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CHITRAL

The Katur Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1798 - 1818 Mehtar Shah Khairu’llah Khuswaqte, Mehtar of Chitral and Yasin, son of Asmatu’llah, younger son of Mehtar Shah Khushwaqt, Mehtar of Yasin and Mastuj. Attacked and defeated Mukhtaram Shah II and his brothers, who fled from Chitral, leaving it under the control of Shah Khairu’llah, ca. 1798. m. at Drosh, after 1762, the widow of Shah Afzal, Mehtar of Chitral. He was k. before 1818, having had issue, including one son and two daughters:

1) Mir Darab Shah Khuswaqte.
1) A daughter. m. Mehtarjao Sher Jang (k. before 1818.), sometime Governor of Beni and Ain, son of Mehtar Shah Fazil, Mehtar of Chitral - see above.
2) A daughter. m. Khan Bahadur, sometime Governor of Mastuj and Chitral.

1818 - 1833 Mehtar Shah Nawaz Khan, Mehtar of Chitral, eldest son of Mehtar Shah Afzal I, Mehtar of Chitral, educ. privately. Fled to Afghanistan with his brothers after Shah Khairu’llah’s second and successful invasion ca. 1798. Returned and seized control of Chitral in 1818. Deposed by his brother, 1833. He had issue, three sons:

2) Shahzada Muhammad Jahandar Shah. He had issue, a son:
- a) Mehtarjao Shah Perrin. He had issue, a son:
  - i) Mehtarjao Mahmud Shah.
3) Muhammad Mukhtaram Shah.
4) Muhammad Mosullum Shah (youngest son of Shah Nawaz).

1833 - 1837 Muhammad Mukhtaram Shah II [Shah Katur II], Mehtar of Chitral, second son of Shah Afzal I, Mehtar of Chitral. Fled to Afghanistan with his brothers after Shah Khairu’llah’s second and successful invasion ca. 1798. Returned with his brothers and seized control of Mastuj 1818. Governor of Mastuj 1818-1833. Succeeded as Mehtar of Chitral following the deposition of his brother, 1833. m. before 1818, a daughter of Badshah Khan Khuswaqte, Governor of Punial and Mastuj. He d. 1837 (bur. at the Mitarqabristan, Chitral), having had issue, eight sons and daughters:

1) Shahzada Faruksiyar. He was k. by Mosullam Shah, having had issue, one son:
- a) Mehtarjao Humayun Shah. He was k. by Aman ul-Mulk, after 1856, having had issue, five sons:
  - i) Mehtarjao Hidayat Shah. He was k. by Aman ul-Mulk, after 1856.
  - ii) Mehtarjao Kinayat Shah. He was k. by Aman ul-Mulk, after 1856.
  - iii) Mehtarjao Inayat Shah. He was k. by Aman ul-Mulk, after 1856.
  - iv) Mehtarjao Mir Haidar. He was k. by Aman ul-Mulk, after 1856.
  - v) Mehtarjao Shah Afzal. He was k. by Aman ul-Mulk, after 1856.
2) Mehtarjao Ghazab Shah. He had issue, two sons: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- a) Mehtarjao Khurum ‘Ali. He d. after 1879.
- b) Mehtarjao Mu’htaram Shah. He had issue, one son:
  - i) Mehtarjao Jangawar Shah.
3) Mehtarjao Mir Ghazab. He had issue, one son:
- a) Mehtarjao Rehan Shah. He was k. by Shah Afzal II, after 1840.
4) Mehtarjao Mukarab Shah. He was k. by Sulaiman Shah Khuswaqte of Yasin.
5) Shah Muhammad Afzal II, Mehtar of Chitral (fifth son) - see below.
6) Mehtarjao Tajammal Shah. He was k. by Shah Muhammad Mukhtaram Shah III, 1865, having had issue, four sons:
- a) Mehtarjao Tafazal Shah.
- b) Mehtarjao Malik Shah.
- c) Mehtarjao Tahammal Shah.
- d) Mehtarjao Said ‘Ali Khan. He was k. by Mir Wali Khuswaqte of Yasin.
7) Mehtarjao Tahawal Shah. He was k. by Shah Afzal II, after 1840.
8) Mehtarjao Mukadam Shah. He was k. by Shah Afzal II, after 1840.
1) A daughter. m. Mehtar Gohar Aman Khuswaqte, Mehtar of Yasin and Mastuj (d. 1860), son of Mehtar Malik Aman Khuswaqte, Mehtar of Yasin and Mastuj.
2) A daughter. m. Mehtar Mir Aman Khuswaqte, Mehtar of Yasin and Mastuj.

1837 - 1853 Shah Muhammad Afzal II, Mehtar of Chitral, fifth son of Shah Muhammad Mukhtaram Shah II [Shah Katur II], Mehtar of Chitral. m. (first) a lady from the Raza Khel tribe. m. (second) a daughter of Mehtar Malik Aman Khuswaqte, Mehtar of Yasin and Mastuj. He d. 1853 (bur. at the Mitarqabristan, Chitral), having had issue, ten sons and four daughters:

1) Shah Muhammad Mukhtaram Shah III [Adam Khor], Mehtar of Chitral - see below.
2) Shah Muhammad Aman ul-Mulk II, Mehtar of Chitral and Yasin, Master of Ghizr, Ishkoman and Suzerain of Kafiristan - see below.
3) Mehtarjao Mir Afzal. He was k. by his brother, Aman ul-Mulk.
4) Mehtar Sher Afzal, Mehtar of Chitral and Yasin, Master of Ghizr, Ishkoman and Suzerain of Kafiristan - see below.
5) Mehtarjao Makhmul Shah.
6) Mehtarjao Raja Bahadur Khan. Governor of Mastuj, Mbr of the Council of Mehtar Aman ul-Mulk. He d. at Mastuj, 1915, having had issue, four sons:
- a) Mehtarjao ... Zaman Khan.
- b) Colonel Mehtarjao Lal Zaman Khan, of Ayun. Governor (Hakim) of Bimboret. Subadar Chitral Scouts, resig 1927. He had issue:
  - i) Mehtarjao Muqtada Khan, of Ayun. Lieut Chitral Body Guard. m. a daughter of H.H. Mehtar Sir Muhammad Shuja ul-Mulk, Mehtar of Chitral, KCIE. He had issue:
    - (1) Mehtarjao Inayatu’llah. m. the elder daughter of his maternal uncle, Colonel Shahzada Khusrow ul-Mulk, by his wife, a daughter of Nawab Sir Muhammad Shah Jahan Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dir, KBE.
    - (1) Zakira Khonza. m. Mehtarjao Muhammad Ismail Khan [Gholam Nabi] (d. December 2006), sometime Additional Deputy Cmsnr Chitral, youngest son of Mehtarjao ‘Abdu’r Rauf Khan, of Damin. She had issue, one son and two daughters - see below.
  - ii) Mehtarjo Habib ur-Rahman. m. the eldest daughter of Gushpur Badshah Wali Khan Khushwaqte, of Yasin, by his wife, a daughter of Mehtar Muhammad Afzal ul-Mulk, Mehtar of Chitral and Yasin, Master of Ghizr, Ishkoman and Suzerain of Kafiristan.
- c) Mehtarjao Muhammad Zaman Khan. Subadar Chitral Scouts.
- d) Colonel Mehtarjao Rahmat Zaman Khan, IDSM (1919). Subadar Chitral Scouts, served in Third Afghan War 1919 (rcvd: MID, IDSM), Col Cdt Chitral Body Guard 1937.
7) Mehtarjao Kokhan Beg. He was k. by Sher Afzal, 1892, having had issue:
- a) A daughter. m. Mullah Shahu Baba, of Bajaur.
8) Mehtarjao Muhammad ‘Ali Beg Moriki. He had issue, four sons:
- a) Mehtarjao Afzal Aman. Subadar-Major Chitral Scouts.
- b) Mehtarjao Ometi Muhammad.
- c) Mehtarjao Fazal Hassan, of Poet. Subadar Chitral Levies 1927-1929.
- d) Mehtarjao Hassan.
10) Mehtarjao Shadman Beg.
1) A daughter. m. Mehtar Gohar Aman Shah, Mehtar of Yasin (d. 1860), second son of Mehtar Malik Aman Shah I, Mehtar of Yasin. She had issue.
2) A daughter (full sister of Aman). m. Mehtarjao Humayun Shah (k. by Aman ul-Mulk, after 1856), son of Shahzada Faruksiyar. She had issue, three sons – see above.
3) A daughter (full sister of Aman?). m. Mir Jahandar Shah, Mir of Badakshan, second son of Mir Shah Nizam ud-din, Mir of Badakshan.
4) A daughter. m. Khan Rahmatu’llah Khan, Khan of Dir (d. 1884). She had issue - see Pakistan (Dir).

1858 – 1859 Shah Muhammad Mukhtaram Shah III [Adam Khor], Mehtar of Chitral, eldest son of Shah Muhammad Afzal II, Mehtar of Chitral, the third son of Shah Katur, Mehtar of Chitral, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1858. Entered into treaty relations with the Amir of Afghanistan. Governor of Drosh 1854-1857. Took possession of Yasin and Mastuj and expelled Gauhar Aman Shah in 1855, but was expelled from there in 1856. Dispossessed from Chitral by his brother Aman ul-Mulk, 1859. He ruled the Lot-Kuh valley for a few years before his death. m. Katore Khonza (m. second, after 1866, Fateh ‘Ali Shah Roshte, sometime Aksakal (principal revenue collector) and Governor of Mulkho), milk-mother to the fourth son of Sayyida Khonza and Aman ul-Mulk II. He was k. by Malik Shah in revenge for his father’s murder, 1866 (bur. at the Mitarqabristan, Chitral).

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