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  • 1857 - 1871 H.H. Nawab Muhammad Sikander 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, only surviving son of H.H. Nawab Mahbub 'Ali Khan Bahadur [Sube Khan], Nawab of Malerkotla, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Maher Begum Sahiba, educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father, December 1848. Served with his father in the Mutiny campaigns at Ludhiana, 1857. Succeeded on the death of his father, 25th November 1857 (recog. By the GOI, 14th May 1858). Installed at Kasauli, 18th May 1858. Reigned with limited powers until invested with full ruling powers, 5th March 1862. . Granted a sanad of adoption, 5th March 1862. Granted a permanent salute of 9-guns, 31st May 1863. m. (first) 1842, H.H. Nawab Karamat un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Khan Imam 'Ali Khan. m. (second) 1862, Bu-Allah Jawaria Begum Sahiba (d.s.p.), sister of Muhammad Husain Khan. m. (third) 1865, a daughter of Alf Khan Nusrat Khani. He d. at Malerkotla, 16th July 1871 (bur. there at the Shahi Muqbara), having had issue, two sons and one daughter (succ. by his adopted son):
    • 1) Nawabzada Ghaus Muhammad Khan Bahadur. b. at Malerkotla, 20th December 1849 (s/o Karamat un-nisa), educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent, 18th May 1858. He d. from smallpox, 2nd January 1860.
    • 2) Nawabzada Roshan 'Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Malerkotla, 11th October 1861 (s/o Karamat un-nisa). Appointed as Heir Apparent at birth. He d. 1863.
    • 1) Sahibzadi … Begum (d/o the third wife). Lived for ten days.
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  • 1871 - 1908 H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla. b. at Rahmatgarh, 13th October 1857, eldest son of Colonel Khan Sahib Muhammad Dilawar 'Ali Khan, of Rahmatgarh, educ. the Ward's Institute, Ambala, Punjab. Adopted and appointed as Heir Apparent by Nawab Sikander 'Ali Khan, 29th June 1871. Succeeded on his death, 16th July 1871. Reigned under a superintendent until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 1875. The state was placed under a Superintendent because of the Nawab's incapacity, 1885. Granted a personal salute of 11-guns, together with the style of His Highness, 1st January 1877. Rcvd: KIH gold medal (1877). m. H.H. Nawab ... Begum Sahiba (d. at Malerkotla, 1884, bur. Shahi Muqbara), daughter of Khan Sahib Ghulam Muhammad Khan. He d. from cholera, at Malerkotla, 23rd August 1908 (bur. there at the Shahi Muqbara), having had issue, three sons and several daughters, including:
    • 1) Nawabzada Muhammad Ishaq 'Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Malerkotla, 19th September 1874. Heir Apparent at birth. He d.v.p. at Malerkotla, 19th February 1884.
    • 2) H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla - see below.
    • 3) Raja Muhammad Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, OBE (c 3.6.1919). b. at Malerkotla, February 1885. Additional Dist. Magistrate, MSC, Recruiting Officer for Malerkotla 1943-1944, Chief Recruiting Officer for the Punjab 1944-1945. Granted the personal title of Raja, in recognition of his war services, 13th June 1946. Rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron. (1937) medals, King George V and King George VI Indian Recruiting Badges, etc. He had issue, one son and a daughter:
      • a) Sahibzada Ghulam Muhammad 'Ali Khan. He d. at Malerkotla, 1920.
      • a) H.H. Nawab Asghari Begum Sahiba. b. 1915. m. H.H. Nawab Altaf 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla (b. at Malerkotla, 1912; d. 9th September 1994, bur. Shahi Muqbara, Malerkotla), fifth son of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE. She d. at Malerkotla, 2nd January 2008 (bur. there at Shahi Muqbara), having had issue, one son and a daughter - see below.
    • 1) A daughter. m. 1897, as his first wife, Mushfiq Meherban The Hon Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, Nawab of Kunjpura (b. at Kunjpura, Karnal, 21st July 1879), third and eldest surviving son of Mushfiq Meherban Nawab Muhammad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Kunjpura, in the Karnal district of the Punjab. She d. 1908, having had issue, one son and two daughters - see Pakistan Zamindars (Kunjpura).
    • 2) Sahibzadi 'Umar un-nisa Begum [Nawab Umar un-nisa Begum Sahiba, Sarkar Amma], educ. privately. Regent of Kurwai for her only son 1906-1923, Sec. for Revenue & Agriculture 1923. m. (first) at Maler Kotla, 1892, Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Munawar 'Ali Khan, Nawab of Kurwai (b. at Kurwai Fort, 1869; d. there, from grief over the loss of his only son, 10th September 1896), elder son of Khan Bahadur Mian Mazhar 'Ali Khan, sometime Administrator of the state of Kurwai, by his wife, the daughter of Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Nazaf Khan, Nawab of Kurwai. m. (second) at Maler Kotla, 2nd November 1897 (nikah), Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Yaqub 'Ali Khan, Nawab of Kurwai (b. at Kurwai Fort, 27th September 1876; d. from a mastoid, at Bhopal, 1st October 1906, bur. there at the Bagh-i-Qudsia Begum), younger son of Khan Bahadur Mian Mazhar 'Ali Khan, sometime Administrator of the state of Kurwai, by his wife, the daughter of Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Nazaf Khan, Nawab of Kurwai. She d. at Kurwai Fort, December 1963 (bur. there at the New Cemetery), having had issue, one daughter by her first husband, and one son and three daughters by her second husband - see India Non-Salute (Kurwai).
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  • 1908 - 1947 Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI (3.6.1915), KCIE (1.1.1921). b. 10th September 1881, second but eldest surviving son of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore. Superintendent of the state administration 1st January 1903-1905, Regent from 1st February 1905 until his accession. Succeeded on the death of his father, 23rd August 1908. Ascended the musnaid 24th September 1908. Installed by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, in person, at the Sheesh Mahal Palace, Malekotla, 5th January 1909. Hon. Maj. IA 14/6/1916, prom. Hon. Lieut-Col. 31/12/1919. Signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India, September 1947. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar medals (1903 and 1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron. (1937) medals. m. (first) a daughter of Khan Sahib Muhammad Inayat 'Ali Khan. m. (second) 1903, H.H. Nawab ... Begum Sahiba (d. 1968), a cousin of 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 Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCIE, KCSI, and daughter of Sahibzada ... Khan, of Rampur, by his wife, a daughter of H.H. Wazir ul-Mulk, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Hafiz Muhammad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Saulat Jang, Nawab of Tonk. m. (third) H.H. Nawab Murtaza Begum Sahiba, elder daughter of Anwar Khan, of the Malerkotla family. m. (fourth) H.H. Nawab Ruquiya Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Anwar Khan, of the Malerkotla family. He d. 16th October 1947 (bur. Shahi Muqbara, Malerkotla), having had issue, six sons and four daughters:
    • 1) H.H. Nawab Muhammad Iftikhar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla (s/o the second wife) - see below.
    • 2) Sahibzada Muhammad Mehdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Malerkotla, 1904 (s/o the first wife).  He d. 1905.
    • 3) Captain Nawabzada Muhammad Mumtaz 'Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at Malerkotla, 1906, educ. privately. 2nd-Lieut. IA, resigned 10/8/1931. Assist. Recruiting Officer for the Punjab 1943-1945. m. a lady three times, and divorced her twice. He d.s.p.
    • 4) Sahibzada Muhammad Khurshid 'Ali Khan Bahadur. He d. at Malerkotla, 1917.
    • 5) H.H. Nawab Muhammad Altaf 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla - see below.
    • 6) Sahibzada Muhammad Amjad 'Ali Khan Bahadur.
    • 1) Sahibzadi Mahmood Begum. b. at Malerkotla, 1890. m. at Malerkotla, December 1920 (i.e. "the elder daughter"), …She d. 1982.
    • 2) "the younger daughter". m. at Mussoorie, Sahibzada Raza Husain Khan, younger son of Sahibzada Mumtaz Husain Khan [Chanda Sahib], by his wife, Sahibzadi Shahzadi Begum Sahiba, daughter of Major-General H.H. 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Sayyid Sir Muhammad Hamid 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO - see India (Rampur).
    • 3) H.H. Nawab Shaukat Jahan Begum Sahiba (d/o the second wife). m. November 1931, as his second wife, 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, 7th February 1896; d. 13th September 1977), 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, a daughter of Khwaja Shahab ud-din Khan. She had issue - see India (Baoni).
    • 4) Sahibzadi Fakhri Begum [Fakhri Begum Sahiba, of Kunjpura]. m. Nawab Faiyaz 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Kunjpura (d. 1982), eldest son of Mushfiq Meherban The Hon Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, Nawab of Kunjpura, by his first wife, the eldest daughter (d. 1908) of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla. She had issue - see Pakistan Zamindars (Kunjpura).
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  • 1947 - [1982] H.H. Nawab Muhammad Iftikhar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla. b. at Malerkotla, 20th May 1904, eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE, by his second wife, educ. privately. Chief Minister of Malerkotla 1946-1947. Succeeded on the death of his father, 16th October 1947. Installed at the Sheesh Mahal Palace, Malerkotla, 1st March 1948. Merged his state into the Patiala and Eastern Punjab States Union (PEPSU), 20th August 1948. MLA for Malerkotla in the PEPSU assembly 1952-1956, and Punjab state assembly 1969-1971. Deprived of his rank, titles and honours by the GOI, 28th December 1971. Author "History of the Ruling Family of Sheikh Sadruddin Sadar-i-Jahan of Malerkotla" (2000). Rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron. (1937) medals. m. (first) H.H. Nawab Zubaida Begum Sahiba (d. young from cancer), a cousin. m. (second) H.H. Nawab Yusuf Zamani Begum Sahiba (b. at Kurwai Fort, August 1906; d.s.p. at Malerkotla, 1999), youngest daughter of Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Yaqub 'Ali Khan, Nawab of Kurwai, by his wife, Nawab Umar un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Sarkar Amma], second daughter of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla. m. (third) at Tonk, 1947, H.H. Nawab Shakir un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Tonk Begum], née Sahibzadi Munawar un-nisa Begum, daughter of H.H. Amin ud-Daula, Wazir ul-Mulk, Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, Saulat Jang, Nawab of Tonk, GCSI, GCIE, by his fourth wife, Nawab Mulka Jamil uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba. m. (fourth) (div. 1974) Sajida Begum Sahiba (b. 1940; m. second, 1980, Haji Anwar Ahmad Khan, and d. at Mohali Hospital, 30th July 2006), MLA for Malerkotla in the Punjab state assembly 1972-1977 & 1980-1985, Presdt. Malerkotla Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), Chair. Malerkotla Waqf Brd., etc., sister of Fayyaz Ahmad Khan. He d.s.p. at Malerkotla, 20th November 1982 (bur. there at Shahi Muqbara) (succ. by his younger brother).
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  • [1982 - 1994] H.H. Nawab Muhammad Altaf 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla. b. at Malerkotla, 1912, fifth son of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE, educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore and RMC, Sandhurst. Sometime Cdt. Malerkotla State Forces. Cmsnd. as temp. Hon. 2nd-Lieut. 1/7/1936, attached Training Btn., Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners IA 1/7/1936-1/7/1937, prom. Hon. Lieut. 6/8/1939, served in WW2 1939-1945 (rcvd: 39/45 Star, British War and India  Service medals). Succeeded on the death of his elder brother as Head of the Royal House of Malerkotla, 20th November 1982. m. H.H. Nawab Asghari Begum Sahiba (b. 1915; d. at Malerkotla, 2nd January 2008, bur. there at Shahi Muqbara), daughter of his paternal uncle, Raja Muhammad Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, OBE. He d. at Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 9th September 1994 (bur. there at Model Town Cemetery), having had issue, one son and a daughter:
    • 1) H.H. Nawab Muhammad Kazim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla - see below.
    • 1) Nawab Sarwar Jahan Begum Sahiba. m. Nawab Muhammad Zafar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Kurwai (b. at Sarwar Mahal, Kurwai, 1941), second son of Anis ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Sarwar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Kurwai, by his third wife, Nawab Dulhan Aisha Humaira Begum Sahiba, youngest daughter of Nawab Bijli Khan Sardar Ghulam Jilani, Nawab of Wai. She had issue - see India Non-Salute (Kurwai).
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  • [1994] H.H. Nawab Muhammad Kazim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla. b. October 1936, only son of H.H. Nawab Altaf 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore. Succeeded on the death of his father, 9th September 1994. m. H.H. Nawab Hamida Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Faiyaz 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Kunjpura, by his wife, Fakhri Begum, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE. He has issue, three sons and two daughters:
    • 1) Nawabzada Asif 'Ali Khan. He has issue, a son:
      • a) Sahibzada Omar 'Ali Khan.
    • 2) Nawabzada Ahmad 'Ali Khan.
    • 3) Nawabzada Hashim 'Ali Khan.
    • 1) Nawabzadi Uzma Begum. m. 1990, ...
    • 2) Nawabzadi Alia Begum. m. 1994, …
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