BAHAWALPUR
The Abbasi Dynasty
(Daudputra)
GENEALOGY
1966 - [1988] Brigadier H.H. Jalalat ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Saif ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Mukhlis ud-Daula wa Muin ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi Bahadur Al-Haj, Nusrat Jung, Amir of the God gifted kingdom of Bahawalpur. b. at the Sadiqgarh Palace, Dera Nawab Sahib, Bahawalpur, 22nd March 1924, eldest son of General H.H. Jalalat ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Saif ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Mukhlis ud-Daula wa Muin ud-Daula, Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Amir of the God gifted country of Bahawalpur, GCSI, GCIE, KCVO, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore and ICS Coll, Dehra Dun. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut IA attached 5th Btn Indian Grenadiers, served in WW2 in Persia and Burma, Recruiting Officer at AHQ Lahore 1943-1944, Actg Chief Minister of Bahawalpur 1948, Deputy Chief Minister 1948-1949, Dir Military Ops 1971-1972, Delegate Delineation Jammu and Kashmir Line of Control 1972, Governor of the Punjab 1975-1977. Succeeded on the death of his father, 24th May 1966. Deprived of his rank, titles and honours by the Government of Pakistan, 1st January 1972. Chair Sir Sadiq Mohd Khan Trust. Patron Sadiq Public Sch, Sadiq Abbas Degree Coll, Dera Nawab Sahib, Dar ul-Amman Orphanage, Al-Sadiq Jamia Mosque, etc. Rcvd: Imtiaz-i-Abbasia 1st class, Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937 & 1953), 39/45 and Burma stars, British War and India Service (1945), Pakistan Independence (1950), Pakistan Republic (1956) medals, etc. m. at Bahawalpur Fort, 18th March 1945, H.H. Nawab Shamsa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Major Ali Martabat Maulvi Shams ud-din Muhammad Qureishi, sometime Minister for Health and Education of Bahawalpur state. He d. 14th April 1988 (bur. Nawabi Cemetery, Derawar Fort), having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
- 1) H.H. Jalalat ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Saif ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Mukhlis ud-Daula wa Muin ud-Daula, Nawab Salah ud-din Ahmad Khan Abbasi Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Amir of the God gifted kingdom of Bahawalpur - see below.
- 2) Sahibzada Falah ud-din Ahamd Abbasi [Prince Falahuddin Abbasi]. b. at Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 3rd July 1949, educ. Aitchison Coll, Lahore, Punjab, and Cornell Univ (BA 1976), Ithaca, New York, USA. Architect. Trustee Sir Sadiq Mohd Khan Trust. m. 23rd March 2000, Shelale Begum [Princess Shelale Abbasi] (b. at Ankara, Turkey, 17th October 1955), educ. Convent of Jesus & Mary, and Kinnaird Coll for Women (BA 1973), Lahore, Punjab, and Harvard Univ (M.Ed. 1997), Principal Lahore Sch of Arts & Sciences 1988-2000, Snr Education Adviser United States Education Fndn (USEF) in Pakistan 2005-2010, Mbr Brd of TISMUN, daughter of Rahim Ahmad Jan, by his wife, Farukh Sultana Begum, daughter of Amin ud-din. He d. from cancer, at London, 9th April 2016 (bur. Bagh-e-Rehmat Cemetery, Lahore, Punjab).
- 1) Sahibzadi Aisha Yasmien [Princess Yasmien Abbasi]. b. 1954, educ. St Joseph’s Convent Sch, Karachi, Kinnaird Coll for Women, Lahore, and Sch of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London. Patron Vice-Chair Asia House (London). Trustee The Women’s Council. m. (first) 1976 (div. 1979) Nawabzada Maqbool Hussain Qureshi (b. 1952), younger son of Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, of Multan, sometime Governor of the Punjab, by his wife, Sahibzadi Cheena Begum, eldest daughter of Captain Nawabzada Maqbul Husain Qureshi, late 7th Cavalry, IA. m. (second) 27th January 1984, Kaamil Ansar (b. at Bangkok, Thailand, 15th March 1957), educ. Gordonstoun Sch, Elgin, Scotland, Christ’s Coll, Cambridge (BA 1978, MA 1982), Cornell Univ (LLM 1982), Ithaca, New York, USA, and Gray’s Inn, London, Barr-at-Law 1979, Advocate High Court of Sind 1984, Attorney-at-Law New York, USA 1986, Snr Partner Ansar Abbasi LLC since 1999, Representative for Norton Rose in Saudi Arabia since 2007, enrolled as Solicitor Senior Courts of England and Wales 2012, Mbr Hon Soc of Gray’s Inn, American and International Bar Assoc, Dir Vogelbrook Ltd, Ansar Abbasi Ltd, etc.
- 2) Sahibzadi Safia Nausheen [Princess Nausheen Abbasi], educ. St Joseph’s Convent Sch, and Univ of Karachi. m. Syed ‘Ali Hasnain, eldest son of Syed Zahid Hasnain, by his wife, Anees Begum, daughter of Mirza Hosain ‘Ali Khan, from Hyderabad, Deccan. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright© Christopher Buyers- 1) Nawabzada Bahawal Abbas Abbasi, educ.King’s Coll, London (MA IPE).
- 1) Sahibzadi Aniza Saher Abbasi.