KAMADHIA

The Sehswani Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1860 - 1863 Darbar Shri Nawab Mir Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia and Nawab of Surat. b. at Baroda, 1817, second son of Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Sarfraz 'Ali Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia, by his second wife, Raja Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Sharaf Beg, of Baroda, educ. privately at Baroda and Surat. Succeeded on the death of his father-in-law as the head and senior representative of the Surat family, 8^th August 1842. He was granted a joint pension of £5,280 p.a. in 1842, to be shared with his two daughters from his first wife. Attempted to gain recognition from the British authorities as titular successor to his father-in-law, but failed even after extensive legal proceedings in London which lasted several years. Eventually granted an increased pension of  £10,000 p.a. following deliberations in the House of Commons in 1856. Informally recognised as "Nawab of Surat" in 1857. Recognised as ruler of Kamadhia and inamdar of Walen after the death of his father, 1860. m. (first) at the Darya Mahal, Surat, 11^th March 1834, Nawabzadi Bakhtiyar un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Majli Begum] (d. at Surat Castle, 9^th January 1845), younger daughter and presumed heiress of H.H. Qamar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Afzal ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Hashmat Jung, Nawab of Surat, by his wife, Amir un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Munmani Begum]. m. (second) at Ahmedabad, 1853, Basti Begum Sahiba, daughter of the Qazi of Ahmedabad. m. (i) Noor Jahan Begum (d.s.p.). m. (a) Boah Fatima. m. (b) Mary Flood (d.s.p. in England, after 1864), an Englishwoman. He d. at the Haider-ka-Dera Palace, Surat, 21^st August 1863 (bur. Dade Ilahi, Surat), having had issue, one son and two daughters by his first wife and two further sons:

• 1) Nawabzada Mir Amir ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur. b. at the Darya Mahal, Surat, 4^th February 1841 (s/o Bakhtiyar un-nisa Begum). Appointed and invested as Heir Apparent of Surat by his maternal grandfather, at Surat Castle, 4^th February 1841. He d. young.
• 2) Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Zulfikar 'Ali Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia (s/o Basti Begum) - see below.
• 3) Mir Asad 'Ali Khan (s/o Boah Fatima). Nor eligible for succession.
• 1) Nawabzadi Zia un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Ladli Begum] (d/o Bakhtiyar un-nisa Begum). m. at the Nawab Palace, Begam Wadi, Begumpura, Surat,Nawab Mir Said 'Alam Khan Sahib, Nawab of Belha and Surat (Senior) (d. before 1915), son of Meherban Sardar Mir Mahmud Alam Khan Sahib, Nawab of Belha, in the Poona district of the Deccan. She had issue, two sons and two daughters - see India Pensioners (Surat).
• 2) Nawabzadi Rahim un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Chote Begum] (d/o Bakhtiyar un-nisa Begum). m. at the Nawab Palace, Begam Wadi, Begumpura, Surat, 1859, Mir Ghulam Baba Khan Bahadur [Chote Sahib], Nawab of Surat (Junior), CIE (b. at Surat, 1834; d. there, 28^th April 1893, bur. Khwaja Da'ana Sahib), younger son of Mir Syed Akhi walad Mir Muhammad Mazhar Husain, sometime Qazi of Surat and Gadinashin of the tomb of Khwaja Da'ana Sahib. She d. at the Nawab Palace, Begam Wadi, Begumpura, Surat, 1886, having had issue, two sons and one daughter - see India Pensioners (Surat).

• 1) Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Sarfaraz 'Ali Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia - see below.
• 2) Kumar Shri Mir Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Sahib. b. at the Haider-ka-Dera Palace, Surat, 1884. He d.v.p. young.
• 3) Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Ghulam Khwaja Moin ud-din Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia - see below.

• 1) Kumari Sadit un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. Sharafat Husain, of Baroda. She d.s.p. 30^th March 1979.

• 1) Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Khwaja Kutb ud-din Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia - see below.
• 2) Kumar Shri Mir Zulfikar 'Ali Khan Sahib. b. 1921. m. 1961, Khadija Begum Sahiba. He has issue, one daughter:
  • a) Kumari Niloufer Begum Sahiba.
• 3) Kumar Shri Mir 'Ali Akbar Khan Sahib. b. 1925. m. 1957, Kumari Sajjid un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Sajjida Begum], daughter of Meherban Nawab Sardar Shri Jaswantsinhji Naharsinhji Khan Sahib, Thakore Sahib of Amod. He had issue, one daughter:
  • a) Kumari Butul Begum Sahiba. m. Sayyid Zahir ud-din Alavi, of Ahmedabad.
• 1) Kumari Basti Begum Sahiba. m. Hakim ud-din Shirazi, sometime Qazi of Broach. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
  • a) Muhammad Jalal Shirazi.
  • a) Falaknaz Begum. m. Sayyid Sharaf ud-din Alavi, of Ahmedabad.
• 2) Kumari Vali un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. 26^th February 1932. m. 1954?, Mir Mahbub 'Ali Khan, of Gothra, eldest son of Raj Vallabh Mir Intizam 'Ali Khan Bahadur, of Gothra, by his wife, Allah Rakhi Begum Sahiba, daughter of Sayyid Ahmad Husain, of Palanpur. She had issue, three daughters - see above.

• 1) Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Jaffar 'Ali Imam II Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia - see below.
• 2) Kumar Shri Mir 'Ali Asgar Khan Sahib [Ali Asgar Mir]. b. at Bombay. 28^th March 1949. m. 12^th January 1974, Bashira Begum Sahiba, daughter of a Mr. Merchant, from Bhavnagar.
• 1) Kumari Farida Begum Sahiba. b. 15^th November 1943. m. 21^st January 1968, Qazi Sultan Ahmad, of Gaya.

[1998] Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Jaffar 'Ali Imam II Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia. b. at the Nawab Palace, Begam Wadi, Begumpura, Surat, 29^th September 1941, elder son of Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Kutb ud-din Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia, by his wife, Nawabzadi Zia un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Ladli Begum], younger daughter of Meherban Sardar Mir Masud Alam, Nawab of Belha and Surat (Senior), CIE, educ. Tata Institute of Social Studies, Bombay (MA). Succeeded as Head of the House of Kamadhia, on the death of his father, 5^th February 1998. Author of "Mirza Ghalib and the Mirs of Gujarat" (2003). m. at Bombay, 21^st January 1973, Anees Begum Sahiba (b. 21^st April 1952), daughter of Ahmad 'Abdu'l Wahid, from a zamindari family of Hyderabad. He has issue, an only son:

• 1) Pratham Raj Kunwar Kumar Shri Mir Moin ud-din Khan Sahib [Moin Mir]. b. at Bombay, 16^th March 1974, educ. Westminster Univ, London (M. Marketing Management 1998). Senior Marketing Consultant, Lexus (Auckland) since 2003. m. at Bombay, 5^th January 2001, Farah Begum Sahiba, a dress designer in Bombay, daughter of The Hon. Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan, sometime Minister for Sports and Tourism and MLA Uttar Pradesh, of the Barakzai family of Dehra Dun and Afghanistan. He has issue, two daughters:
  • a) Kumari Aara Begum. b. at Auckland, New Zealand, 13^th January 2004.
  • b) Kumari Zohaa Begum. b. at Auckland, New Zealand 10^th April 2006.