INDIA

The Timurid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1712 - 1713 H.M. Shahanshah-i-Ghazi Abu’l-Fath Mu’iz ud-din Muhammad Jahandar Shah Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah-i-Jahan, Shahanshah-i-Ghazi [Khuld Aramgah], Emperor of India. b. in the Deccan, 9th May 1661 n.s., educ. privately. Subadar of Multan 1694, and Sind and Multan 1707-1712. Invested with the title of Jahandar Shah Bahadur at Bagh Dahr-Ara, near Agra, 20th March 1707. Raised to a mansab of 30,000 zat and 20,000 sowar, 2nd May 1707. Succeeded on the death of his father, 27th February 1712. Ascended the musnaid at Lahore, 29th March 1712 n.s. m. (first) at Agra, 13th October 1676 n.s., a daughter of Mirza Murad Kam Safawi, Mirza Mukarram Khan, sometime Subadar of Oudh. m. (second) Anup Bai (d. at Delhi, 18th April 1735 n.s. m. (third) at Ahmadnagar, 29th August 1684 n.s., Nawab Saidat un-nisa Begum Sahiba, niece of his first wife, and daughter of Mirza Rustam Safawi. m. (fourth) Nawab Imtiaz Mahal Begum Sahiba (cre. 1712), née Lal Kunwar alias Zohra Kanjri, a former singing girl who exercised supreme influence over the Emperor, encouraged frivolity and pleasure which eventually led to his ignominious downfall, daughter of Khasusiyat Khan, a descendant of Mian Tansen, a celebrated musician during the reign of Emperor Akbar. m. (sixth) the mother (d. after 1757) of Muhammad A’azz ud-din. m. (seventh) Jina Begum? He was k. (strangled to death and his body dragged through the streets) on the orders of his nephew, Emperor Farrukh-siyar, in captivity at the Tripoli Gate Prison, the Red Fort, Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 12th February 1713 n.s. (bur. Mausoleum of Humayun, Delhi), having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
  • 1) Shahzada Shahzada Muhammad Azhar ud-din Bahadur.
  • 2) A’azz ud-Daula, Shahzada Muhammad A’azz ud-din, Wali Ahd Bahadur. b. at Multan, 1687 (s/o the sixth wife), educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father, and invested with the title of Wali Ahd Bahadur 1712. He was blinded and imprisoned on the orders Emperor Farrukh-siyar at the Tripoli Gate Prison of the Red Fort, 21st January 1714. m. (first) before 4th April 1707 n.s., a daughter of Amir Khan Yazdi, sometime Mir-i-Miran. m. (second) 27th November 1709 n.s., Nawab Said Begum Sahiba, daughter of Sultan Muhammad Bidar Bakht Bahadur Mirza, Bidar Shah Bahadur, sometime Subadar of Malwa and Gujarat, by his second wife, Sirchuk Nur Begum Sahiba, daughter of Santa. He d. at Delhi, 12th January 1745 n.s., having had issue, six sons:
    • a) ‘Ala ud-Daula, Mirza Muhammad Baba Bahadur. Subadar of Allahabad 1757. m. Shahzadi Ladli Begum Sahiba, second daughter of H.M. Abu’l-‘Adil ‘Aziz ud-din Muhammad ‘Alamgir II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. He may have had issue:
      • i) ?Mirza Tana Shah. He had issue:
        • (1) Muhammdi Mirza. m. Haji Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Qutb ud-din. He had issue:
          • (a) Mirza Shihab ud-din [Mirza Shubu Sahib] (s/o Haji Begum]. m. ca. 1858, Khadija Sultan Begum Sahiba [Maidu Begum] (b. at Benares, ca. 1838; d. at Delhi, 16th January 1906), younger daughter of Mirza Mahmud Jan, Buland Akhtar Bahadur, by his third wife, Wilayati Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Muhammadi. He d. 1890, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
            • (i) Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur (s/o Khadija Sultan Begum). m. as his first wife, Alia Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1866; m. second, Mirza Zahir ud-din Muhammad, Faridun Bakht Bahadur, and d. at Benares, 1924), eldest daughter of Mirza Muhammad Said Bakht Bahadur [Piari Sahib]. He d. before 1890, having had issue, one son and five daughters:
              • 1. Mirza Muin ud-din Bakht Bahadur. m. Sharafat Begum Sahiba. He had issue, two sons and four daughters:
                • a. Mirza Khujaista Bakht Bahadur.
                • b. Mirza Dilawar Bakht Bahadur. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
                • a. Saliha Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • b. Tahira Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • c. Mu’azzama Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • d. Sajida Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 1. Gauhar Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Muhammad Kamal ud-din Bakht Bahadur, younger son of Himmat Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Mihr Sultan Begum Sahiba, second daughter of Mirza Shihab ud-din [Mirza Shubu Sahib]. She d.s.p. - see below.
              • 2. Aziza Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 3. Anwar Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Latif Bakht Bahadur (d. at Benares, 15th January 1920), second son of Mirza Muhammad ‘Umar Sultan, Kaiser Bakht Bahadur. She had issue - see below.
              • 4. Munawar Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Mukarram Bakht Bahadur, third son of Mirza Muhammad ‘Umar Sultan, Kaiser Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, one son and four daughters - see below.
              • 5. Asma Sultan Begum Sahiba.
            • (ii) Mirza Muhammad Sadr ud-din Bakht Bahadur (s/o Khadija Sultan Begum). m. Rabia Sultan Begum Sahiba. He d. 1925, having had issue, two sons:
              • 1. Mirza Muhammad Jalal ud-din Bakht Bahadur. m. Asma Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. at Benares, 1899), fourth daughter of Mirza Wala Bakht Bahadur. He d. 1935, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
                • a. Mirza Ashraf ud-din Bakht Bahadur. m. Fatima Sultan Begum Sahiba, second daughter of his cousin, Mirza Mukarram Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Munawar Sultan Begum Sahiba, fourth daughter Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
                  • i. Mirza Muhammad Qamar ud-din Bakht Bahadur.
                  • i. Shakila Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                  • ii. Jalila Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • b. Mirza Muhammad Saif ud-din Bakht Bahadur.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
                • a. Taiba Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 2. Mirza Muhammad Said ud-din Bakht Bahadur. m. Halima Sultan Begum Sahiba, second daughter of his cousin, Mirza Jamshid Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, a daughter:
                • a. Amina Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Amir ud-din, her cousin. She had issue:
                  • i. Mirza Muhammad Muhi ud-din.
            • (i) Hamida Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Siraj ud-din, her cousin. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
              • 1. Mirza Jahandar Bakht Bahadur.
              • 2. Kabir Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza …She had issue, a son:
                • a. Mirza Muhammad Salah ud-din Bakht Bahadur. m. Nur Jahan Begum Sahiba. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
                  • i. Mirza Mazlih ud-din, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur.
                  • i. Tanvir-i-Jahan Begum Sahiba.
                  • ii. Kaukab-i-Jahan Begum Sahiba.
            • (ii) Mihr Sultan Begum Sahiba (d/o Khadija Sultan Begum). m. Mirza Himmat Bakht Bahadur. She had issue:
              • 1. Mirza Muhammad Muin ud-din Bakht. m. Sarwar Jahan Begum Sahiba. He had issue, five sons and four daughters:
                • a. Mirza Muhammad Nazir ud-din Bakht.
                • b. Mirza Muhammad Zia ud-din Bakht.
                • c. Mirza Muhammad Salim ud-din Bakht.
                • d. Mirza Muhammad Amin ud-din Bakht.
                • e. Mirza Muhammad Nasir ud-din Bakht.
                • a. Haeema Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • b. Nasima Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • c. Shamina Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • d. Gohra Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Muhammad Bakhsh (d. 1980). She had issue.
              • 2. Mirza Muhammad Kamal ud-din Bakht. m. Gauhar Sultan Begum Sahiba, eldest daughter of Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur. He d.s.p.
              • 1. Saida Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Murad Shah. She had issue, three sons and four daughters.
            • (iii) Qutlaq Sultan Begum Sahiba. She d. unm?
      • ii) Mirza Muhammad Ikram ud-din [Mirza Mughal]. m. (first) a daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. m. (second) another daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. He had issue:
        • (1) Mirza Shuja ud-din Muhammad Bahadur. b. 1811. Transported to the Andaman Islands. He d. before 1862, having had issue, a son:
          • (a) Mirza Ilahi Bakhsh Bahadur. He d. in prison, at Delhi, 1857/1858.
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Jan Bakhsh Bahadur. m. at Delhi, ca. 1826, Ruqaya Sultan Begum Sahiba (m. second, ca. 1852, Mirza Gauhar ‘Ali, and d. at Delhi, 7th December 1855), fourteenth daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares. He d. before 21st March 1887, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
          • (a) Mirza Ahmad Sultan. b. ca. 1847 (s/o Ruqaya Sultan Begum). m. (first) …m. (second) Guiti Ara Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1864). He d. at Delhi, 28th January 1887, having had issue, one daughter:
            • (i) Safia Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1868 (d/o the first wife). She d. 1895.
          • (a) ?Fatima Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. 1836. She d. before 1887. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (b) Aisha Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1844 (d/o Ruqaya Sultan Begum). m. … Shah. She d. 1909, having had issue, two sons and one daughter.
      • iii) Mirza Muhammad ‘Abdu’l Muqtadir Bahadur [Tughal Mirza]. m. Shahzadi Aziz un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Delhi, 4th July 1847), daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. He d. before 1823, having had issue, four sons and five daughters:
        • (1) Mirza Muhammad ‘Ala ud-din (s/o Aziz un-nisa Begum). m. Rahat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1818; d. after 1894). He was k. (executed) at Delhi, 1857, having had issue:
          • (a) Alamgir Mirza.
          • (a) Tukhlakha Sultan Zamani Begum Sahiba. m. (first) 1853 (div. 1858) remarried at Mecca, ca. 1874, Mirza Firuz Shah Bahadur (b. 1838; d. at Mecca, 17th December 1877), youngest son of Mirza Nizam Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Nawababadi Begum Sahiba, daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Salim Shah Bahadur. m. (second) Ahmad, a sailor. m. (third) her first husband - see above. She d. at Bombay, 26th August 1893, having had issue - see below.
        • (2) Mirza Ulugh Sultan [Mirza Sahib]. Engaged in 1808 to Mah Sultan Begum Sahiba [Mukholi Begum] (d. 1883), eldest daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares.
        • (3) Mirza Ahmad Sultan Bahadur (s/o Aziz un-nisa Begum). m. (first) 1808, Jahan Sultan Begum Sahiba [Moti Begum] (d.s.p. at Delhi, before 1820), second daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares. m. (second) Sohag un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Delhi, 27th November 1882). He d. at Delhi, 22nd April 1848, having had issue, a son:
          • (a) Mirza Ibrahim Sultan Bahadur. b. at Delhi, ca. 1846 (s/o Sohag un-nisa Begum). He d. 1902, having had issue, two sons:
            • (i) Mirza Ismail Sultan Bahadur.
            • (ii) Mirza Ilyas Sultan Bahadur.
        • (4) Mirza Baha ud-din Bahadur. m. 1820, Mah Sultan Begum Sahiba [Mukholi Begum] (d. 1883), eldest daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares. He had issue, a son:
          • (a) Mirza ‘Umar Sultan Bahadur. m. Husain Jahan Begum Sahiba, a cousin. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
            • (i) Mirza Muhammad Sultan Bahadur.
            • (i) Mah Munir Begum Sahiba.
            • (ii) Salima Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Muhammad Zia ud-din, son of Mirza Muhammad Aziz ud-din Bahadur, Surur, by his first wife, Quraisha Sultan Begum Sahiba [Agha Begum], second daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Jahangir Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, three sons and one daughter – see below.
        • (1) A daughter who d. at Delhi, 24th August 1788.
        • (2) Aisha Sultan Begum Sahiba (d/o Aziz un-nisa Begum). She d. (unm?) at Delhi, 1st January 1851.
        • (3) Fatima Sultan Begum Sahiba (d/o Aziz un-nisa Begum). She d. (unm?) at Delhi, 1858.
        • (4) Ruqiya Sultan Begum Sahiba (d/o Aziz un-nisa Begum). m. a cousin. She d. at Delhi, 25th august 1856, having had issue.
        • (5) Muhammadi Begum (d/o Aziz un-nisa Begum). Same as one of the above? m. as his first wife, Farhat Bakht Bahadur (d. ca. 1840) - see below.
      • iv) A stillborn child. b. ca. 1758.
      • v) Wajih Sultan Begum Sahiba. She d. at Benares, 14th April 1824. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • vi) Qutlaq Sultan Begum Sahiba [Jiuna Begum]. b. at Delhi, 1750. m. as his first wife, Shahzada Jawan Bakht Bahadur, Jahandar Shah Bahadur (b. at Delhi, 1749; d.v.p. at the Shiwala Palace, Benares, 31st May 1788), eldest son and Heir Apparent of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India, by his wife, H.H. Nawab Taj Mahal Begum Sahiba, sister of Nawab Sayyid Akbar ‘Ali Khan. She d. at Benares, 20th October 1818, having had issue - see below.
      • vii) Fakhira Sultan Begum Sahiba.
    • b) Mirza Muhammad Iftikhar ud-din Bahadur [Mirza Burati Sahib]. m. (first) a daughter of Emperor Alamgir II. m. (second) Hama Khanum, a daughter of Zainal-Abidin. He had issue:
      • i) Mirza Abu Nasir Bahadur. b. before 1754 (s/o Emperor Alamgir II’s daughter). He had issue, three sons:
        • (1) Muhammad Muzaffar Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, four sons and two daughters:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammad Qamar ud-din. m. Amir un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1811; d. after 1862).
          • (b) Mirza Mahrukh. He had issue, two sons:
            • (i) Mirza Akbar.
            • (ii) Mirza Babur. Deported to Kyaukmyo, Burma, 1859.
          • (c) Mirza ‘Abdu’llah.
          • (d) Mirza Muhammad Ala ud-din. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
            • (i) Mirza Zahir ud-din. m. Farzana Khanum Sahiba (b. ca. 1831; d. after 1862).
            • (i) Bilqis uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1830. She d. after 1891.
          • (a) Muhabat Ara Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1800. She d. after 1862. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (b) Sa’adat Ara Begum Sahiba.
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Zaffar Bakht Bahadur. He d. before 1848, having had issue, a son:
          • (a) Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Bahadur. m. Fazilat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1813; d. after 1862).
        • (3) Mirza Ghulam Husain Bahadur. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
          • (a) Mirza ‘Abdu’l Baqi Bahadur.
          • (b) Mirza ‘Abdu’llah Bahadur.
          • (a) Haji Begum Sahiba.
      • ii) Mirza Muhammad Ilahi Bakhsh Bahadur [Mirza Jan]. m. (first) at Delhi, ca. 1808, Quraisha Sultan Begum Sahiba [Imami Begum] (d. after 1856), sixth daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares. m. (second) before 1820, Asida Sultan Begum Sahiba (d. ca. 1860), eighth daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares. m. (third) Amina Khanum Sahiba (b. ca. 1801; d. after 1862). He had issue, five sons and one daughter:
        • (1) Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Bahadur. m. (first) Qabir un-nisa Begum Sahiba, second daughter of Mirza Nusrat Bakhsh Bahadur. m. (second) Fahim un-nisa Khanum (b. ca. 1814; d. after 1862). m. (third) Chuti Khanum (b. ca. 1819; d. after 1862). m. (fourth) Mubarak un-nisa Khanum (b. ca. 1821; d. after 1862).
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Kadir Bakhsh Bahadur. An Urdu poet under the nom de plume of Mauzun. Imprisoned for his part in the Indian Mutiny. m. (first) at Mecca, 1851, Nawab Aisha Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. at Benares, 1825; d. at Benares, 27th May 1893), widow of Mirza Muhammad Khushru Bahadur, and elder daughter of daughter of Mirza Mahmud Jan, Buland Akhtar Bahadur, by a concubine. m. (second)? Faiz un-nisa Khanum (b. ca. 1816; d. after 1862). m. (third)? Hayat un-nisa Begum (b. ca. 1812; d. after 1862). He d. in prison, at Delhi, October 1857, having had issue, a son:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammad Sa’adat Sultan, Karim Bakhsh Bahadur. m. Said un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1840; d. after 1862). He d. after 1898.
        • (3) Mirza Sultan Khushru Bahadur. m. Musharraf un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1829; d. after 1862).
        • (4) Mirza ‘Ali Bakht Bahadur.
        • (5) Mirza Muhammad Musharraf ud-din Bahadur. He had issue, a son:
          • (a) Amir ul-Mulk, Mirza Muhammad Bulaqi Bahadur. Envoy to the Shah of Persia in 1857.
        • (1) Jahan Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1816 (d/o Quraisha Begum). m. Muhammad Kadir Bakhsh Bahadur [Mirza Mungli] (b. at the Red Fort, Delhi, 1809; d. there, 1882), second son of Mukarram Bakht Bahadur, by his first wife, a daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. She d. 1867, having had issue - see below.
      • iii) A s/o Hama Khanum. b. 1756 (possibly the same as Ilahi Bakhsh).
    • c) Mirza Sungeen [Sungi?]. m. a daughter of Khurshid ‘Ali Khan. He d. before 1814, having had issue, two sons:
      • i) Mirza Muhammad Shuja ud-din [Siraj ud-din?]. b. 1756? She had issue, two sons:
        • (1) Mirza Muhammad Alim ud-din.
        • (2) Shuja ul-Mulk. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • ii) Mirza Jawad. b. 1756? He had issue, seven daughters:
        • (1) Jahangira Begum Sahiba.
        • (2) Mulka Begum Sahiba. b. 1790. She d. after 1862.
        • (3) Nawab Sikandar uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1796. She d. after 1862.
        • (4) Ladu Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1801. She d. after 1862.
        • (5) Jumla Begum Sahiba.
        • (6) Imami Begum Sahiba.
        • (7) Husaini Begum Sahiba.
    • d) Mirza Muhammad Khurd Bahadur. He had issue, six sons and four daughters:
      • i) Mirza Nusrat Bakht Bahadur. m. Shahzadi Azmat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. before 1843), daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
        • (1) Mirza Farhat Bakht Bahadur. m. (first) Muhammadi Begum Sahiba, ninth daughter of Muhammad ‘Abdu’l Muqtadir Mirza [Tughal Mirza], by his wife, Shahzadi Aziz un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. m. (second) Rahim Bakhsh Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1812; d. after 1862). m. (third) Amir un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1801; d. after 1862). He d. ca. 1840, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammad Rahat Bakhsh Bahadur (s/o Muhammadi Begum?).
          • (a) Gul Zari Begum Sahiba.
        • (1) Jahan Parwar Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1786. m. as his first wife, Tahmasp Shikoh (b. ca. 1786; d. before 1857). She had issue - see below.
        • (2) Qabir un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. as his first wife, Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Bahadur, eldest son of Mirza Muhammad Ilahi Bakhsh Bahadur [Mirza Jan] - see above.
      • ii) Mirza Muhammad Qutb ud-din Bahadur. He d. before 1848, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
        • (1) Mirza Muhammad Munawar Bakht Bahadur. m. Bakhsh Khanum Sahiba (b. ca. 1811; d. after 1862). He d. after 1840.
        • (1) Muhammadi Begum.
        • (2) Haji Begum. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • iii) Mirza Mukarram Bakht Bahadur. m. (first) a daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. m. (second) Gumani Khanum (b. ca. 1807; d. after 1862). He had issue, four sons:
        • (1) Mirza Buland Bakht Bahadur [Bulundey?]. An Urdu poet under the nom de plume of Fida. m. (?) Bakhtawar un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Munjli Begum] (d. at Delhi, 1898), second daughter of Mirza Karim ud-din. He (was k. (executed) for his part in the Indian Mutiny, 1858, having) had issue, three sons and two daughters:
          • (a) Bahadur Mirza. m. Mubarak un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1837; d. after 1862).
          • (b) Mirza Wala Shikoh Bahadur. m. (first) ? Piari Begum [Burati Begum], daughter of Mirza Roshan ud-din Bahadur. m. (second) Ladu Khanum (b. ca. 1837; d. after 1862). He had issue, a daughter.
          • (c) Mirza Usman Bahadur. b. 1846.
          • (a) Muhammudin Begum Sahiba. b. 1834.
          • (b) Sugra Begum Sahiba. b. 1848.
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Kadir Bakhsh Bahadur [Mirza Mungli Sahib]. b. at the Red Fort, Delhi, 1809 (s/o Emperor Shah Alam’s daughter). An Urdu poet under the nom de plume of Sabir. m. (first) Jahan Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1816; d. 1867), daughter of Mirza Muhammad Ilahi Bakhsh Bahadur, by his first wife, Quraisha Sultan Begum Sahiba, sixth daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu’azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares. m. (second) a daughter of Mirza Muhammad Sipihr Shikoh Bahadur. He d. at Delhi, 1882, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammad ‘Umar Sultan, Kaiser Bakht Bahadur. b. at the Red Fort, Delhi, ca. 1841 (s/o Jahan Sultan Begum). An Urdu poet under the nom de plume of Faruj. m. (first) at Benares, 1863, Humayun Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. at Benares, 1845; d. there, 23rd June 1908), daughter of Mirza Muhammad Faiz ud-din, Said Bakht Bahadur [Mirza Piari Sahib], by his wife, Nawab Iftikhar us-Zamani Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Kaikhushru Jalal Bahadur. m. (second) Mu’azzam un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1844; d. after 1862). m. (third) Lakshmi (b. ca. 1827?; d. after 1862). m. (fourth) Tashuk un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1822; d. after 1862). m. (fifth) Sarfaraz un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1822; d. after 1862). He d. at Benares, after 1885, having had issue, five sons and four daughters:
            • (i) Mirza Wala Bakht Bahadur. m. Hamida Sultan Begum Sahiba (d. 20th March 1905), daughter of Mirza Nadir Bakht Bahadur. He d. at Benares, 1899, having had issue, one son and four daughters:
              • 1. Mirza Muhammad Ja’afar Bakht Bahadur. b. at Benares, 1898. m. Halima Sultan Begum Sahiba, third daughter of his uncle, Mirza Latif Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
                • a. Mirza Mustafa Bakht Bahadur. m. Husan Ara Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Jamandar Bakht Bahadur. He has issue, one daughter:
                  • i. Bibi Begum Sahiba. Resident in Pakistan.
                • b. Mirza Murtaza Bakht Bahadur.
                • a. Ruqaya Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 1. Alima Sultan Begum Sahiba [Saliha]. b. at Benares, 1891. m. 4th August 1903, Mirza Munawar Shikoh, a cousin. She d. at Benares, 2nd July 1907, having had issue, one daughter:
                • a. Anisa Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. at Benares, 3rd December 1904. m. Mirza Shahud Bakht Bahadur (b. at Benares, 1900), eldest son of her maternal uncle, Mirza Latif Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Anwar Sultan Begum Sahiba, third daughter of Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see below.
              • 2. Qamar Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. at Benares, 1892. m. Mirza Shams ud-din Bakht Bahadur, second son of Mirza Riaz ud-din Bakht Bahadur [Shabhu Mirza], by his wife, Aziza Sultan Begum Sahiba, second daughter of Mirza Muhammad ‘Umar Sultan, Kaiser Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, four sons and two daughters - see above.
              • 3. Amir Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. at Benares, 1895. She d. unm. 1912.
              • 4. Asma Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. at Benares, 1899. m. (first) Jalal ud-din Bakht Bahadur (d. 1935), eldest son of Sadr ud-din Bakht Bahadur. m. (second) Bakhtiar ud-din Bakht Bahadur, eldest son of Riaz ud-din Bakht Bahadur [Shabhu Mirza], by his wife, Aziza Sultan Begum Sahiba, second daughter of Muhammad ‘Umar Sultan, Kaiser Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, two sons and one daughter by her first husband and further issue by her second - see above.
            • (ii) Mirza Latif Bakht Bahadur. m. Anwar Sultan Begum Sahiba, third daughter of Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur. He d. at Benares, 15th January 1920, having had issue:
              • 1. Mirza Shahud Bakht Bahadur. b. at Benares, 1900. m. Anisa Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. at Benares, 3rd December 1904), daughter of Mirza Munawar Shikoh, by his wife, Alima Sultan Begum Sahiba [Saliha], eldest daughter of Mirza Wala Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
                • a. Mirza Iqbal ud-din. b. at Benares, 1928. m. Tanveer Jahan Begum Sahiba (b. at Dehli, 1938), daughter of Mirza Mahmud Sultan Taimuri, by his wife, Taimur Jahan Begum Sahiba. He had issue, four sons and three daughters:
                  • i. Mirza Salim ud-din. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 18th June 1957. m. (first) at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 7th November 1987, Asma Rani Begum Sahiba (b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 18th June 1961; d. there, 6th December 2006), daughter of his maternal uncle, Mirza Amir Sultan Taimuri, by his wife, Fahmida Begum, daughter of Syed Muhammad Latif. m. (second) at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 11th July 2018, Rahila Begum Sahiba [Rahila Temuri] (b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 16th July 1971), daughter of ‘Abdu’r Rashid Siddiqui, by his wife, Musarrat Jahan Begum, daughter of Shaikh Barkat Hussain.
                  • ii. Mirza Naim ud-din. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 1958. m. Husna Begum Sahiba (b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 22nd July 1971), daughter of ‘Abdu’r Rashid Shamsi, by his wife Khurshid Bano Begum.
                  • iii. Mirza Nasim ud-din. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 1st January 1960.
                  • iv. Mirza Wasim ud-din. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 1963.
                  • i. Nasrin Iqbal Begum Sahiba. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 10th October 1969.
                  • ii. Nayyar Iqbal Begum Sahiba. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, November 1971.
                  • iii. Nahid Iqbal Begum Sahiba. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, November 1976.
                • a. Safia Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 2. Mirza Asad Bakht Bahadur. b. at Benares, 1908. m. Aisha Sultan Begum Sahiba, eldest daughter of his uncle, Mirza Mukarram Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
                • a. Mirza Ahsan Bakht Bahadur.
                • a. Amna Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 3. Mirza Babur Bakht Bahadur. b. at Benares, 1911. m. Akhtar Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. at Benares, 1912), third daughter of Mirza Ahsan Akhtar Bakht Bahadur [Mirza Bara Sahib], by his second wife, Umrao Begum.
              • 4. Mirza Khurd Bakht Bahadur. b. at Benares, 1915. m. Khadija Sultan Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Mirza Siraj ud-din Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Sajida Khatun. He has issue, four sons and three daughters:
                • a. Mirza Salim Bakht.
                • b. Mirza Uzair Bakht.
                • c. Mirza Ilyas Bakht.
                • d. Mirza Sarwar Bakht.
                • a. Humaira Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • b. Naeema Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • c. Shabina Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 1. Majida Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Sultan Muhammad Yusuf. She has issue, two sons and two daughters:
                • a. Sultan Ijaz Muhammad.
                • b. Sultan Imtiaz Muhammad.
                • a. Asida Sultan Begum Sahiba.
                • b. Sajida Sultan Begum Sahiba.
              • 2. Hafiza Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Ijaz Bakht, only son of Mirza Mukarram Bakht Bahadur - see below.
              • 3. Halima Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Muhammad Ja’afar Bakht Bahadur (b. at Benares, 1898), eldest son of her uncle, Mirza Wala Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, two sons and one daughter - see above.
            • (iii) Mirza Mukarram Bakht Bahadur. m. Munawar Sultan Begum Sahiba, fourth daughter Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, one son and three daughters:
              • 1. Mirza Ijaz Bakht. m. Hafiza Sultan Begum Sahiba, second daughter of his uncle, Mirza Latif Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Anwar Sultan Begum Sahiba, third daughter of Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur.
              • 1. Aisha Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Asad Bakht Bahadur (b. at Benares, 1908), second son of her uncle, Latif Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Anwar Sultan Begum Sahiba, third daughter of Mirza Nizam ud-din Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see above.
              • 2. Fatima Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. Ashraf ud-din Bakht Bahadur, eldest son of Mirza Jalal ud-din Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Asma Sultan Begum Sahiba, fourth daughter of Mirza Wala Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, one son and two daughters - see above.
              • 3. Naziri Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. (first) Mirza Muhammad Wali Bakht Bahadur, only son of Mirza Zakir ud-din Muhammad, Faridun Bakht Bahadur, by his first wife, Faridun us-Zamani Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Said Bakht Bahadur [Piari Sahib]. m. (second) Mirza Jahandar Bakht Bahadur. She d. at Benares, 1933, having had issue, one daughter by her first husband - see below.
            • (iv) Mirza Yawar Bakht Bahadur.
            • (v) Mirza Dawar Bakht Bahadur.
            • (i) Wahida Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. at Benares, 5th April 1881, Mirza Kabir us-Shuja Bakht Bahadur, a cousin. She d.s.p. 1882.
            • (ii) Aziza Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. at Benares, 5th April 1881, Mirza Riaz ud-din Bakht Bahadur [Shabhu Mirza] (d. 1930), son of Mirza Zia ud-din Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Salima Sultan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Baha ud-din. She had issue, two sons - see above.
            • (iii) Mihr Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. at Benares, 18xx, Mirza Imad ud-din Bakht Bahadur [Hadhu Mirza], second son of Mirza Zia ud-din Bakht Bahadur, by his wife, Salima Sultan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Baha ud-din. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see above.
            • (iv) Saida Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. at Benares, 18xx, Mirza Jamshid Bakht Bahadur (d. at Benares, 6th September 1909), second son of Mirza Nadir Bakht Bahadur. She had issue, one son and two daughters - see below.
          • (b) Shigufta Sultan Jahan Akhtar Bahadur. b. ca. 1841. m. ... She d. a widow after 1898, having had issue, a daughter:
            • (i) Muhammadi Begum Sahiba. m. ... She d. a widow after1897. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (c) [Nawab?] Azmat us-Zamani Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1838. m. ... She had issue, a daughter:
            • (i) Hamida Sultan Begum Sahiba.
          • (d) A daughter. m. at Delhi, 13th February 1852, Mirza Muhammad Zabir ud-din Bahadur (b. ca. 1838; d. before 1916), son of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Dara Bakht, Miran Shah Bahadur. She had issue - see below.
        • (3) Mirza Ghulam Fakhr ud-din. An Urdu poet under the name of Tahur.
        • (4) Mirza Muhammad Faiz ud-din.
      • iv) Mirza Ramazani Bahadur. He had issue, a son:
        • (1) Mirza Anwar Bakht Bahadur.
      • v) Mirza Ghulam Hyder Bahadur. m. Jahan Ara Begum Sahiba (d. before 1857), daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Sulaiman Shikoh Bahadur.
      • vi) Mirza Nazim ud-din Bahadur.
      • i) Nur un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She d. after 1848.
      • ii) Anjum un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She d. after 1848.
      • iii) Mendhu Begum Sahiba. She d. after 1836.
      • iv) Sungi Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1799. She d. after 1862.
    • e) Mirza Kuchuk. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • f) Mirza Muhammad Sultan Bahadur. m. Baha un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. after 1836). He had issue:
      • i) Mirza Muhammad Muhiyar. m. Nawab Nuwaid Afruz Banu Begum Sahiba (d.s.p. September 1836), daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah Jalal ud-din Abu’l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad ‘Ali Gauhar Shah-i-‘Alam II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. He d.s.p. after 1836.
      • ii) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Bahadur. m. Najib un-nisa Khanum (d. after 1836). m. (second?) Husain Afruz Banu Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1779; d. after 1838), daughter of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Sulaiman Shikoh Bahadur. He d. before 1836, having had issue:
        • (1) Mirza Muhammad Badi ul-Jamal. m. ? Jahan Afruz Banu Begum Sahiba [Mughlani Begum] (b. 1804; d. after 1859), youngest daughter of Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Bahadur. He had issue, two daughters:
          • (a) Karamat Sultan Begum Sahiba [Mughal Begum]. b. 1819 (d/o Jahan Afruz Banu Begum). m. Mirza Sikandar Bakht Bahadur. She d. after 1859, having had issue, one daughter:
            • (i) Muhammadi Begum Sahiba. b. 1849. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (b) Sa’adat Sultan Begum Sahiba. b. 1834 (d/o Jahan Afruz Banu Begum). m. (?) Ahmed Mirza. She had issue, two daughters:
            • (i) Hatim Begum Sahiba. b. 1848.
            • (ii) Munawar Begum Sahiba. b. 1853.
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Kabir ud-din. m. Karim un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1803; d. after 1862). He d. after 1833.
        • (3) Mirza Muhammad Kashif ud-din. m. (first) Wasila Khanum (b. ca. 1797; d. after 1862). m. (second) Gumani Khanum (b. ca. 1803; d. after 1862). He d. after 1855.
        • (4) ? Mirza Ramzani Bahadur.
        • (5) Mirza ‘Ali Kadir. He may have had issue, a son:
          • (a) ? Imam Bakhsh Mirza. b. ca. 1836. He d. after 1907.
        • (1) Husaini Begum Sahiba.
        • (2) Muhammadi Begum Sahiba.
        • (3) Zur Afruz Begum Sahiba.
      • iii) Mirza Bakhtawar. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
        • (1) Mirza Bismillah.
        • (1) Kadira Sultan Begum Sahiba [Muhammadi Begum]. b. ca. 1833. She d. after 1862.
    • g) Mirza Durrani. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • h) Mirza Jawad. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • a) A daughter. m. Mirza Babur.
    • b) Bakht un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Muhammad Harun, Hidayat Bakhsh Bahadur (b. ca. 1736; d. after 1814). She had issue - see below.
  • 3) Muizz ud-Daula, Shahzada Muhammad ‘Aziz ud-din Bahadur, who succeeded as H.M. ‘Abdu’l-Adil Muhammad ‘Aziz ud-din ‘Alamgir II Padshah, Emperor of India (s/o Anup Bai) - see below.
  • 4) ‘Izz ud-Daula, Shahzada Muhammad ‘Izz ud-din Bahadur. b. 1691. He d. in confinement at Delhi, 26th July 1738 n.s., probably having had issue:
    • a) ?A daughter. m. 1757, H.M. Inayat-i-Ilahi Sultan Timur Shah Bahadur, Padshah-i-Ghazi, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan (b. at Mashhad, Persia, December 1746; d. 18th May 1793), son of H.M. Sultan Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Padshah-i-Ghazi, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan. She had issue, - see Afghanistan (Durrani).
  • 1) Nawab Iffat Ara Begum Sahiba. A gifted musician. m. at the age of seventeen, Nawab Sarbuland Khan [Khwaja Musa Sultan Muiz ud-din] (b. at Turan, before 28th August 1672; d. at Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 9th August 1739 n.s.), migrated to India and entered the Mughal service under Aurangzeb, who appointed to an Imperial mansab of 1,000 and conferred on him the title of Nawab Sarbuland Khan, he later supported Azam Shah’s bid for the Imperial throne, son of Nawab Sarbuland Khan [Khwaja Yakub Naqshabandi Bukhari], a descendant of Sayyid Amir Kalal [Kulal Sokhari], spiritual preceptor of the sufi leader, Khwaja Baha ud-din Naqshbandi Bukhari. She had issue, four sons:
    • a) Sultan Muhammad ‘Isa [Pisar-i-Kalan Sahib] (eldest son according to Azfari). He d. at Delhi, before 26th February 1743, having had issue, three sons:
      • i) Sultan Muhammad Yusuf. He d. at the Red Fort, Delhi, a few years before 1795, having had issue, two sons:
        • (1) Shahzada Mirza Sultan Muhammad Taj ud-din Bahadur. Granted the style of Shahzada by the British authorities in Madras, before 9th February 1810. m. (first) the shadi wife. m. (second) Ramazani Begum Sahiba (d. 1st January 1844). He d. at Madras, 8th April 1820, having had issue, seven sons and a daughter:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammad Miraj ud-din Bahadur [Mirza Hinga] (s/o the first wife). m. (first) Karim-un-Nisa [Chhoti Bi] (b. ca 1809; d. after 1857). m. (second) Husaini Begum (d. before 1857). m. (a) Zafaran (d. after 1853). He d. at Madras, 17th January 1849, having had issue, two sons and a daughter:
            • (i) Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim Bahadur. b. ca 1832 (s/o Zafaran). He d. after 1886.
            • (ii) Mirza Muhammad Kassin ‘Ali Bahadur. b. ca 1837 (s/o Chhoti Bi). He d. before 1857
            • (i) Qadr-un-Nisa Begum Sahiba. b. ca 1834 (d/o Zafaran). m. Ghulam Husain. She d. after 1886.
          • (b) Mirza Farkhunda Bakht Bahadur [Mirza Dhinga] (s/o the first wife). m. (first) Sharaf-un-Nisa Begum Sahiba (d.s.p. before 1857). m. (second) Mehr Banu Begum Sahiba (d.s.p.). He d. at Madras, 26th April 1843. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (c) Mirza Muhammad Minhaj ud-din Rajab ‘Ali Bahadur (s/o Ramazani Begum). m. Manjan Bi (d. 15th October 1871). He d. 20th February 1863, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
            • (i) Mirza Zia Bakhsh Bahadur.
            • (ii) Mirza ... He settled in Pondicherry.
            • (i) Amat un-nisa Begum Sahiba.
            • (ii) Husaini Begum Sahiba.
          • (d) Mirza Juma (s/o Ramazani Begum). m. Kulsum Bai (d. at Madras, 3rd January 1847). He d. at Madras, 4th December 1845, having issue, one daughter:
            • (i) Ladli Begum Sahiba. b. ca 1817. She d. after 1857.
          • (e) Mirza Khirat ‘Ali Bahadur (s/o Ramazani Begum). m. Amin Bibi (d. at Madras, 19th August 1846). He d. at Madras, 20thDecember 1832, having had issue, three daughters:
            • (i) Qadr Padshah Begum Sahiba. b. ca 1824. She d. after 1857.
            • (ii) Sarwar Padshah Begum Sahiba. b. ca 1827. She d. after 1857.
            • (iii) Lal Padshah Begum Sahiba. b. ca 1830. She d. after 1857. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (f) Mirza Sa’adat ‘Ali Bahadur (s/o Ramazani Begum). m. (first) Sahiba (b. ca 1792). m. (a) Muhi ud-din Bai (b. ca 1832). He d. 19th June 1852.
          • (g) Mirza Firuz ‘Ali Bahadur (s/o Ramazani Begum). m. Rodah Begum (b. before 1857). m. (a) Majan Bi (d. after 1857). He d. at Madras, 18thOctober 1833, having issue, one son and one daughter:
            • (i) Mirza Nauroz ‘Ali Bahadur. b. ca 1824 (s/o Rodah Begum). He d. before 1855.
            • (i) Chandni Begum Sahiba. b. ca 1829 (s/o Rodah Begum). She d. after 1857.
          • (a) Badr un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d/o Ramazani Begum). She d. before 1844.
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Zafar ud-din, Husain Bakhsh Bahadur. Man of letters, settled at Lucknow. He d. after 1794.
      • ii) Sultan Muhammad Wali [Manjhle Mian Sahib or the second born]. m. (first) at Delhi, Asmat un-nisa Begum (d. at Madras, 19thOctober 1801), taken to Madras by her son, daughter of a gentleman from the great Sufi family of Khwaja ‘Abu’l ‘Ula’, Khwaja Muhammad Mah, and Khwaja Nurullah Naqshbandi Akbarabadi, by his wife, a daughter of H.M. Abu’l-Muzaffar Nasir ud-din Muhammad Shah Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India, by his wife, H.H. Nawab Taj Mahal Begum Sahiba. m. (second) ... He d. at the Red Fort, Delhi, 1stDecember 1795, having had issue, three sons and a daughter:
        • (1) Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Zahir ud-din ‘Ali Bakht Bahadur [Mirza-i-Kalan Sahib]. b. at the Red Fort, Delhi, before 5thSeptember 1758 n.s. (s/o Asmat un-nisa Begum), educ. privately. Fled from Delhi after the Rebellion of Ghulam Kadir Rohilla in 1788, to Jaipur, Jodhpur and Rampur, then to Lucknow in 1789, then to Madras in Jumadi 1797 via Benares, Azeemabad, Murshidabad, Burdwan and Calcutta. A distinguished poet and autobiographer who was learned in Turkic, Arabic, Persian and Urdu. He had been kept prisoner in the Salatin for 30 years but managed his escape to Jaipur in 1788, lived at Lucknow until 1797, whence he roamed from one Muslim court to another, writing under the nome de plume of Azfari Gurgani. Author of “Lughat-i Turki-i Chaghatay”, “Mizan at-Turki”, “Vaqicat-i Azfari”, “Marghub al-Fu’ad” (1794), “Tengri-Tari”, etc. Granted the style of Shahzada by the British authorities in Madras before 9th February 1810 and a pension. m. (first) Abida Begum Sahiba (d. at Mylepore, Madras, 7thMay 1834). m. (second) at Madras, 16thJuly 1798 (nikah), Baji Bibi [Khurd Mahal Sahiba], daughter of a Pathan. He d. at Mylepore, Madras, 30th May 1820, having had issue, two daughters by his first wife (remained in Lucknow) and two sons and one daughter by his nikah wife:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammad Burhan ud-din, Wala Bakht Bahadur [Mirza Jani]. b. at Madras, 5th May 1799 (s/o Khurd Mahal). m. (first) Daulat Afza Begum Sahiba (b. ca 1814; d. at Madras, 11thAugust 1846). m. (second) Karim (b. ca 1813; d. after 1886). He d. at Madras, 14th June 1841 (bur. there), having had issue, a daughter:
            • (i) Amat-ul-Fatima Begum. b. at Madras, ca 1834. She d. after 1888. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (b) Mirza Muhammad Qasim ud-din, ‘Ala Bakht Bahadur. b. at Madras, ca 1804 (s/o Khurd Mahal).m. Ladli Begum [Dulhan Begum] (d. after 1857). He d. at Madras, 30th May 1820 (bur. there).
          • (a) Said un-nisa Abida Begum. b. at Lucknow (d/o Abida Begum). m. (first) Sarfaraz ud-Daula, Nawab Hasan Reza Khan Bahadur (d.s.p. before 4th May 1802). m. (second) at Madras, December 1804, as his second wife, Amir ud-Daula, Nawab ‘Abdu’l Kadir Khan Bahadur, Amir Jang (d. at Madras, 19th October 1819, bur. Arcot), third son of Nawab Ghulam Pir Muhammad Khair ud-din Khan Bahadur, Nazim Jang, by his wife, Sahibzadi Karim un-nisa Begum [Nawab Hazrat Kamu Begum Sahiba], daughter of H.E. Amin us-Sultanat, Siraj ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Khan-i-Jahan Anwar ud-din Khan Bahadur, Shahamat Jang, Subadar of the Carnatic Payeen Ghat. She d. before 1834, having had issue, one son and one daughter – see India Pensioners (Arcot).
          • (b) Wajihat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. at Lucknow before 3rd January 1797 (d/o Abida Begum). She d. unm. at Madras, before 1834.
          • (c) Sarah Begum Sahiba [Begum Jani]. b. at Madras, 20th September 1801 (s/oKhurd Mahal). m. as his first wife, Mirza Ilahi Bakhsh Bahadur (d. at Madras, 21st January 1837), elder son of her paternal uncle, Mirza Muhammad Jalal ud-din Bahadur. She had issue - see below.
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Jalal ud-din Bahadur [Chhote Mirza] (s/o the first wife). Expelled from Delhi and joined his brother at Lucknow 1790. Removed to Murshidabad. He d. from cancer, at Murshidabad, 1819, having had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:
          • (a) Mirza Ilahi Bakhsh Bahadur. Settled in Madras 1815, where he was granted a pension by the HEIC. m. (first) Sara Begum Sahiba [Begum Jani] (b. at Madras, 20thSeptember 1801), youngest daughter of his paternal uncle, Mirza Muhammad Zahir ud-din ‘Ali Bakht Bahadur [Mirza Kalan Sahib], by his second wife, Khurd Mahal Sahiba. m. (second) at Lucknow, before 1815, Sultan Dulhan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Roshan ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Husain Khan Bahadur, sometime Prime Minister of Oudh. m. (third) Bahu Begum Sahiba (d.s.p.). m. (a) Amir Bai [Ladli Sahiba] (d.s.p.). He d. at Madras, 21stJanuary 1837 (bur. there), having had issue, a son and a daughter:
            • (i) Mirza Sultan Bakhsh Bahadur (s/o Sara Begum). m. (first) Bakhtawar Begum Sahiba. m. (second) (div.) Khusrau Zamani Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Mahmud Bakht Bahadur. He d. at Madras, 26thApril 1888, having had issue, three sons, including:
              • 1. Mirza Sikandar Bakhsh [Mirza Sikandar Buksh]. m. (furst) Ilyat un-nisa Begum. m. (second) Shanaz Begum. He had issue, two sons:
                • a. Mirza Muhammad Munavar Buksh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
                • b. The Hon Mirza Salim Buksh. b. at Madras, 28th April 1884 (s/o Shanaz Begum), educ. Madras Univ. Joined Colonial Service in Fiji 1910, Hindustanti and Tamil Interpreter Supreme Court of Fiji, Revenue Officer, Second Class Clerk Colonial Sec’s Dept 1931, Assist to District Comr 1935, retd 1939, re-employed 1941, Clerk of the Supreme Court 1941-1946, Repatriation Officer 1946-1947, JP 1947, Indian nominated MLC 1947-1950, Fiji Delegate to South Pacific Conference. Mbr Indian Reform League 1924, Fiji Muslim League 1926. Rcvd: Fiji Certificate of Honour and Medal (1952), King George V Jubilee Medal (1935), and Queen Elizabeth Coron Medal (1953). m. (first) at Madras, ... Begum. m. (second) at Ruva, Viti Levu, Fiji, 18th December 1911, Helen Bertha Massey (b. at Matapiro, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, 1889) (no issue). m. (third) in Fiji, 1918, Sarah Florence (b. at Wainunu, Vanualevu, Fiji, 19th March 1898; d. 1971), eldest daughter of George Foxton Whippy, of Wainunu, Savusavu, Fiji, by his wife, Nellie, second daughter of Samuel Avery St John, of Bau, Fiji, and originally from New York, USA). He d. at Lautoka, Fiji, 27th July 1967, having had issue, eight sons and four daughters, including:
                  • i. Mirza Feroze Buksh. b. at Madras (s/o the first wife). m. Razia Begum. He had issue, six daughters:
                    • 1a. Noor Jahan Begum. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
                    • 2a. Jahanara Begum.
                    • 3a. Saleema Begum.
                    • 4a. Khursheed Begum.
                    • 5a. Zubeida Begum.
                    • 6a. Shireen Begum [Jayalakshmi]. Converted to Hinduism, adopted the name of Jayalakshmi, and became a Tamil film actress.
                  • ii. Mirza Alexander Buksh. b. at Navua, Fiji, 19th July 1919 (s/o Sarah). m. (first) ... Khan. m. (second) at Suisan, Solano, California, USA, 6th December 1975 (div. there, 9th February 1982) Georgia Ann Birch (b. at Sacramento, California, USA, 20th July 1947), former wife of Jack Creedon Kulp, and daughter of ... Birch, by his wife, ..., nee Kastanes. He d. at Suisan, Solano, California, USA, 3rd December 1989 (bur. there at Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery), having had issue by his first wife:
                    • 1a. Mirza Salim Buksh. b. at Alameda, California, USA, 6th September 1958 (s/o Khan). m. (div.) Nazmeen Nisha Mohammed (b. 1960; m. second, at Reno, Nevada, USA, 19th October 1986, Raymond Mohammed Sadiq), nee Dean. He has issue, two daughters:
                      • 1b. Shamira Naz Buksh. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 24th September 1983, educ. Shorewood High Sch, Shoreline Community Coll, and the Univ of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. Finance Analyst at Boeing. m. 15th August 2009, David Morgan. She has issue, one daughter.
                      • 2b. Shamia Nahid Buksh [Mia]. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 26th December 1985, educ. Shorewood High Sch, and the Univ of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
                  • iii. Mirza Namrud Buksh [Lulu Buksh] (third child). b. at Navua, Fiji, January 1925 (s/o Sarah). Joined Colonial Service in Fiji, Customs Officer, retired and became one of Fiji’s proncipal auctioneers, later announcer and broadcaster with Fiji Broadcasting Corp Ltd and FM96. Chair Lulu Buksh Investments Ltd, Lulu Buksh Auctioneers Ltd and Lulu Buksh Mart Ltd. m. (first) Amy (m. second, Tom Naceba), daughter of Alfred Tukai Whippy, by his wife, Lilian, daughter of John Shackley. m. (second) Sera Tupa, daughter of Taniela Tupa, by his wife, Julia. m. (third) Molly McNelly. m. (a) Freda Jennings. He d. at Lami, Fiji, 29th November 2007, having had issue, six sons and nine daughters:
                    • 1a. Mirza Farouk Buksh [Frank Buksh] (s/o Amy). Settled in Perth, Western Australia 1980. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
                      • 1b. Akram Buksh.
                      • 2b. Ikraam Buksh, educ. Animo Inglewood Charter High Sch, Inglewood, California, USA. m. Magmoedah Buksh. He has issue, three sons and one daughters:
                        • 1c. Umar Buksh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
                        • 2c. Saleem Buksh.
                        • 3c. Yusuf Buksh.
                        • 1c. Hamida.
                      • 1b. Zainab. m. ... Ali.
                      • 2b. Fatima Buksh.
                    • 2a. Mirza Sean Farhad Buksh (s/o Amy). Security and Investigations Professional. m. Lice Veikoso. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:
                      • 1b. David Catanaivalu [Tex]. He has issue, a daughter:
                        • 1c. Mele Catanaivalu.
                      • 2b. Sean Atkins.
                      • 3b. Benjamin Veikoso.
                      • 4b. Roger Buksh.
                      • 1b. Amy Nichola Buksh.
                    • 3a. Mirza Ethan Buksh. b. 1984 (s/o Sara), educ. Suva Muslim Coll and the Univ of the South Pacific (LLB 2008), Fiji. m. Krystle Shahima Stoddart-Buksh, daughter of Raymond Stoddart, by his wife, Patricia. He has issue, one daughter:
                      • 1b. Asia Buksh.
                    • 4a. Mirza Tyrone Buksh (s/o Sara), educ. Suva Muslim Coll, and Yat Sen Sch, Fiji. Radio Supervisor with Capitol FM107/Vanuatu Times since 2011 m. (first) Avalon, daughter of Josaia Vulakauvaki, by his wife, Georgina, daughter of Johan Robert Johansen. m. (second) Cynthia Franconieri Haines, educ. St Margaret’s Anglican Girls Sch, Lyçée Françcais de Port Vila, Vanuatu, employed with Vanuatu Brewing Ltd, daughter of Patrick and Nadine Haines. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
                      • 1b. Tyrone Buksh.
                      • 1b. Ailah Buksh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
                    • 5a. Mirza Steven Buksh (s/o Molly), educ. Indian Coll, Suva, Fiji. MD Lulu Buksh Auctioneers Ktd. m. at Suva, 4th December 1994, Ida Mary Buksh, educ. St Joseph’s High Sch, and the Sch of Hotel & Catering, Suva, Mngr Rooms Dvsn at Holiday Inn Suva since 1984, daughter of Anthony Whippy, by his wife, Violet, daughter of Robert Hazelman. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
                      • 1b. Mirza Steven Clive Buksh, educ. the Univ of the South Pacific.
                      • 2b. Mirza William Anthony Buksh.
                      • 1b. Kayla Gail Molly Marie Buksh.
                    • 6a. John Gaul (s/o Molly).
                    • 1a. Farida Lucky Buksh (d/o Amy). m. at Reno,​ Nevada,​ USA, 20th June 1987, Benjamin Franklin Denson. She had issue, two sons and two daughters.
                    • 2a. Lilian (d/o Amy). m. Nigel Yee-Joy. She had issue, three sons and one daughter.
                    • 3a. Zara Ann Joyce Buksh (d/o Amy). Residential Real Estate Sales Exec with Premium Country Life in Auckland, New Zealand. m. Roger Foote. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
                    • 4a. Jacqueline Shireen Buksh (d/o Sara). Visa Consultant with Oneworld Flight Centre Ltd since 2009. m. (div.) Bernard Powell. She had issue, one daughter.
                    • 5a. Amina Sophia Doar (d/o Sara). m. Adam Halsey.
                    • 6a. Renae (d/o Sara), educ. Suva Muslim Coll, Fiji. Settled in Christchurch, New Zealand.
                    • 7a. Tulia Talatoka Thomas (d/o Molly). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
                    • 8a. Yesmin Buksh (d/o Amy), educ. Suva Grammar Sch, Fiji. Settled in Auckland, New Zealand.m. Eric Little.
                    • 9a. Nicky Healy Jennings (d/o Freda), Moorabbin High Sch, and Moorabbin Community Coll, Victoria, Australia. Mngr with the Commonwealth Bank in Sydney, Australia. She has issue, two sons.
                  • iv. Mirza Solomon Buksh. b. at Navua, Fiji (s/o Sarah). m. Clara Delores. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
                    • 1a. Mirza David Tim Buksh.
                    • 2a. Mirza Haroon Buksh. m. Suruj Mati (Manni). He had issue, three daughters:
                      • 1b. Bill Buksh. m. Parma Nand. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
                      • 1b. Zaveeni Christine. m. Nilesh Lal Adip. She has issue, two sons:
                      • 2b. Belinda Buksh.
                    • 1a. Horisha.
                  • i. Malik un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Begum Jan]. b. at Madras (d/o the first wife). Remained in India when her father emigrated to Fiji. m. Subedar Yakub Mohammed (d. at Aurangabad), late IA, brother of Shafee Mohammed (d. at Madras, 19th December 1954), sometime Sheriff of Madras, originally fron North Arcot, from the family of Sheikh Mohammed Sowcar, a zamindar in Vellore and Tirunelveli. She had issue, a son and a daughter:
                    • 1a. Mushtaq Mohammed, educ. Xavier Coll, Madras. He had issue, two sons and three daughters:
                      • 1b. Humayun Mohammed.
                      • 2b. Harun Mohammed.
                      • 1b. Naseem Banu.
                      • 2b. Shenaz Begum. b. at Madras, 10th July 19xx. m. Gani Aslam. She has issue, one son.
                      • 3b. Yasmin Banu.
                    • 1a. Bibi Jan. m. Jamsheed Buksh. She had one son and one daughter:
                      • 1b. Nizam Buksh.
                      • 1b. Zareena Begum.
                  • ii. Jamil un-nisa Begum [Jamilunnissa Buksh]. b. 1934 (d/o Sarah). Settled in California, USA in 1951.
              • 2. Mirza Khader Buksh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
              • 3. Mirza Illahi Buksh.
              • 4. Mirza Muhammad Buksh. He had issue, four daughters:
                • a. Fatima Begum.
                • b. Sadat un-nisa  Begum.
                • c. Chand Begum.
                • d. Samsan Begum.
            • (i) A d/o Sultan Dulhan Begum.
          • (b) Mirza Muhammad Kamal ud-din, Izad Bakhsh Bahadur. Settled in Madras 1815, where he was granted a pension by the HEIC. He d. at Madras, a few months after 21st January 1837.
        • (2) Mirza Muhammad Amin ud-din Bahadur [Amani Sahib] (s/o the second wife). Settled in Madras 1798. He d. at Madras, 26th September 1856 (bur. there), having had issue, three daughters:
          • (a) Rahim un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. Ghulam Ali. She d. after 1886.
          • (b) Kathjanth un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. as his first wife, Mirza Muhammad Shuja’at Bakht Bahadur (d. at Madras, 10th September 1879), younger son of Mirza Muhammad Buland Bakht Bahadur - see above.
          • (c) Habib un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Qadir Husain [Qadir Bakht] (b. ca 1830; d. after 1880), son of Mirza Muhammad Qasim ud-din, ‘Ala Bakht Bahadur [Jani Mirza], by his wife, Ladli Begum [Dulhan Begum]. She had issue - see above.
        • (3) Faiz un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d/o the first wife). m. Mirza Humayun Bakht Bahadur (d. at Mylapore, Madras, 29th September 1810), son of her paternal uncle, Sultan Muhammad Ibrahim. She d. at Mylapore, Madras, 20th December 1825 – see below.
      • ii) Sultan Muhammad Ibrahim. He d. at the Red Fort, Delhi, a few years before 1795, having had issue, one son:
        • (1) Mirza Humayun Bakht Bahadur. Settled in Madras under the protection of Nawab Wala Jah before 1795. m. (first) Faiz un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Mylapore, Madras, 20th December 1825), daughter of his paternal uncle, Sultan Muhammad Wali. m. (second) ... He d. at Mylapore, Madras, 29th September 1810), having had issue, one son and one daughter by his second wife, including:
          • (a) Mirza Sikandar Shikoh Nur ‘Ali Bahaur. He had issue, a son:
            • (i) Mirza Raushan Akhtar Bahadur. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • b) Wakil ul-Sultanat, Mukhtar ul-Mulk, Madar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Muhammad Yusuf ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. Wakil of the Nawab Wazir of Oudh. Adopted Shi’sm under the influence of the Nawab Wazir. m. Madani Begum. He had issue, including:
      • i) Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (possibly the same as Sayyid Ahmad ‘Ali Khan?). He had issue, including an eldest son:
        • (1) H.E. Madar ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid ‘Ali Naqi Khan Bahadur, Suhrab Jung. Deputy Chief Minister (Naib Madar ul-Muham) of Oudh 1847-1856. m. Gowhar Ara Begum Sahiba. He d. at Lucknow, December 1871, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
          • (a) Inayat ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Sajjad ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Dilairir Jang [Nawab Murza Sahib]. Mbr Dar ul-Salam (Lucknow). m. at Calcutta, 1863, Sahibzadi Sultan un-nisa Begum [Mumina Begum] (b. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 11th February 1851; d. there, before 1873), daughter of H.H. Faridun Jah, Muntazim ul-Mulk, Mohsin ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mansur ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Nusrat Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, by his second wife, Nawab Malika uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba [Hajjiya Begum], daughter of Sayyid Mansur [Haji Masum]. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
            • (i) Sayyid Jafar ‘Ali Khan [Nawab Huzoor Mirza Bahadur].
            • (ii) Sayyid Muhammad Husain ‘Ali Khan [Nawab Jahandar Mirza Bahadur]. b. at Calcutta, 1872, educ. Calcutta Univ, and Lincoln’s Inn, London, Barr-at-Law 1897. Presdt Anjuman-i-Musalman-i-Bangala. m. Miriam Begum Sahiba [Miriam Meerza] (b. at Hackney, Mdsx, 1877, daughter of Sulaiman Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Vahid ‘Ali Mirza Bahadur [Nawab Jan], of Murshidabad, by his wife, Eliza Begum Sahiba, daughter of John McMullen, of Hackney, Mdsx.
            • (i) Nawab Sultanat Begum Sahiba. m. Nawab Mustafa ‘Ali Khan [Miran Sahib], of Sanai Bazar, Garden Reach, Calcutta.
          • (b) Zaigham ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Zainal Abidin Khan Bahadur. Author of “Tarikh-i-Qaisari” (1891). m. (first) at Calcutta, 1863, Nawab Badshah Begum Sahiba (b. at
            Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 16th May 1852; d. there, 1877), daughter of H.H. Faridun Jah, Muntazim ul-Mulk, Mohsin ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mansur ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Nusrat Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, by his first wife, H.H. Firdaus Mahal, Nawab Shams-i-Jahan Begum Sahiba, Gaddinashin Begum, CI, eldest daughter of Nawab Sayyid Ikram ud-din ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. m. (second) after the death of his first wife, Nawab Ummat ul-Fatima Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Muhammad Mehdi ‘Ali Khan. m. (1) Zohra Khanum (eloped or absconded from her husband‘s household), an Abyssinian lady presented to him by his father after his return from the Haj. He d. at Lucknow, 1st August 1898, having had issue, two sons and two daughters by his first wife, and two sons:
            • (i) (s/o Badshah).
            • (ii) (s/o Badshah).
            • (iii) Nawab Sultan Mirza (s/o Zohra). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
            • (iv) Nawab Sayyid Hashim ‘Ali Khan (s/o Ummat ul-Fatima).
            • (v) Nawab Sayyid Qasim ‘Ali Khan (s/o Ummat ul-Fatima).
            • (vi) Nawab Hasan Mirza (s/o a haram).
            • (i) A d/o Badshah, who d.v.p.
            • (ii) Sahibzadi Roshan Ara Begum (d/o Badshah). m. as his second wife, Prince (Shahzada) Kamyab Bakhsh, Mirza Muhammad Husain Bahadur (b. at Calcutta, 1869; d. there, 1912), son of H.M. Hazrat Khalid, Abu’l Mansur Nasir ud-din, Padshah-i-’Adil, Kaiser-i-Zaman, Arangha Sultan-i-’Alam, Muhammad Wajid ‘Ali Shah Bahadur, King of Oudh, by Nawab Dil Awaz Mahal Sahiba. She d. at Calcutta, 1904 – see India Pensioners (Oudh).
          • (a) Sahibzadi ... Ara Begum. m. ‘Ali Qadr, Mirza Inayat ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (b. at Lucknow, 1837; d. there, 29th March 1897, bur. Karbala Malika-i-Afaq ‘Askarain’, Makkagunj), son of Mohsin ud-Daula, Mumtaz ul-Mulk, Nawab Mirza Mohsin ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Ghazuffar Jung, KCSI, by his first wife, Nawab Sultan-i-Aliya Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.M. Abu’l Fath Muin ud-din Sultan uz-Zaman Naushirwan-i-Adil, Muhammad ‘Ali Shah Bahadur, King of Oudh – see India Pensioners (Oudh).
          • (b) Sahibzadi ... Ara Begum.
          • (c) Sahibzadi Raunaq Ara Begum [H.M. Malika-i-Awadh Nawab Raunaq Ara Begum Akhtar Mahal Sahiba]. b. at Lucknow, 1840. m. at Lucknow, 5th June 1851, H.M. Hazrat Khalid, Abu’l Mansur Nasir ud-din, Padshah-i-‘Adil, Kaiser-i-Zaman, Arangha Sultan-i-‘Alam, Muhammad Wajid ‘Ali Shah Bahadur, King of Oudh (b. at Lucknow, 30th July 1822; d. at Matiaburj, Garden Reach, Calcutta, 1st September 1887, bur. there at Imambara-i-Sibtainabad), second son of H.M Abu’l Zafar, Muslih ud-din, Sultan-i-‘Adil Khaqan-i-Zaman Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali Shah, Sipahr Shukoh Bahadur, King of Oudh, by his first wife, H.M. (Janab-i-Alia) Khatun Mua‘azzam Badshah Bahu Nawab Malika-i-Kishwar, Mukhtar-i-Alia, Fakhr uz-Zamani Nawab Taj Ara Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Hisam ud-din Khan Bahadur, of Kalpi. She d. at Garden Reach, Calcutta,7th November 1891 (bur. there at Imambara-i-Sibtainabad, Matiaburj), having had issue, two sons – see India Pensioners (Oudh).
          • (d) Sahibzadi Musarat Ara Begum [Nawab Musarat Ara Begum Sahiba] (d/o Gowhar Ara). m. at Lucknow, 18th October 1851, Prince (Shahzada) Faridun Qadr, Mirza Muhammad Hizabir ‘Ali Bahadur (b. at Lucknow, ca. 1846; d.v.p. at Calcutta, December 1886, bur. Imambara-i-Sibtainabad, Matiaburj, Calcutta), son of H.M. Hazrat Khalid, Abu’l Mansur Nasir ud-din, Padshah-i-‘Adil, Kaiser-i-Zaman, Arangha Sultan-i-‘Alam, Muhammad Wajid ‘Ali Shah Bahadur, King of Oudh, by Nawab Malika-i-Mulk Taj un-nisa Begum Mashuq Mahal Sahiba, daughter of Colonel Najb ud-Daula, Nawab Ghulam ‘Ali Khan Bahadur [Nathu Khan Jahani Dimini]. She had issue, two sons – see India Pensioners (Oudh).
      • ii) Sayyid Ahmad ‘Ali Khan. He had issue: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        • (1) Nawab Sayyid ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. m. Barati Khanum, daughter of George Simpson, by Sally Begum [Gori Bibi], wife of Mirza Muhammad Muzaffar Bakht Bahadur, of the Mughal Imperial House, ward of Major-General Saif ul-Mulk, Sharaf ud-Daula, Nawab Imtiaz Khan Bahadur, Shahamat Jung [George Martin], and natural daughter of Colonel Gabriel Harper, 19th Bengal NI and sometime Resident at the Court of Oudh. He had issue:
          • (a) H.H. Malika Muqqadara-i-Azma Nawab Alam Ara Begum Padshah Mahal Sahiba (cre. 1847), Nawab Azam Banu Begum Khas Mahal Sahiba (cre. 1837). b. at Lucknow, before 3rd September 1823, educ. privately. A peotess under the pen-name of ‘Alam’. m. at Shah Manzil, Lucknow, 14th November 1837, as his first wife, H.M. Hazrat Khalid, Abu’l Mansur Nasir ud-din, Padshah-i-‘Adil, Kaiser-i-Zaman, Arangha Sultan-i-‘Alam, Muhammad Wajid ‘Ali Shah Bahadur, King of Oudh (b. at Lucknow, 30th July 1822; d. at Matiaburj, Garden Reach, Calcutta, 1st September 1887, bur. there at Imambara-i-Sibtainabad), second son of H.M Abu’l Zafar, Muslih ud-din, Sultan-i-‘Adil Khaqan-i-Zaman Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali Shah, Sipahr Shukoh Bahadur, King of Oudh, by his first wife, H.M. Malika-i-Kishwar Bahadur, Mukhtar-i-Alia, Fakhr uz-Zamani Nawab Taj Ara Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Hisam ud-din Khan Bahadur, of Kalpi. She d. at Matiaburj, Garden Reach, Calcutta, 31st March 1894 (bur. there at Imambara-i-Sibtainabad), having had issue – see India Pensioners (Oudh).
          • (b) Sahibzadi Mushrif un-nisa Begam. She d. at Lucknow, 13th August 1895 (bur. there).
      • i) Sahibzadi Zinat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. at Patna, ca January 1769, Muqarrab ul-Khaqani, Mubariz ul-Mulk, Zia ud-Daula, Nawab Karim Quli Khan, Farzand Khan Bahadur, Tahawwar Jung, second son of H.H. Munir ul-Mulk, Munir ud-Daula, Nawab Reza Quli Khan Bahadur, Nadir Jung, sometime Chief Minister to Shah Alam II and Nazim of Allahabad and Kora. She had issue – see India Zamindars (Patna).
      • ii) Sahibzadi Afzal un-nisa Begum Sahiba [H.H. Nawab Afzal un-nisa Begum Sahiba] [Mahal-i-Khas]. m. at Lucknow, as his first wife, H.H. Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan, Yamin ud-Daula, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nawab Sa’adat ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mubariz Jang [Jannat Aramgah], Nawab Wazir of Oudh (b. before 17th February 1752; d. at the Farhat Bakhsh Palace, Lucknow, 11th July 1814, bur. Kaiser Bagh), second son of H.H. Shuja ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Jalal ud-din Hyder Khan Bahadur, Nawab Wazir of Oudh, by his mutai wife, H.H. Nawab Khurd Mahal Sahiba. She d. at Benares, 7th June 1826 – see India Pensioners (Oudh).
      • iii) Sahibzadi Azim un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. at Lucknow, 1811, as his first wife (div. at Lucknow, 1814), Nawab Sayyid Nasir ud-din Haidar Khan Bahadur (d. at Murshidabad, 23rd May 1821), eleventh son of H.H. Mutamid ul-Mulk, Mubaraq ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mubaraq ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jung, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. She d. at Murshidabad, March 1822, having had issue, a daughter – see India Pensioners (Murshidabad).
    • c) Khwaja Zakariya. Fl April 1706. He had issue, a son: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • i) Mirza Muhammad Yaqub. He had issue, a son:
        • (1) Mirza Muhammad Buland Bakht Bahadur. Fl 1833-41. He had issue, two sons:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammad Mahmud Bakht Bahadur. He had issue, a son and a daughter, including:
            • (i) ? Khusrau Zamani Begum Sahiba. m. as his second wife (div.) Mirza Sultan Bakhsh Bahadur (d. at Madras, 26th April 1888) - see below.
          • (b) Mirza Muhammad Shuja’at Bakht Bahadur. m. (first) Kathjanth-un-Nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter Mirza Muhammad Amin ud-din Bahadur. m. (second) Shujaat Zamani
            Begum Sahiba. m. (a) Sultan un-nisa. m. (b) Umra Bi. He d. at Madras, 10th September 1879, having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
            • (i) Mirza Muhammad Bahar Bakht. m. (?) Madar Khatu. He d. before, 1879, leaving issue, one son and two daughters:
              • 1. Mirza Muhammad Hyder Bakht.
              • 1. Burkh Jahan Begum Sahiba.
              • 2. Piari Begum Sahiba.
            • (ii) Mirza Muhammad Dilawar Bakht. He had issue, a daughter:
              • 1. Mahrukh Jahan Begum Sahiba.
            • (iii) Mirza Muhammad Farhat Bakht. He had issue, a son:
              • 1. Mirza Muhammad Humayun Bakht.
            • (iv) Mirza Muhammad Firuz Bakht.
            • (i) Umda Jahan Begum Sahiba.
            • (ii) Nuwaid Afroz Begum Sahiba.
            • (iii) Raushan Jahan Begum Sahiba.
    • d) Khwaja Yahya. Fl April 1706.
  • 2) Nawab Rabi’h Begum Sahiba. b. at Multan, 1695. m. at Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 22nd May 1710 n.s. (nikah), Shahzada Muhammad Bidar Dil Mirza, second son of Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Bidar Bakht Mirza, Bidar Shah Bahadur, sometime Subadar of Malwa and Ahmadabad, by his second wife, Nawab Sirchuk Nur Begum Sahiba, daughter of Shrimant Sardar Santaji [Santa] Bhonsle, the Maratha Senapati. She d.s.p. at Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 9th September 1710 – see above.
  • 3) Nawab Abid uz-Zamani Said-un-Nisa Begum Sahiba. Fl 1756-9.
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