SURAT

GENEALOGY

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[1842 - 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, 8th 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, 11th March 1834, Nawabzadi Bakhtiyar un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Majli Begum] (d. at Surat Castle, 9th 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, 21st August 1863 (bur. Dade Ilahi, Surat), having had issue, one son and two daughters by his first wife (see below), and one son each by his two other wives (see India Non-Salute (Kamadhia)):
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