Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Baoni, educ. privately. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 5^th October 1883 and was invested with full ruling powers, 23^rd February 1884. Received a sanad granting him supreme judicial powers, 1887. He d. of cholera while on a pilgrimage to Mecca, 27^th June 1893, having had issue, an only son:

1) Nawabzada Mir … Khan Bahadur. b. at Kadaura, 1888. He d. from cholera, with his father ca. 2^nd August 1894.

1894 - 1911 H.H. Azam ul-Umara, Main ul-Mulk, Nazim ud-Daula, Nawab Riaz ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni. b. 28^th October 1876, eldest son of Nawab 'Ali Hasan Khan Bahadur, and grandson of H.H. Nasir ul-Mulk, Azim ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Husayn Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Baoni, educ. privately. Recognised as Nawab in succession to his first cousin by the GOI, 2^nd August 1894 (with effect from 27^th June 1893). Formally installed on the musnaid at Kadaura, 5^th March 1895. Reigned under a Superintendent until he came of age and was invested with limited ruling powers, 1^st January 1903. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold medal (1903). m. (first) H.H. Nawab …Begum Sahiba (d. 27^th February 1902), daughter of Khwaja Shahab ud-din Khan. He d. at Kadaura, 27^th October 1911, having had issue four sons and two daughters:

1) H.H. Azam ul-Umara, Imad ul-Mulk, Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Mushtaq ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur, Safdar Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni (s/o the first wife) - see below.
2) Sahibzada Muhammad ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur. b. at Kadaura, 4^th February 1902 (s/o the first wife). He d. young.
3) Sahibzada Muhammad Viqar ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur. b. at Kadaura, 7^th July 1903 (half-brother of Mushtaq ul-Hasan), educ. Daly Coll., Indore.
4) Sahibzada Muhammad Anwar ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur. b. at Kadaura, 11^th October 1907 (half-brother of Mushtaq ul-Hasan), educ. Daly Coll., Indore.
1) Nawab Jahan Ara Begum Sahiba. b. at Kadaura, 1894 (d/o the first wife). m. October 1910, Khwaja Muhammad Aziz ud-din Ahmed Sahib, sometime Dep. Supt. UP Police at Etawa.
2) Nawab Husan Ara Begum Sahiba. b. at Kadaura, 24^th December 1899 (d/o the first wife).

1911 - [1977] H.H. Azam ul-Umara, 'Imad ul-Mulk, Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Mushtaq ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur, Safdar Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni. b. at Kadaura, 7^th February 1896, eldest son of H.H. Azam ul-Umara, Main ul-Mulk, Nazim ud-Daula, Nawab Riaz ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni, by his first wife, educ. Mayo Coll, Ajmer, and Daly Coll, Indore. Succeeded on the death of his father, 27^th October 1911. Installed on the musnaid at Kadaura, 29^th January 1912. Invested with limited ruling powers at Kadaura, 7^th February 1918. Invested with full ruling powers, March 1921. Signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, 15^th August 1947. Merged his state into the United State of Vindhya Pradesh, 2^nd April 1948. The GOI amended the Indian Constitution to remove his position as a "ruler" and his right to receive privy-purse payments, 28^th December 1971. Rcvd: Durbar gold medal (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), and Indian Independence (1947) medals. m. (first) at Kunjpura, Punjab, 2^nd March 1917, H.H. Nawab Akhtar Jahan Begum Sahiba (d. at Lucknow, 12^th June 1930), the eldest daughter of Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Kunjpura, in the Karnal district of the Punjab, by his wife, the eldest daughter of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla. m. (second) at Malerkotla, November 1931, H.H. Nawab Shaukat Jahan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE, by his second wife. m. (third) H.H. Nawab …Begum Sahiba. He d. 13^th September 1977, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:

1) Nawabzada Sayyid Muhammad …al-Hasan Khan, Wali Ahad Bahadur. b. 6^th June (s/o Akhtar Jahan Begum), but d. at Lucknow, 19^th August 1922 (bur. Kadaura).
2) Nawabzada Sayyid Muhammad Ahmad al-Hasan Khan, Wali Ahad Bahadur. b. 27^th April 1927 (s/o Akhtar Jahan Begum). He d. 24^th March 1929.
3) Colonel Nawabzada Sayyid Muhammad Mumtaz al-Hasan Khan, Wali Ahad Bahadur. b. at Simla, 4^th June 1935 (s/o Shaukat Jahan Begum), educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer. He d. 24^th December 1946.
4) H.H. Azam ul-Umara, 'Imad ul-Mulk, Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Daud Iftikhar al-Hasan Khan Sahib Bahadur, Safdar Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni (s/o Shaukat Jahan Begum) - see below.
1) Nawab Sajida Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. 21^st September 1932, educ. privately. m. as his first wife, Raja Syed Asif Sa'adat 'Ali Khan, Raja of Nanpara (b. at Nanpara House, Lucknow, 28^th February 1927; d. 1997), eldest son of Raja Sayyid Muhammad Sa'adat 'Ali Khan, Raja of Nanpara and Mohamdi, by his first wife, Rani Mussamat Razia Sultana Begum, daughter of Khan Bahadur Muhammad Zahir ud-din Khan, of Sherpur, in Rohilkhand - see India Zamindars (Nanpara).
2) Nawab Zahida Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. 6^th January 1934, educ. privately.
3) Nawab Zakhira Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. 9^th June 1936, educ. Convent Sch, Mussoorie.

[1977] H.H. Azam ul-Umara, Imad ul-Mulk, Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Daud Iftikhar al-Hasan Khan Sahib Bahadur, Safdar Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni. b. 28^th February 1940, youngest son of H.H. Azam ul-Umara, 'Imad ul-Mulk, Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Mushtaq ul-Hasan Khan Bahadur, Safdar Jang, Sahib-i-Jah, Mihin Sardar, Nawab of Baoni, by his second wife,H.H. Nawab Shaukat Begum Sahiba, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE, educ. Daly Coll, Indore. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Wali Ahad Bahadur, following the death of his elder brother, 24^th December 1946. Sometime teacher at the Lawrence Sch. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Baoni, 13^th September 1977. unm.

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