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BAHAWALPUR

The Abbasi Dynasty

(Daudputra)

GENEALOGY

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1907 - 1966 General H.H. Jalalat ul-Mulk, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Saif ud-Daula, Mukhlis ud-Daula, wa Muin ud-Daula, Al-Haj Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Amir of the God gifted kingdom of Bahawalpur, GCSI (1.1.1941, KCSI 1.3.1929), GCIE (3.6.1931), KCVO (17.3.1922). b. at the Daulatkhana, Bahawalpur, 29^th September 1904, only son of H.H. Hafiz ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Al-Haj Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi V Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Nawab of Bahawalpur, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Wali Ahad Bahadur at birth. Succeeded on the death of his father, 15^th February 1907. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and was invested with limited administrative powers, 1^st October 1922. Presdt of the Council of Regency, 1^st April 1923 (Vice-Presdt 1922-1923, Mbr 1921-1922). Invested with full ruling powers at Bahawalpur by the Viceroy, the Marquess of Reading, in person, 8^th March1924. Attended the Delhi Durbar in 1911, where he commanded his state troops at the age of seven. Served in the Great War and the Third Afghan War 1919, cmsnd as Hon Lieut IA 24/10/1921, Hon Officer 21^st King George V’s Own Central India Horse, served on North-West Frontier 1921, Hon ADC to the Prince of Wales during his Indian tour 1921-1922, prom Hon Capt 8/3/1924, prom Hon Maj 1/8/1932, Mbr Standing Cttee of the Chamber of Princes 1933-1947, and Indian Defence Cncl 1940-1946, served in WW2 1939-1945, prom Hon Lt-Col 4/7/1941, prom Hon Maj-Gen IA 15/10/1946, Hon Col The Central India Horse (21^st King George V's Own Horse) 21/2/1947, Col-in-Chief Bahawalpur State Forces 1924-1949, and the Bahawalpur Regt 1949-1957, Hon Maj-Gen Pakistan Army 15/8/1947, prom Lieut-Gen 8/3/1949, and Hon Gen 8/3/1955. Attended the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the King-Emperor George V in 1935, and the Coronations of the King-Emperor George VI in 1937, and Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Chief Pakistan representative at the Installation of King Faisal II of Iraq 1953. Assumed the titles of Jalalat ul-Mulk and Amir of Bahaalpur, 15^th August 1947. Acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan, 7^th October 1947. Merged his state into the unitary Province of West Pakistan, 14^th October 1955. Founder of the Imtiaz-i-Sutlej in five classes, Imtiaz-i-Abbasia in five classes, and the Imtiaz-i-Huzoori in three classes. Hon LL.D (Punjab Univ 1933, Aligarh Muslim Univ, and Univ of Pakistan). Patron Northern India Flying Club. Rcvd: 1914/15, 39/45, Africa, Burma and Italy stars, Allied Victory (1918), Indian Frontier (1921), British War (1945), Defence (1945), Delhi Durbar gold (1911), Prince of Wales’s Visit (1922), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937 and 1953), and Pakistan Independence (1950) medals, the Order of the Supreme Leader (Nishan-i-Qaid-i-Azam) 1^st class of Pakistan (23.3.1959), GC of the Orders of the Two Rivers of Iraq (c. 10.10.1941), and the Cedars of the Lebanon (1947), and King Faisal II Installation Medal of Iraq (1953). m. (first) at Derawar Fort, 1921, H.H. Nawab Jamila Begum Sahiba, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, daughter of Captain Sahibzada Faiz Muhammad Khan Abbasi. m. (second) at Bombay, 1927, Linda Begum (d. March 1933, bur. Nawabi Cemetery, Fort Derawar), nee Linda Florence Sayce, daughter of Horace Lewis Sayce, sometime Asst Engineer, Hyderabad PWD, by whom he had four sons and one daughter. m. (third) (div.) Mrs Y I Abbasi, another English lady by whom he had five daughters. m. (fourth) a third English lady. m. Noor Jehan Begum (one of the preceding?). m. Hajjo Bibi (one of the preceding?). m. Wahid Bibi (one of the preceding?). He d. at Selham House, Petworth, Sussex, 24^th May1966 (bur. Nawabi Cemetery, Derawar Fort), having had issue, ten sons and ten daughters:

1) Nawabzada Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi, Wali Ahad Bahadur, who succeeded as H.H. Rukn ud-Daula, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Nawab Muhammad Abbas 'Ali Khan Abbasi Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Amir of Bahawalpur - see below.
2) Brigadier ‘Ali Martabat Sahibzada Muhammad Haroon ur-Rashid Ahmad Abbasi. b. at the Sadiqgarh Palace, Dera Nawab Sahib, Bahawalpur, 20^th June 1924, educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore. Cmsnd as 2^nd Lieut Bahawalpur State Forces 1939, served in WW2 1939-1945, EC ILF 1944, ADC to the GOC IA Liaison Mission 1944, prom Maj 1946, Exec Councillor for the Home Dept 1946-1947, cdr Bahawalpur Household bde 1947-1950, entered Pakistan Foreign Service 1950, 3^rd Secretary Washington DC 1950-1953, 3^rd Secretary Bonn 1953-1954, 2^nd Secretary Rome 1954-1958, Section Officer Karachi 1959-1960, Dir MFA 1960-1963, 1^st Secretary Kuala Lumpur 1963-1965, prom Counsellor 1965, Minister-Counsellor at Moscow 1966-1968, Ambassador to Tunisia 1968-1972. m. at Caxton Hall, London, 26^th September 1947, Begum Haroon Abbasi (b. at London, 1931), Katherine Patricia Scott, daughter of a railway carter from Fulham, London. He was k. near Dera Nawab Sahib, Bahawalpur, 1972, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
- a) Sahibzada Aziz Abbasi, educ. Dover Coll, Dover, Kent.
- b) Sahibzada Haroon Abbasi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- a) Sahibzadi Terry Abbasi.
- b) Sahibzadi Naseem [Robin] Abbasi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
3) Sahibzada Muhammad Mamun ur-Rashid Abbasi. b. 1924, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore. m. (div.) … Begum, daughter of Khan Bahadur Saddu'llah Khan, of the North West Frontier Province. He was k. (shot by an intruder) at Shimla Kothi, Bahawalpur, 9^th December 1999, having had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:
- a) Sahibzada Shahryar Muhammad Abbasi.
- a) Sahibzadi … Begum. m. Sahibzada Falakshair Muhammad Abbasi.
4) Sahibzada Muhammad Mubarak ‘Ali Abbasi. b. at Bahawalpur, 3^rd August 1928 (s/o Linda), educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, and Dookie Agricultural Coll, Victoria, Australia. Joined Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and served as Mngr in Amsterdam and Peking, and as Chief of Cargo Services in Pakistan. Settled in Canada 1992. m. (first) (civil) at the Registrar-General’s office, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2^nd February 1952 (div.), Yasmeen Begum (b. 1933; d. at Wilson Lodge Nursing Home, Sale, Victoria, Australia, 9^thOctober 2009), née Yvonne Margaret Martin, former telephone operator, daughter of Mrs. Muriel Martin [Mollie], of Potts Point, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia. m. (second) Shareefa Begum. m. (third) Margaret. m. (fourth) Joy (no issue). He d. from lung failure, in Canada, 18^thJune 2007 (bur. there), having had issue, four sons and a daughter:

a) Sahibzada Muhammad Rafiq Umer Abbasi.
b) Sahibzada Muhammad Azhar Saleem Abbasi (s/o Yasmeen). m. 4^th June 1988, Uzma Begum, née Masood. He has issue, one son and one daughter:

i) Sahibzada Shahyan Abbasi. b. 15^th December 1990.
ii) Sahibzadi Aleze Aiza Abbasi. b. 21^stJune 1989.

c) Sahibzada Muhammad Zia Ahmed Abbasi.
d) Sahibzada Muhammad Amir Azam Abbasi (s/o Shareefa).
a) Sahibzadi Miriam Abbasi (d/o Margaret). m. Paul Barnes. She has issue, one son.

5) Sahibzada Muhammad 'Abdu'llah Abbasi. b. at Bahawalpur, 20^th May 1926, educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore. He d. 1943 (bur. Derawar).
6) Lieutenant-General Sahibzada Muhammad Sadiq ur-Rashid [Ibrahim] Abbasi. b. at Bahawalpur, 4^th October 1928 (passport says 20^th May 1926), educ. Aitchison Coll., Lahore, RIMA, Dehra Dun, Pakistan Military Acad, Kakul, Royal Pakistan Artillery Sch, Nowshera, and the Royal Artillery Sch, Larkhill, Wilts. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut RPA 25/11/1948, Battery cdr I (SP) Field Regt (FF), Insp-Gen Sch of Artillery, prom Lieut-Gen 1978, Cdr 5 Corps (Karachi) 1978-1980, retd 1984, Governor of Sindh 1978-1984. Rcvd: Nishan-i-Pakistan, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, etc. m. at Lahore, Punjab, 27^th February 1960, Begum Yasmin Sultana, daughter of Mir Maqbul Mahmud, from Kashmir. He d. from heart failure, at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 21^st March 2002 (bur. Nawabi Cemetery, Fort Derawar), having had issue, one son and two daughters:
- a) Sahibzada Mohammad Sulaiman Abbasi. b. 5^th February 1961, educ. Tulane Univ., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (BSc 1985). Mechanical Engineer working with various overseas engineering concerns. m. 3^rd January 1986, Asma Begum, née Shah. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
  - i) Sahibzada Rafeh ur-Rashid Abbasi. b. 14^th September 1988.
  - i) Sahibzadi Youmaneh Leena Abbasi. b. 17^th December 1986.
- a) Sahibzadi Saira Mehreen Abbasi. b. 27^th March 1968, educ. Punjab Univ, Lahore (LLB, MA), London Univ (LLM), and Greenwich Univ, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan (MA). Lawyer.
- b) Sahibzadi Maira Sultana Abbasi. b. 13^th March 1971, educ. Hunarkada Acad, Islamabad (BA in fine arts). Settled in New Jersey, USA. m. 22^nd September 2004, Azmat Rehmat. She has issue, two sons:
  - i) Mikail Azmat.
  - ii) Riyan Azmat.
7) Sahibzada Muhammad Daud Abbasi [David Abbasi]. b. at Bahawalpur, 20^th December 1929 (s/o Linda), educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, and Dookie Agricultural Coll, Victoria, Australia. He had issue, two sons:
- a) Sahibzada Muhammad Usman Khan Abbasi. b. at Karachi, 28^th May 1954, educ. Karachi Grammer Sch, and St Patrick Coll, Karachi. MPA for Bahawalpur in the Punjab Provincial Assembly 1987-2002, Deputy Speaker 1993-1997. Mbr National Cmsn on Agriculture 1988. He had issue.
- b) Sahibzada Muhammad Umar Abbasi. Mbr Bahawalpur District Council.
8) Sahibzada Muhammad Amin ur-Rashid Abbasi. b. 1931 (youngest son). He d from heart failure, at Bahawalpur, 9^th January 2006 (bur. Nawabi Cemetery, Derawar Fort), having had issue, three sons and two daughters.
9) Sahibzada Muhammad Qasim Abbasi. b. at Bahawalpur, 24^th November 1932.
10) Sahibzada Muhammad Said ur-Rashid Abbasi. b. at Dera Nawab, 1934, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Aligarh Muslim Univ, and Sind Madrassa, Karachi. MNA (Indep) 1972-1977 and 1985-1988, Chief Warden Civil Defence Org 1971, Parliamentary Sec 1974-1975, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Tourism, 1975-1977. He had issue, three sons and two daughters, including:
- a) Sahibzada Saif ur-Rashid Muhammad Abbasi.
- b) Sahibzada Raiz ur-Rashid Muhammad Abbasi.
- c) Sahibzada Haroon ur-Rashid Muhammad Abbasi.
1) Sahibzadi Ghulam Saddiquah Begum (eld daughter). m. at the Sadiqgarh Palace, Bahawalpur, 195x, as his first wife (div.) Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Huzur Pur Nur, Sarkar-i-Khairpur, Mir George ‘Ali Murad Khan II Talpur, Wali-i-Mulk-i-Khudadad, Mir of Khaipur (b. at Brighton, Sussex, 29^th June 1933), only son of Major H.H. Huzur Pur Nur, Sarkar-i-Khairpur, Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan II Talpur, Wali-i-Mulk-i-Khudadad, Mir of Khaipur, by his wife, H.H. Dulhan Pasha Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Amir-i-Paigah, Muin ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Muin ud-din Khan Bahadur, Iyanath Jang, of Hyderabad – see Pakistan (Khairpur).
2) Sahibzadi Sophian [Sofia] Begum. m. Sahibzada ‘Abdu’l Hamid Abbasi, a descendant of H.H. Hafiz ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nawab Amir Fateh Muhammad Khan Abbasi Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Nawab of Bahawalpur. She had issue, two sons and four daughters – see above.
3) Sahibzadi Ruqqia Begum. m. Captain Sahibzada Anwar Abbasi. She had issue, five sons, including:
- a) Sahibzada Farouq Anwar Abbasi. b. 10^th June 1952, educ. Convent Sch and Forman Christian Coll, Lahore. MPA Punjab 1985, MNA for Bahawalpur since 1990, Parliamentary Sec for Labour, Manpower & Overseas Pakistanis 1997.
4) Sahibzadi Ayesha Begum. m. Colonel Sahibzada ‘Abdu’l Majid Abbasi, brother of Sahibzada ‘Abdu’l Hamid Abbasi. She had issue – see above.
5) Sahibzadi Khadeja Begum. m. Sahibzada Ilahi Bakhsh Abbasi, a cousin. She had issue, a son:
- a) Sahibzada Qamar uz-Zaman Abbasi.
6) Sahibzadi Zohra Begum. m. Sahibzada Ajmal Abbasi.
7) Sahibzadi Rafiqa Begum. m. Irshad ‘Abdu’l Qadir.
8) Sahibzadi Shafiqa Begum.
9) Sahibzadi Khaliqua Begum. m. Ghulam Mustafa Khan Jatoi (b. at New Jatoi, Sind, 14^th August 1931), educ. Karachi High Sch., Chair Nawabshah Dist Brd 1952-1958, MPA West Pakistan 1958, MNA 1970-1978 and for Kot Adu since 1989, Chief Minister of Sind 1973-1977, Prime Minister of Pakistan (caretaker) August-November 1990, eldest son of Khan Bahadur Ghulam Rasul Khan Jatoi, sometime MLA for Sind in the Bombay Legislative Assembly. She had issue, four sons and three daughters.
10) Sahibzadi Atiqua Begum. m. 1968, Noor Mohammad Chinoy, son of Akbar Chinoy.
The following were the same as the above:
Sahibzadi Therese Begum (d/o Linda), educ. Jesus and Mary Convent, Simla.

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