JAORA

GENEALOGY

1825 - 1865 H.H. Muhtasim ud-Daula, Nawab Ghaus Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Jaora. b. at Jaora, 1823, elder son of H.H. Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab 'Abdu'l Ghafur Muhammad Khan 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, 9^th September 1825. 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 permanent salute of 13-guns. Granted a sanad by the Viceroy of India confirming succession in accordance with Islamic laws, 11^th March 1862. Granted the personal titles of Muhtasim ud-Daula  and Shaukat Jang, 1865. m. (first) Mahanif Begum Sahiba. 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) Musammat Fahiman Sahiba. He d. at Jaora, 30^th April 1865 (bur. there at the Shrine of Husain Tekri), having had issue, two sons and two daughters:

• 1) H.H. Ihtisham ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Jaora (s/o Musammat Fahiman) - see below.
• 2) Sahibzada Hafiz Hidayat Muhammad Khan. He d. before 1933, having had issue, two sons:
  • a) Sahibzada Mushaq 'Ali Khan. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • b) Sahibzada Firuz Muhammad Khan.
• 1) Sahibzadi Aziz Begum (d/o Mahanif Begum). m. and had issue:
  • a) Sahibzada Muhammad Bashir Khan. He had issue:
    • i) Sahibzada Yar Muhammad Khan Bahadur, CSI (21.5.1898). Chief Minister of Jaora. Granted the personal title of Khan Bahadur, 20^th May 1890. He had issue:
      • (1) Khan 'Ali Khan. m. (first) at Jaora, 190x (div. 1909), Sahibzadi Muazzam Sultan Jahan Begum Sahiba (b. at Jaora, 1885; m. second, at Jaora, July 1909 (sep. March 1914) Nawab Bijli Khan Sardar Ghulam Jilani, Nawab of Wai. d. at Jaora, 1930), daughter of Major H.H. Ihtisham ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Jaora.
      • (1) H.H. Taj Ammal Ara Iftikhar uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba. m. at Jaora, 8^th March 1903, as his first wife, Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Sir Muhammad Iftikhar 'Ali Khan, Bahadur, Saulat Jang, Nawab of Jaora, GBE, KCIE (b. at Jaora, 17^th January 1883; d. 18^th December 1947), sixth son of Major H.H. Ihtisham ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Jaora, by his second but principal wife, H.H. Shahar Banu Dulhan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Sahibzada Muhammad Bashir Khan. She d. 1918, having had issue, two sons and one daughter - see below.
    • i) H.H. Shahar Banu Dulhan Begum Sahiba. m. at Jaora, 1873, as his principal wife, Major H.H. Ihtisham ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Jaora (b. at Jaora, 1854; d. at Jaora, 6^th March 1895), eldest son of H.H. Muhtasim ud-Daula, Nawab Ghaus Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Jaora, by his morganatic wife, Musammat Fahiman Sahiba. She had issue, two sons - see below.
    • ii) … Begum Sahiba, who m. and had issue, a son:
      • (1) Sardar Muazzam Muhammad Khan. b. 18^th September 1894, educ. Bhopal.
• 2) Sahibzadi Qudsia Begum (d/o Musammat Fahiman). m. and had issue:
  • a) Sahibzada Firuz Muhammad Khan, of Shampura.

1865 - 1895 Major H.H. Ihtisham ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Jaora. b. at Jaora, 1854, eldest son of H.H. Muhtasim ud-Daula, Nawab Ghaus Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Shaukat Jang, Nawab of Jaora, by his morganatic wife, Musammat Fahiman Sahiba, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 30^th 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. Maj. British Army 27/4/1881, atached 1st. Regt. 1^st 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, 6^th March 1895 (bur. there at the Shrine of Husain Tekri), having had issue, eight sons and ten daughters by different wives:

• 1) Sahibzada Muhammad Sher 'Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Jaora, 17^th October 1873 (s/o Nawab Mahal), educ. Daly Coll., Indore. Cdt. Jaora State Forces, Judicial Dept. He had issue:
  • a) A daughter. m. 1932 (div.), as his first wife, Nawabzada Muhammad Mumtaz 'Ali Khan Bahadur (b. at Jaora, 29^th 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.
• 2) Sahibzada Muhammad Ashraf 'Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Inhuran Bai).
• 3) Sahibzada Muhammad Asghar 'Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Inhuran Bai). He had issue, a son:
  • a) Sahibzada Manzoor 'Ali Khan. b. at Jaora, 1^st September 1919, educ. Aligarh Muslim Univ (BA 1939, LLB 1941).
• 4) Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Muhammad Sarfraz 'Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Nawab Mahal), educ. Daly Coll, Indore. Private Sec to the Nawab 1919-1924, Chief Sec and Vice-Presdt Jaora State Council 1924-1933, Chief Minister 1933-1937. Granted the personal title of Khan Bahadur by the King Emperor, 3^rd June 1922. Rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935) and Coron. (1937) medals.
• 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) Major Nawab Muhammad Musharraf 'Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Jaora, 5^th December 1893 (s/o Inhuran Bai), educ. Aligarh Muslim Univ. Magistrate Jaora Judicial Service and Maj. Jaora State Forces. He had issue, a daughter:
  • a) Sahibzadi Mahmuda Sultan Jahan Begum. m. 1939, Syed 'Abdu'l Alim Nami (b. at Sandila, Hardoi dist., UP, 16^th 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.
• 7) Sahibzada Muhammad Mahbub 'Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Taj Mahal).
• 8) Sahibzada Muhammad Sharafat 'Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Inhuran Bai).
• 1) Sahibzadi Suraya Jahan Begum (d/o Nawab Mahal). m. Mir Jaffar 'Ali Khan, younger son of Mir Ghulam Baba Khan, 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 had issue, two sons - see India Pensioners (Surat).
• 2) Sahibzadi Mukaram Jahan Begum (d/o Taj Mahal).
• 3) Sahibzadi Nur Jahan Begum (d/o Taj Mahal).
• 4) Sahibzadi Jahan Banu Begum (d/o Taj Mahal).
• 5) Sahibzadi Sulaiman Jahan Begum (d/o Inhuran Bai)
• 6) Sahibzadi Muizaffar Jahan Begum (d/o Hurmut Bai).
• 7) Sahibzadi Gowhar Ara Begum (d/o Karima Bai).
• 8) Sahibzadi Alam Ara Begum (d/o Karima Bai). Copyright©Christopher Buyers
• 9) Sahibzadi Sultanat Ara Begum [H.H. Nawab Mulka uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba]. m. 30^th February 1894, as his first wife (div. 25^th 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, 31^st August 1875; d. at the Hamid Manzil, Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 20^th 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, 29^th July 1925 - see India (Rampur).
• 10) Sahibzadi Muazzam Sultan Jahan Begum. b. at Jaora, 1885. 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, 29^th July 1909 (sep. March 1912), Nawab Ghulam Jilani Bijli Khan, Nawab of Wai (b. at the Nawab Palace, Pasarni, 28^th July 1888; d. at The Ark, Wai, 12^th September 1952, bur. there), Presdt Jaora State Council 4^th 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, 1930 - see India Non-Salute (Wai).

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