najibabad

NAJIBABAD

Yusufzai (or Umar Khel)

GENEALOGY

Inayat Khan Yusufzai. He had issue, two sons:

1) Basharat Khan Yusufzai. Settled at Bisharatnagar, near Rampur. He had issue, a son:
- a) Nawab Afdal Khan Bahadur. He had issue, a son:
  - i) Nawab Murtaza Khan Bahadur. He d. after 1858.
2) Asaulat Khan Yusufzai. He had issue, three sons:
- a) Bakshi ul-Mamlikat, Vakil-i-Mutlaq, Amir ul-Umara, Najib ud-Daula, Shuja ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Najib Khan Bahadur, Zabit Jang, Nawab of Najibabad. A Yusufzai Pathan who travelled to India from Swabi, near Swat, in 1739. Joined his uncle, Bisharat Khan, who had settled with his band of Pathans at Bisharatnagar, near Rampur. Raised to an Imperial mansab of 5,000 zat and 5,000 sowar, prom. to 7,000 zat and 7,000 sowar in 1756. Nazim of Saharanpur. Granted Nagina and Sherkot, in Bijnor. Joined Ahmad Shah Durrani during his invasion of India, becoming his plenipotentiary 1753, and Guardian to Emperor Alamgir II in 1756. Distinguished himself at the Battle of Panipat. Appointed as Vizier of the Empire and invested with the titles of Bakshi ul-Mamlikat, Vakil-i-Mutlaq, and Amir ul-Umara, together with the Royal insignia, 1761. m. a daughter of Dunde Khan Rohilla. He d. at Hapur, 31^st October 1770 (bur. Najibabad), having had issue:
  - i) Nawab Muhammad Kalu Khan Bahadur (s/o Dunde Khan Rohilla's daughter). m. at Aonla, before 30^th May 1767, a daughter of Nawab Sa'idu'llah Khan Bahadur, of Moradabad. He had issue.
  - ii) Nawab Muhammad Machu Khan Bahadur (s/o Dunde Khan Rohilla's daughter).He had issue. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  - iii) Bakshi ul-Mamlikat, Vakil-i-Mutlaq, Amir ul-Umara, Najib ud-Daula, Nawab Zabita Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Najibabad. Appointed to his father's offices and invested with the titles of Bakshi ul-Mamlikat, Vakil-i-Mutlaq, and Amir ul-Umara, together with the Royal insignia, October 1770. Dismissed for failing to protect the Imperial family. Restored 17^th December 1772. Granted Bawani Saharanpur in jagir 1776. Pardoned and restored to some of his former possessions 30^th January 1779. Settled at Ghansgarh. m. (first) a daughter of Baz Khan Yusufzai. m. (second) a daughter of Zain Khan Yusufzai. He d. at Ghansgarh, 21^st January 1785, having had issue:
    - (1) Nawab Ghulam Qadir Khan Bahadur Rohilla (eldest son), whom the Emperor is said, by tradition, to have transmuted into a haram page, and who lived to exact a fearful vengeance for the ill-treatment he received and who blinded the captive Emperor Shah Alam II, 10^th August 1788. He was captured by the Marathas while attempting to flee towards Ghousgarh, who cut off his ears, nose, arms and legs and sent him in that mutilated state to Delhi, but he died during the journey, December 1788 (bur. Aul, pargana Furrah, zila Agra).
    - (2) Amir ul-Umara, Najib-ud-daula, Nawab Ghulam Muin ud-din Khan Bahadur, Sabit Jang [Bhanbu Khan], Nawab of Najibabad. Fled to the Punjab after the death of his elder brother. Returned in 1812 at British invitation, granted a pension of Rs. 5,000 p.m. and allowed to settle in Najibabad. He d. at Najibabad, 3^rd October 1843, having had issue, two (or four) sons:
      - (a) Amir ud-Daula, Zia ul-Mulk, Zawi al-Qadir, Nawab Muhammad Mahmud Khan Bahadur, Zulqadir, Muzaffar Jang, Nawab of Najibabad. Occupied Bijnor during the Mutiny on 1^st June 1857 but was defeated at Nagina 21^st April 1858. He d. in Meerut Gaol, 1858, having had issue, two sons and a daughter, including:
        
        (i) Sahibzada Muhammad Ghazanfar 'Ali Khan Bahadur. Served under his father during the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858. Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father, 22^nd February 1858.
        
        (ii) Sahibzada Muhammad Muazzam 'Ali Khan Bahadur.
      - (b) Rafi ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Nawab Muhammad Jalal ud-din Khan Bahadur, Mansur Jang, Nawab of Najibabad. Rebelled with his brother and brother-in-law in 1857. m. (first) Majlis Ara Begum Sahiba, a lady from the Rampur family. m. (second) Qudsia Begum Sahiba (d. at Rampur, before April 1902). He was k. (hanged for complicity in the Indian Mutiny), within eight miles of Najibabad, 23^rd April 1858, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (i) General H.E. Sahibzada Azim ud-din Khan. b. at Najibabad, 20^th April 1854 (s/o Qudsia Begum), educ. Moradabad Madrassa. Entered the Rampur State Forces under his uncle, Cdt. 1879-1901, Chief Minister 1886-1887, Vice-Presdt. Admin. Cncl. 1887-1889, and Vice-Presdt. Regency Cncl. 1889-1896 and 1899-1901. Granted the personal title of Khan Bahadur, 18^th January 1885. m. (first) Muazziz Dulhan Naushabha Begum Sahiba (d. at Rampur, before April 1902). m. (second) Generali Dulhan Fatima Begum Sahiba. He was k. at Rampur, a victim of court intrigue, 1891, having had issue, an only surviving daughter:
        
        1. Nadir uz-Zamani Shahzadi Begum Sahiba (d/o Fatima Begum). m. as his first wife, Sahibzada Sir Abdus Samad Khan Bahadur, CIE, KIH (b. at Moradabad, 27^th September 1874; d. 27^th January 1943), sometime Chief Minister of Rampur, son of Sahibzada Abdus Salam Khan. She had issue, an only daughter - see below.
        
        (ii) Major Sahibzada Hamid uz-Zafar Khan Bahadur, CIE (1.1.1908) (s/o Qudsia Begum). Joined ICS 1878, served as Naib Tahsildar, Tahsildar, Dep. Collector, Mgr. Court of Wards, and Sub-divisional Ofcr. at Lalitpur, Sec. Rampur Cncl. of Regency 1891-1892 and 1893-1894, Personal Asst. to the Presdt. of the State Cncl. 1892-1893,Vice-Presdt. Admin. Cncl. 1894-1896, seconded for service with the Foreign Dept. of the GOI 1896-1897, Vice-Presdt. Jodhpur Regency Cncl. 1897-1898, Chief Minister with the title of Diwan 1898, Senior MSC Alwar. Granted the personal title of Khan Bahadur 1^st January 1896. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1903).
        
        (iii) Nawab 'Abdu's Salam Khan Bahadur (s/o Qudsia Begum). A bibliophile who amassed a large library of books, which were donated at his death to the Aligarh Muslim Univ. Author of "Sarguzasth-i-Nawab Najib ud-Daula". m. and had issue:
        
        1. Sahibzada Sir Abdus Samad Khan Bahadur, CIE (1.1.1915), KIH 1^st Class (14.6.1912). b. at Moradabad, 27^th September 1874, educ. Private Sec to the Nawab of Rampur 1894-1896 and 1899-1900; Chief Sec 1900-1929, Chief Minister 1930-1936, Represented the Princely States at the Round Table Conferences in London 1931 & 1932, the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa in 1932, and the League of Nations 1933, Home Minister Jammu & Kashmir 1937-1941. Rcvd: the Nishan-i-Hamidiya 2^nd class and the Nishan-i-Iqbal 2^nd class, Knighted (2.3.1934), Delhi Durbar silver medals (1903 and 1911), Silver Jubilee (1935) and Coron. (1937) medals. m. (first) Nadir uz-Zamani Shahzadi Begum Sahiba, only daughter of his uncle, General H.E. Azim ud-din Khan, sometime Chief Minister and Vice-Presdt. of the Cncl., by his second wife, Generali Dulhan Fatima Begum Sahiba. m. (second) at Loharu, Sahibzadi Aliya Sultan Amir Dulhan Begum Sahiba (b. at Delhi, 23^rd February 1888; d. February 1967), second daughter of Sahibzada Mirza Bashir ud-din Ahmad Khan, of Loharu, by his wife, Sahibzadi Fatima Sultan Begum, daughter of Mirza Baqar 'Ali Khan Kamil, of Loharu. He d. 27^th January 1943, having had issue, three sons and three daughters:
        
        a. Sahibzada Muhammad Yusuf Khan (s/o Aliya Sultan), educ. Colonel Brown's Sch., Dehra Dun; English High Sch., Aligarh, and Pembroke Coll., Cambridge (BA). Sec. Rampur State Cncl. 1947-1949. m. Kishwar Sultan Begum Sahiba.
        
        b. Colonel Sahibzada Muhammad Yunus Khan. b. at Rampur, 5^th January 1919 (s/o Aliya Sultan), educ. Colonel Brown's Sch., Dehra Dun; English High Sch., Aligarh Muslim Univ. (BA 1941), and Officers' Traning Sch., Bangalore. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. IA 1942, attached Royal Garhwal Rifles, served in WW2 in Italy and Burma Frontier (rcvd: 39/45, Italy and Burma stars, War and IGSM), prom. Maj. 1947, opted for India 14/8/1947, served in Kashmir 1947-1948, ADC to the Governor-General of India 1948-1949, Dep. Mil. Sec. 1949-1950, Dep. Mil. Sec. to the Presdt. 1950, retd. as Col. m. February 1950, Sahibzadi Nayyer Begum, daughter of Sahibzada Shahzad Ahmad Khan, of Aligarh, UP.
        
        c. Lieutenant-General Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub Khan. b. 23^rd December 1920 (s/o Aliya Sultan), educ. Colonel Brown's Sch., Dehra Dun; English High Sch., Aligarh, and RIMA, Dehra Dun. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. IA 22/12/1940, attached Probyn's Horse (Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers), prom. Lieut. 3/4/1942, served in WW2 in North Africa in the Western Desert and at the Siege of Tobruk, prisoner 1942-1945 (rcvd: 39/45, Africa and Burma stars, War and IGSM), opted for Pakistan 14/8/1947, Vice-COGS 1958, Cmnd. & Staff Coll. Quetta 1964, COGS, Governor of East Pakistan, GOC Eastern cmnd. 1970-1971, retd. 1971, Ambassador to France 1972-1973 and 1980-1982, USA 1973-1979, and the USSR 1979-1980, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1982-1987, 1988-1991 and 1996-1997, UN Special Rep. for Western Sahara 1992-1996. Chair. Brd. of Trustees, Aga Khan Univ. (Karachi). m. at Karachi, 1947, Tuba Begum Sahiba, née Khaleeli.
        
        a. Sahibzadi Askari Begum [H.H. Nawab Rafa'at uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba], KIH gold medal (1.1.1947). b. 1907 (d/o Shahzadi Nadir uz-Zamani). Author "Jab Mein Dulhan Bani". m. at Rosaville, Rampur, 24^th March 1912 (nikah) and at Shahenshah Manzil, Khasbagh Palace, Rampur, 15^th February 1922 (zifaf), as his first wife, Major-General H.H. 'Ali Jah, Farzand -i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Syed Sir Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCIE, KCSI (b. 17^th November 1908; d. 6^th March 1966), second son of Major-General H.H. 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sir Muhammad Hamid 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, by his fourth wife, H.H. Nawab Huzur Aliya Begum Sahiba. She d. 16^th October 1987, having had issue - see below.
        
        b. Sahibzadi Fakhra Begum [Bahan Fakhra]. b. at Rosaville, Rampur, 1914 (d/o Aliya Sultan). m. (first) at Rampur, 1926 (nikah), as his first wife (div.), Major H.E. Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur [Shahryar Mirza], Nawab of Loharu (b. at Delhi, 23^rd March 1911; d. June 1983), eldest son of Major H.E. Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Aiz ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur [Azam Mirza], Nawab of Loharu, by his wife, Nawab Fakhr Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Sahibzada Mirza Bashir ud-din Ahmad Khan. m. (second) at Rosaville, Rampur, 4^th March 1935, Sahibzada Masud uz-Zaffar Khan (b. 1908), Dir. Rampur Maize Products Ltd., Rampur Distellery & Chemical Co. Ltd., and other coys., only son of Dr. Said uz-Zafar Khan, by his wife, Shaukat Ara Begum, daughter of Nawab Abdus Alam Khan.
        
        c. Sahibzadi Jahan Ara Begum. b. at Rosaville, Rampur, 1915 (d/o Aliya Sultan). Author of "Remembrance of Days Past: Glimpses of a Princely State during the Raj" (2001). m. (first) at Rampur, August 1935 (nikah), as his first wife (div.), Major-General Nawabzada Muhammad Sher 'Ali Khan (b. at Pataudi House, Delhi, 13^th May 1913), second son of Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Pataudi, by his wife, the third daughter of H.E. Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Sir Amir ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Loharu, KCIE. She had issue, - see India (Pataudi). m. at Lucknow, 4^th December 1942, Isha'at Habibullah (d. at Karachi, December 1991), Chair. & MD Pakistan Tobacco Co. 1961, Presdt. Overseas Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chair. Intnl. General Insurance Co., and Pakistan Advisory Brd. of Grindlays Bank 1968-1983, Dir. Pakistan Burmah Shell, Pakistan Petroleum Ltd., Burshane, and Glaxo, second son of Shaikh Muhammad Habibullah, of Saidanpur, sometime Vice-Chancellor Lucknow Univ., by his wife, Begum Inam Habibullah, sometime Presdt. Women's League of the Muslim League, and MLA United Provinces. She had issue, two daughters.
        
        2. Sahibzada 'Abdu'l Wahid Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        a. Sahibzada 'Abdu'l Hamid Khan, educ. UK.
        
        b. Sahibzada 'Abdu'l Hadi Khan, educ. UK.
        
        1. Shaukat Ara Begum. m. Dr. Said uz-Zafar Khan, educ. Edinburgh Univ., MRCP, one of the founders of King George's Medical Coll., Lucknow. She had issue, one son and one daughter: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        a. Sahibzada Mahmud uz-Zafar Khan. b. 1908), Dir. Rampur Maize Products Ltd., Rampur Distellery & Chemical Co. Ltd., and other coys. m. at Rosaville, Rampur, 4^th March 1935, Sahibzadi Fakhra Begum [Bahan Fakhra] (b. at Rosaville, Rampur, 1914), second daughter of his maternal uncle, Sahibzada Sir Abdus Samad Khan Bahadur, CIE, KIH, sometime Chief Minister of Rampur, by his second wife, Sahibzadi Aliya Sultan Amir Dulhan Begum Sahiba, second daughter of Sahibzada Mirza Bashir ud-din Ahmad Khan, of Loharu.
        
        a. Sahibzadi Hamida Begum.
        
        (i) Sahibzadi Shams un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d/o Majlis Ara Begum). m. H.E. Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Allah ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Loharu (b. 1833; d. at Delhi, 31^st October 1884, bur. Qutb, Delhi), elder son of H.E. Dilawar ul-Mulk, Fakhr ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Rustam Jang, Nawab of Loharu, by his first wife, a daughter of Wali un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nizam ul-Mulk, Ghazanfar ud-Daula, Nawab Mendu Khan Bahadur [Mirza Muhammad Wazir Beg], Sohrab Jung, of Delhi. She had issue - see India (Loharu).
      - c) Nawab Muhammad Azmatu'llah Khan Bahadur (brother of Jalal ud-din?).
      - (d) General Nawab 'Ali Asghar Khan Bahadur, CSI (3.3.1876). cdt Rampur State Forces. m. Mussamat Said un-nisa Begum. He d. at Rampur, August 1879, having had issue, a son:
        
        (i) Nawab Muhammad Zainal-Abidin Khan. Faujdar of Jaipur. m. Sahibzadi Abida Begum Sahiba [Mussamat Umrao Begum], daughter of H.H. 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Syed Sir Muhammad Yusuf 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, KSI, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Firuz un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Bahu Begum], daughter of Syed 'Abdu'l 'Ali Khan.
      - (e) …m. and had issue:Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (i) Sahibzada 'Abdu'l Majid Khan, CIE (1.1.1926). Assist. Guardian to the Nawab of Rampur 1894, Sec. of the Admin. Cncl. 1894-1896, Revenue Sec 1907-1929, Revenue Minister 1929-1930.
      - (a) A sister of Nawab Mahmud Khan. m. Nawab Sa'adu'llah Khan Bahadur (k. (hanged for complicity in the Indian Mutiny), within eight miles of Najibabad, 23^rd April 1858), zamindar of Barhapura, sometime Police deputy at Nagina and munsif of Amroha. She had issue.
  - iv) Zabita's sister. m. Bakshi ul-Mamlikat, Vakil-i-Mutlaq, Amir ul-Umara, Rustam-i-Hind, Zulfiqar ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Najaf Khan Bahadur, Ghalib Jang (b. at Isfahan, 1737; d. 26^th April 1782), sometime Vicegerent of the Empire to the Emperor Shah Alam II, younger son of Mir Said 'Ali.
- b) Nawab Muhammad Sultan Khan Bahadur (full-brother of Najib Khan). He d. after 1770, having had issue, two sons:
  - i) Sahibzada Muhammad Ahmadu'llah Khan. Served under Nawab Mahmud Khan during the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858, and acted as his deputy at Bijnor.
  - ii) General Sahibzada Muhammad Shafiu'llah Khan Bahadur. Served under Nawab Mahmud Khan during the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858 as C-in-C.
- c) xxx, who had issue, a son:
  - i) Mustaqim ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Irtiza Khan Bahadur, Sipahdar Jang.

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