1825 - 1865 H.H. Muhtasim ud-Daula, Nawab Ghaus Muhammad Khan Sahib Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Jaora. b. at Jaora, 1823, elder son of H.H. Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab ‘Abdu’l Ghafur Muhammad Khan Sahib Bahadur, Nawab of Jaora, by his second wife, educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Wali Ahad Bahadur at birth. Succeeded on the death of his father, 9th September 1825. Male primogeniture was established as the rule of succession in 1827. Reigned under the regency of his step-mother, then under the guardianship of a series of administrators, until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 1842. A distinguished soldier who provided very important services to the British during the Indian Mutiny in 1857-1858, and was rewarded with a personal salute of 13-guns, November 1859. Granted a sanad by the Viceroy of India confirming succession in accordance with Islamic laws, 11th March 1862. Granted the personal titles of Muhtasim ud-Daula and Shaukat Jang, 1865. m. (first) Mahanif Begum Sahiba (d. at Jaora, 1st May 1865), Regent of Jaora 29th April to 1st May 1865. m. (second) at the Sunehri Kothi, Tonk, 1837, as his principal wife, H.H. Nawab Aulia Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Wazir ud-Daula, Wazir ul-Mulk, Nawab Hafiz Muhammad Wazir Khan Sahib Bahadur, Nusrat Jang, Nawab of Tonk. m. (i) (morganatic) Janab-i-Aliya Fahim un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. after 1908), previously styled Musammat Fahiman Sahiba, daughter of Kamal Khan, from Jaora. He d. at Jaora, 29th April 1865 (bur. there at the Shrine of Husain Tekri Sharif), having had issue, one son and four daughters:
1) H.H. Ihtisham ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan Sahib Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Jaora (s/o Musammat Fahiman) - see below.
1) Sahibzadi Aziz Begum (d/o Mahanif Begum).
2) Sahibzadi ... Begum (d/o Fahim un-nisa Begum). m. Sahibzada Dost Muhammad Khan.
3) Sahibzadi Qudsia Begum (d/o Fahim un-nisa Begum). m. m. Sahibzada Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, of Shampura. She had issue, a son:
a) Sahibzada Firuz Muhammad Khan, of Shampura. b. 1875.
4) Sahibzadi Aziza Begum (d/o Fahim un-nisa Begum). m. Sardar Muhammad Khan.
1865 - 1895 Major H.H. Ihtisham ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan Sahib Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Jaora. b. at Jaora, 1854, eldest son of H.H. Muhtasim ud-Daula, Nawab Ghaus Muhammad Khan Sahib Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Jaora, by his morganatic wife, Janab-i-Aliya Fahim un-nisa Begum Sahiba, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 30th April 1865. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 1872. Granted the personal titles of Ihtisham ud-Daula and Firuz Jang, on his accession. Hon Major British Army 27/4/1881, attached 1st Regt, 1st Central India Horse IA 7/10/1881. Rcvd: Prince of Wales’s gold medal (1875) and KIH gold medal (1877). m. (first) at Jaora, 1873, H.H. Shahar Banu Dulhan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Sahibzada Muhammad Bashir Khan, a descendant of Sahibzadi Aziz Begum Sahiba. m. (i) at Jaora, 1872 (by Hiyat Shara Kiya), Nawab Mahal Sahiba, a Hindu lady from Marwar. m. (ii) Taj Mahal Sahiba. m. (a) Inhuran Bai. m. (b) Hurmut Bai. m. (c) Karima Bai. He d. at Jaora, 5th March 1895 (bur. there at the Shrine of Husain Tekri Sharif), having had issue, eight sons and ten daughters:
1) Colonel Sahibzada Muhammad Sher ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Jaora, 17th October 1873 (s/o Nawab Mahal), educ. Daly Coll, Indore. Cdt Jaora State Forces, Civil Judge Judicial Dept, and Military Sec 1926-1934. Granted the personal title of Khan Bahadur by the King Emperor, 3rd June 1912. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medals (1903 & 1911). m. Sahibzadi Mahak Begum, daughter of Sahibzada Hafiz Hidayat Muhammad Khan, by his wife, a daughter of Khan Jahan Khan. He d. at Jaora, 2nd May 1941, having had issue
a) Sahibzadi Naiyar Begum. m. (first) (div.), Meherban Sardar Mir Ghulam Ghaus Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Surat (Junior) (b. at the Nawab Palace, Begam Wadi, Begumpura, Surat, 1st May 1909; d. 1991), son of Meherban Sardar Mir Hafiz ud-din Ahmad Khan, Nawab of Surat (Junior), by his first wife, Sikandar Jahan Begum Sahiba - see India Pensioners (Surat). m. (second) 1932 (div.), as his first wife, Nawabzada Muhammad Mumtaz ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (b. at Jaora, 29th September 1908), fourth son of her paternal uncle, Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Sir Muhammad Iftikhar ‘Ali Khan, Bahadur, Saulat Jang, Nawab of Jaora, GBE, KCIE, by his second wife, Nur Jahan Begum alias Mumtaz Mahal Begum Sahiba - see below. m. (third), a Punjabi businessman, by whom she had one son and one daughter.
2) Sahibzada Muhammad Sarfaraz ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mutamud Bahadur. b. at Jaora, 4th July 1876 (s/o Nawab Mahal), educ. Daly Coll, Indore. Private Sec to the Nawab 1919-1924, Chief Sec 1924-1933, Chief Minister and Vice-Presdt Jaora State Council 1933-1937. Mbr Indian Central Cotton Cttee 1931. MRAS (Bombay Branch) 1924-1945. Granted the personal titles of Khan Bahadur by the King Emperor 3rd June 1922, and Mutamud Bahadur by his brother the Nawab. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935) and Coron (1937) medals. He d. at Jaora, 11th February 1945.
3) Sahibzada Muhammad Mahbub ‘Ali Khan. b. at Jaora, 19th April 1880 (s/o Taj Mahal). He d. 6th December 1939, having had issue, a son:
a) Sahibzada Maksood ‘Ali Khan.
4) Sahibzada Muhammad Ashraf ‘Ali Khan. b. at Jaora, 9th July 1882 (s/o Inhuran Bai). Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911). He d. 13th November 1925.
5) H.H. Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Sir Muhammad Iftikhar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Saulat Jang, Nawab of Jaora (s/o Shahar Banu Dulhan Begum) - see below.
6) Sahibzada Muhammad Sharafat ‘Ali Khan. b. at Jaora, 29th August 1889 (s/o Inhuran Bai). He d. 4th May 1943.
7) Major Nawab Muhammad Musharraf ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Jaora, 5th December 1893 (s/o Inhuran Bai), educ. Daly Coll, Indore, and Muhammadan Anglo Oriental Coll, Aligarh. Magistrate Jaora Judicial Service and Maj Jaora State Forces. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911). He d. 23rd March 1959, having had issue, two sons and a daughter:
a) Sahibzada Mu’azzam ‘Ali Khan. m. Quresha Begum, daughter of a Rampur Nawab. He had issue, three sons and a daughter:
i) Sahibzada Mustafa ‘Ali Khan.
ii) Sahibzada Murtaza ‘Ali Khan. He has issue, a daughter:
(1) Sahibzadi Raahemeen Begum.
iii) Sahibzada Mujtaba ‘Ali Khan.
i) Sahibzadi ... Begum.
b) Sahibzada Mansoor ‘Ali Khan. He d. unm. aged 40 years.
a) Sahibzadi Mahmuda Sultan Jahan Begum. m. 1939, Syed ‘Abdu’l Alim Nami (b. at Sandila, Hardoi dist., UP, 16th May 1910), educ. Aligarh Muslim Univ (BT), Nagpur and Bombay Univs (MA); Principal Anglo-Urdu High Sch, Bombay; Professor of Indian History and Urdu Language Literature at B.M. Teachers’ Training Coll, Bombay; Presdt Bazme Iqbal, Mbr PEN, Editor Orient Press of India 1945, author of "Rashid ul-Khairi", "A Year with Qaid-i-Azam", eldest son of Dr. Syed ‘Abdu’l Hakim, talukdar of Bajehra. She had issue, two daughters.
8) Sahibzada Muhammad Asghar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Jaora, 22nd January 1894 (s/o Inhuran Bai). Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911). He d. 17th September 1951, having had issue, a son:
a) Sahibzada Manzoor ‘Ali Khan. b. at Jaora, 1st September 1919, educ. Aligarh Muslim Univ (BA 1939, LLB 1941).
1) Sahibzadi Suraya Jahan Begum. b. at Jaora, 9th December 1874 (d/o Nawab Mahal). m. Nawab Mir Ja’afar ‘Ali Khan (d. before 1921), second son of Mir Ghulam Baba Khan Bahadur [Chote Sahib], Nawab of Surat (Junior), CIE, by his wife, Nawabzadi Rahim un-nisa Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Darbar Shri Nawab Mir Ja’afar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia and titular Nawab of Surat. She d. at Jaora, 26th June 1945, having had issue, two sons and one daughter - see India Pensioners (Surat).
2) Sahibzadi Muazzam Sultan Jahan Begum. b. at Jaora, 18th June 1879. m. (first) at Jaora, 190x (div. 1909), Khan ‘Ali Khan, son of Sahibzada Yar Muhammad Khan Bahadur, CSI, sometime Chief Minister of Jaora - see above. m. (second) at Jaora, 29th July 1909 (sep. March 1912) Nawab Ghulam Jilani Bijli Khan, Nawab of Wai. b. at the Nawab Palace, Pasarni, 28th July 1888; d. at The Ark, Wai, 12th September 1952, bur. there), Presdt Jaora State Council 4th August-October 1930, youngest son of Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Razzak walad Shaikh Miran II, by his wife, Bismillah Begum, daughter of Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Kadar walad Khan Muhammad I. She d. at Jaora, 12th January 1930 - see India Non-Salute (Wai).
3) Sahibzadi Mukaram Jahan Begum. b. at Jaora, 1881 (d/o Taj Mahal). m. Nawabzada Muhammad Safdar ‘Ali Khan (b. 1888), sometime Council Sec Jaora, youngest son of Nawab Muhammad Hyder ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jung, Nawab of Basoda, by his second wife, the youngest daughter of Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Najaf Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Kurwai. She d. at Jaora, 2nd June 1954, having had issue, two daughters - see India Non-Salute (Basoda).
4) Sahibzadi Nur Jahan Begum. b. at Jaora, 1st September 1884 (d/o Taj Mahal).
5) Sahibzadi Muizaffar Jahan Begum. b. at Jaora, 10th May 1886 (d/o Hurmut Bai). She d. young.
6) Sahibzadi Sultanat Ara Begum [H.H. Nawab Mulka uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba] [Chhami Begum]. b. at Jaora, 12th September 1886 (d/o Karima Bai). m. at Jaora, 30th February 1894, as his first wife (div. 25th June 1922), Major-General H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Syed Sir Hamid ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO (b. at Rampur, 31st August 1875; d. at the Hamid Manzil, Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 20th June 1930, and bur. Karbala, Iraq), eldest son of H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Muhammad Mushtaq ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, by his second wife, H.H. Nawab Khurshid Jahan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Syed Inayat Hasan Khan [Inna Miyan]. She d. of a broken heart, 29th July 1925 - see India (Rampur).
7) Sahibzadi Gowhar Ara Begum. b. at Jaora, 15th May 1888 [Rani Gowhar Ara Begum Sahiba] (d/o Karima Bai). m. as his first wife, Raja ‘Abdu’l Aziz Khan Bahadur (m. second, Niyas Begum Sahiba, by whom he left six sons and two daughters), né Kunwar Kesri Singh, elder son of Raja Prithvi Singhji Sahib Bahadur [Prativi Singh], of Partabgarh, by his wife, Allahrakhi Baisa. She d.s.p. 3rd August 1959 - see India (Partabgarh).
9) Sahibzadi Sulaiman Jahan Begum. b. at Jaora, 19th November 1890 (d/o Inhuran Bai). She d. young.
10) Sahibzadi Alam Ara Begum. b. at Jaora, 22nd November 1892 (d/o Karima Bai). m. Kunwar ‘Abdu’l Majid Khan, né Kunwar Bal Bahadur Singhji, younger son of Raja Prithvi Singhji Sahib Bahadur [Prativi Singh], of Partabgarh, by his wife, Allahrakhi Baisa. She d. 16th December 1915 - see India (Partabgarh).
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