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  • 1707 - 1732 Khan-i-‘Azam, Qibla ud-Daula (?), Nawab Sidi Surur Yakut Khan II Bahadur, Wazir of Janjira, educ. privately. Killedar of Kasa Qila on the island of Padamdurg before his assumption of the governorship. Elected and installed with the title of Yakut Khan II, 1707. Granted the personal titles of Nawab and Bahadur by the Emperor at Delhi. Fought a long campaign to defend his territories against the Marathas, who laid siege but never managed to take Janjira. Entered into treaty relations with Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath in 1714, by which he ceded eleven forts and their surrounding districts. He completed the building of Janjira Fort in 1728. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1732 (bur. Khokri, near Dandarajpuri), having had issue, nine sons and three daughters:
    • 1) Sidi ‘Abdu’llah Khan Sidi Surur Khan. Murdered by his younger brother, Sidi Hassan, 1732.
    • 2) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira - see below.
    • 3) Sidi Ibrahim Khan I Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad - see below.
    • 4) Sidi Misri Khan Sidi Surur Khan.
    • 5) Sidi Muhammad Khan I Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira - see below.
    • 6) Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira - see below.
    • 7) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahim Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira - see below.
    • 8) Sidi Ishaq Khan Sidi Surur Khan. He d. at Janjira, 23rd December 1708.
    • 9) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Ghafur Khan Sidi Surur Khan. He d. at Janjira, 2nd June 1715.
    • 1) Siti Halima. She d. at Janjira, 29th August 1708.
    • 2) Siti Zainab. She d. at Janjira, 31st December 1708.
    • 3) Siti Kultham. She d. at Janjira, 16th May 1714.
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  • 1732 - 1734 Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira (first time) - see below.
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  • 1734 - 1737 Sidi Sumbul Khan, Wazir of Janjira, educ. privately. A Sidi sardar who murdered his liege and seized the government, 1734. Defeated by the adherents of ‘Abdu’l Rahman acting together with the Marathas, 1737.
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  • 1737 - 1740 Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira, second son of Khan-i-‘Azam, Qibla ud-Daula (?), Nawab Sidi Surur Yakut Khan II Bahadur, Wazir of Janjira, educ. privately. Raised to the government on the deposition of Sidi Sumbul, 1737. Forced to yield Raigad, Tala, Gosala, Avchitgad and Birvadi to the Marathas. Deposed 1740.
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  • 1732 - 1734 and 1740- 1745 Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira, youngest son of Khan-i-‘Azam, Qibla ud-Daula (?), Nawab Sidi Surur Yakut Khan II Bahadur, Wazir of Janjira, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father 1732. Entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with the HEIC 6th December 1733. Deposed and imprisoned by Sardar Sidi Sumbul Khan, 1734. Restored on the deposition of his elder brother, 1740. Deposed for the second time, in favour of his younger brother, Sidi Ibrahim I 1745. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1746, having had issue, a son:
    • 1) H.E. Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Khan II [Dhakle Baba] Sidi Hasan Khan, Nawab of Janjira - see below.
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  • 1745 - 1757 Sidi Ibrahim Khan I Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira (first time) - see below.
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  • 1757 Sidi Muhammad Khan I Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira, son of son of Khan-i-‘Azam, Qibla ud-Daula (?), Nawab Sidi Surur Yakut Khan II Bahadur, Wazir of Janjira, educ. privately. Raised to the musnaid after the deposition of his brother, 1757. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1757.
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  • 1745-1757 and 1757-1761 Sidi Ibrahim Khan I Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad, son of son of Khan-i-‘Azam, Qibla ud-Daula (?), Nawab Sidi Surur Yakut Khan II Bahadur, Wazir of Janjira, educ. privately. Succeeded his father, 1745. Deposed in favour of his brother Sidi Muhammad Khan, 1757. Restored on his death, 1757. Acquired Jafarabad, on the coast of Kathiawar, in 1759. Attacked by the Peshwa in 1760, in which he lost virtually all his mainland territories, but recovered most of them through British support an the conclusion of their treaty with the Peshwa in 1761. Murdered by his slave who usurped the throne, before 3rd January 1761. He had issue, two sons:
    • 1) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahim Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad - see below.
    • 2) Sidi …
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  • 1761 - 1772 Sidi Yakut Khan II, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad, educ. privately. A former Sidi sardar, who was elected by the sardars, after he had murdered his former master and seized control, before 3rd January 1761. Recognised as Wazir by his son, after a mediation by the British, 6th June 1772. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1772.
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  • 1772 - 1784 Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahim Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad, seventh son of Sidi Ibrahim Khan I Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad, educ. privately. Contested the succession on the death of his father, 1762. Recognised the succession of the former slave, Sidi Yakut II, 6th June 1772. Became Heir Apparent and Wazir of Dandarajpuri as a consequence of that agreement. Raised to the musnaid after the death of Sidi Yakut, 1772. Forced to yield five districts to the Peshwa, following the defection of one of his principal officers in 1776. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1784, having had issue, two sons and a daughter:
    • 1) Mubariz ud-Daula, Muzaffar ul-Mulk, Nawab Sidi ‘Abdu’l Karim Muhammad Yakut Khan I Bahadur [Balu Mian], Nusrat Jang, Nawab of Sachin - see India (Sachin).
    • 2) Sidi …Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahim Khan.
    • 1) A daughter. m. Sidi Jauhar Khan [Johar Khan], Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad (d. 1789) - see below.
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  • 1784 - 1789 Sidi Jauhar Khan, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad, educ. privately. Elected by the Sardars after the death of his father-in-law, 1784. Contested the succession with his brother-in-law, Sidi ‘Abdu’l Karim. m. a daughter of Sidi Abdur Rahim Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1789.
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  • 1789 - 1794 H.E. Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Khan II [Dhakle Baba], Nawab of Janjira (first time) - see below.
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  • 1794 - 1803 Sardar Sidi Jumrud, Wazir of Janjira and Thanadar of Jafarabad, educ. privately. Elected by the sardars after they had deposed and imprisoned thier sovereign, Sidi Ibrahim Khan II, 1794. He d. at Janjira Fort, 1803.
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  • 1789 - 1794 and 1803 - 1826 H.E. Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Khan II [Dhakle Baba], Nawab of Janjira, son of Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Surur Khan, Wazir of Janjira, educ. privately. Elected by the sardars on the death of Sidi Jauhar, 1789. Deposed by his minister, Sidi Jumrud who threw him into prison in 1794. Restored on the death of Sidi Jumrud, but agreed only on condition that the succession would remain hereditary within his family, 1803. Granted the personal title of Nawab by the Emperor Shah Alam II (recognised as hereditary by the British authorities). m. several wives. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1826, having had issue, six sons:
    • 1) Nawabzada Sidi ‘Abdu’l Samad Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan. He had issue, three sons:
      • a) Sidi ‘Ali Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Samad Khan.
      • b) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Samad Khan. He had issue, a son:
        • i) Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan. He had issue, a son:
          • (1) Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan. m. Begum Amir un-nisa, daughter of Sidi Zafar Khan Sidi Husain Khan. He had issue, four sons and three daughters:
            • (a) Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi Hassan Khan. m. Begum Soraiya, daughter of Bashir Kardame. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
              • (i) Sidi Nigar Ahmad Khanzada.
              • (ii) Sidi Nadeem Ahmad Khanzada.
              • (i) Begum Nazura.
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            • (b) Sidi Nusrat Khan Sidi Hassan Khan. m. (first) Begum Sughra, daughter of Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Hussain Khan, by his wife, Begum Kamar un-nisa, daughter of Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan. m (second) Begum Najma Khppekar. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
              • (i) Sidi Mohsin Nusrat Khanzada (s/o Najma).
              • (i) Begum Afshan (d/o Najma).
              • (ii) Begum Khekasha (d/o Sughra Bi).
            • (c) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Samad Khan Sidi Hassan Khan. m. Begum Farida, daughter of his maternal uncle, Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi Zafar Khan. He has issue, one son and three daughters:
              • (i) Sidi Altaf ‘Abdu’l Samad Khanzada. m. in the Philippines, 17th March 1994, Fatima Matias, daughter of Amado Matias, and Helena Lagmay. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
                • 1. Sidi Afeef Altaf Khanzada. b. at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 24th December 1994.
                • 2. Sidi Ibraheem Altaf Khanzada. b. at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 11th April 2003.
                • 1. Begum Maryam Khanzada. b. at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 3rd September 2010.
              • (i) Begum Shabana.
              • (ii) Begum Sawleha.
              • (iii) Begum Shahina.
            • (d) Sidi Jarrar Khan Sidi Hassan Khan [Jarrar Hassan Khanzada]. b. at Janjira Fort. m. 1974, Begum Ghazala, daughter of Nasir Muhammad Khan, from Lucknow. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
              • (i) Sidi Junaid Jarrar Khanzada. b. at Panvel, 30th July 1975, educ. Merit Swiss Asian Sch. of Hotel Management, Ooty, India. 
              • (ii) Sidi Faisal Jarrar Khanzada. b. at Kuwait, 30th October 1980, educ. University at Buffalo SUNY, New York, USA. m. 2006, Dr Julia Atanasova [Dr Julia Faisal Khanzada], daughter of Risto Blashko Atanasovi, from Macedonia, by his wife, Ristenka. He has issue, two daughters:
                • 1. Begum Ghazala. b. at Kuwait, 3rd August 2007.
                • 2. Begum Shireen. b. at Kuwait, 26th May 2012.
              • (i) Begum Raushanara. b. at Kuwait, 27th August 1984, educ. Bhartiar Univ., Coimbatore,, India. m. 2006, Saif ud-din Ahmed, from Lucknow.
            • (a) Begum Khadeeja. m. Captain Qamar Shaikh. She has issue, one daughter:
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            • (b) Begum Badr un-nisa. m. Sidi Ahmed Khan Sidi Husain Khan, son of Sidi Husain Khan Sidi ‘Ali Khan. She had issue, three sons and five daughters - see below.
            • (c) Begum Soraiya. m. Shamsher Ali Baig. She has issue, two daughters:
              • (i) Samina Baig.
              • (ii) Reshma Baig.
          • (1) Begum Kamar un-nisa. m. Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Hussain Khan, son of Sidi Husain Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan.
      • c) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahim Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Samad Khan.
    • 2) Nawabzada Sidi Husain Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan. He had issue, two sons:
      • a) Sidi Daud Khan Sidi Husain Khan.
      • b) Sidi …Khan Sidi Husain Khan [Munnu Mian].
    • 3) H.E. Nawab Sidi Muhammad Khan II, Nawab of Janjira - see below.
    • 4) Nawabzada Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan, of Walwat. He had issue, four sons:
      • a) Sidi Husain Khan Sidi Hassan Khan.
      • b) Sidi Saleh Khan Sidi Hassan Khan. He had issue, four sons:
        • i) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Razzaq Sidi Saleh Khan.
        • ii) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Sidi Saleh Khan.
        • iii) Sidi Habib Sidi Saleh Khan. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
        • iv) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Kasim Sidi Saleh Khan.
      • c) Sidi ‘Ali Khan Sidi Hassan Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        • i) Sidi Ibrahim Khan Sidi ‘Ali Khan.
        • ii) Sidi Husain Khan Sidi ‘Ali Khan.
      • d) Sidi Muhammad Khan Sidi Hassan Khan. He had issue, three sons:
        • i) Sidi Mahmud Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan.
        • ii) Sidi Yusuf Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan.
        • iii) Sidi Husain Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan. m. Jinnat Bibi Sahiba. He had issue, three sons and five daughters:
          • (1) Sidi ‘Ali Khan Sidi Husain Khan. He had issue, a son:
            • (a) Sidi Husain Khan Sidi ‘Ali Khan. He had issue, a son:
              • (i) Sidi Ahmed Khan Sidi Husain Khan. m. , daughter of Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan, by his wife, Begum Amir un-nisa, daughter of Sidi Zafar Khan Sidi Husain Khan. He had issue, three sons and five daughters:
                • 1. Sidi Mushtaq Ahmed Khanzada.
                • 2. Sidi Masroor Ahmed Khanzada.
                • 3. Sidi Meher Ahmed Khanzada.
                • 1. Begum Musarat.
                • 2. Begum Manzar.
                • 3. Begum Malika.
                • 4. Begum Massoma.
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          • (2) Sidi Zafar Khan Sidi Husain Khan. He had issue, a son and a daughter:
            • (a) Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi Zafar Khan. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
              • (i) Sidi Rashid Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan.
              • (ii) Sidi Mumtaz Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan.
              • (i) Begum Farida. m. Sidi ‘Abdu’l Samad Khan Sidi Hassan Khan, third son of Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan, by his wife, Begum Amir un-nisa, daughter of Sidi Zafar Khan Sidi Husain Khan. She has issue, one son and three daughters - see above.
              • (ii) Begum Duraishawar.
            • (a) Begum Amir un-nisa. m. Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan, son of Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan. She had issue, four sons and three daughters - see above.
          • (3) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Husain Khan. m. Begum Kamar un-nisa, daughter of Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan. He had issue:
            • (a) Begum Sughra. m. as his first wife, Sidi Nusrat Khan Sidi Hassan Khan, second son of her maternal uncle, Sidi Hassan Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan, by his wife, Begum Amir un-nisa, daughter of Sidi Zafar Khan Sidi Husain Khan. She had issue, one daughter - see above.
          • (1) Kulsum Bibi Sahiba [H.H. Nawab Kulsum Begum Sahiba [Lady Kulsum Sidi Ahmadkhan]. b. 6th January 1897, educ. privately. Regent for her son from 2nd May 1922 to 9th November 1933. m. at Janjira Fort, 27th February 1913, as his third wife, H.H. Nawab Sidi Sir Ahmad Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan, Nawab of Janjira, GCIE (b. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 31st August 1862; d. at Ahmadganj Palace, Murud, 2nd May 1922), youngest son of H.E. Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Khan III Sidi Muhammad Yakut Khan, Nawab of Janjira, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Sharfu Begum Sahiba, daughter of a Sidi Husain Sidi ‘Abdu’llah Jabarti. She d. 29th April 1959, having had issue, an only son - see below.
          • (2) Khair un-nisa Bi. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
          • (3) Mariam Bi.
          • (4) Hasina Bi.
          • (5) Lala Dadi Sahiba.
    • 5) Nawabzada Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan, of Shigra. He had issue, a son:
      • a) Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan. He had issue, three sons:
        • i) Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan.
        • ii) Sidi Muhammad Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan.
        • iii) Sidi …Khan Sidi Ahmad Khan.
    • 6) Nawabzada Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahim Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan. Bakhshi Sahib under his brother, Muhammad II.
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  • 1826 - 1848 H.E. Nawab Sidi Muhammad Khan II, Nawab of Janjira, eldest son of H.E. Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Khan II [Dhakle Baba], Nawab of Janjira, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1826. Declared to be under British protection, 1834. Abdicated in favour of his eldest son, 31st August 1848. m. (first) … Bibi Sahiba (d. at the Rani Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1825). m. (second) Nawab Banu Bibi Sahiba (d. after 1855).  m. (third) (nikah) Sardarung Bai Sahiba. m. (fourth) (nikah) Jaferan Bai Sahiba. m. (a) Naringi Bai Sahiba. He d. at the Nawab Mahal, Janjira Fort, 22nd November 1848, having had issue five sons:
    • 1) H.E. Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Khan III Sidi Muhammad Yakut Khan, Nawab of Janjira (s/o the first wife) - see below.
    • 2) Nawabzada Sidi Kasim Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan. b. at the Rani Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1830 (s/o Sardarung Bai), educ. privately. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
      • a) Sidi Hasan Khan Sidi Kasim Khan.
    • 3) Nawabzada Sidi Yusuf Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan [Yusuf Baba]. b. at the Rani Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1833, educ. privately. Bakhshi Sahib under his brother, Ibrahim III.
    • 4) Nawabzada Sidi ‘Abdu’l Rahman Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan. b. at the Rani Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1840 (s/o Jaferan Bai), educ. privately.
    • 5) Nawabzada Sidi Mahmud Khan Sidi Muhammad Khan. b. posthumously, at the Rani Mahal, Janjira Fort, 1849 (s/o Sardarung Bai), educ. privately. He had issue, three sons:
      • a) Sidi Muhammad Khan Sidi Mahmud Khan [Muhammad Mian].
      • b) Sidi Zafar Khan Sidi Mahmud Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        • i) Sidi Yaqut Khan Sidi Zafar Khan.
        • ii) Sidi Zafar Khan Sidi Zafar Khan.
      • c) Sidi Kasim Khan Sidi Mahmud Khan. He had issue, five sons:
        • i) Sidi Husain Khan Sidi Kasim Khan.
        • ii) Sidi Mahmud Khan Sidi Kasim Khan.
        • iii) Sidi Afzal Khan Sidi Kasim Khan.
        • iv) Sidi Said Khan Sidi Kasim Khan.
        • v) Sidi Sa’ad Khan Sidi Kasim Khan.
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