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1672 - 1712 Nawab Sher Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Sher Jang, Nawab of Malerkotla. b. at Fort Kotla, 1640, elder son of Nawab Firuz Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1672. Granted the titles of Bahadur and Sher Jang, and a Sword of Honour, by the Emperor. Held in near veneration by the Sikhs because he appealed to Aurangzeb to spare the lives of Guru Gobind Singh's two young sons, when captured at Sirhind. He declared that their execution contravened the dictates of Islam and the laws laid-down by the Prophet. According to the Mahan Kosh, when told that the Nawab of Malerkotla had raised his voice, the Guru blessed the house of the nawab, declaring that its "roots shall remain forever green." m. a lady of the family of Guru Govind Singh, who converted to Islam. He d. at Maler Kotla, 1712 (bur. there at the Shahi Muqbara), having had issue, eight sons:
- 1) Nawab Ghulam Husain Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla - see below.
- 2) Sahibzada Mirza Khan. He had issue, four sons:
  - a) Muhammad Aman Khan. He d.s.p.
  - b) Ghulam Sharif Khan. He had issue, three sons:
    - i) Firuz Khan. He had issue, one son:
      - (1) Ghulam Nabi Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (a) Dost Muhammad Khan. He had issue, three sons:
        
        (i) Fazu'l Rahman Khan.
        
        (ii) 'Abdu'l Rahman Khan.
        
        (iii) Habib ul-Rahman Khan.
    - ii) Faujdar Khan. He had issue, two sons:
      - (1) Rahmat 'Ali Khan.
      - (2) Qasim 'Ali Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (a) Alladad Khan. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - iii) Sardar Khan. He had issue, four sons:
      - (1) Zarbadast Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        (a) Khair ud-din Khan.
        
        (b) Badar ud-din Khan.
      - (2) Rahim Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        (a) Bahadur Jang Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (i) Barakat 'Ali Khan.
        
        (b) Sher Khan.
      - (3) Gharib Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        (a) Tegh 'Ali Khan.
        
        (b) Shuja'at 'Ali Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (i) 'Abdu'l Aziz Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        1. 'Abdu'l Hamid Khan.
      - (4) Gamu Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (a) 'Abdu'l Karim Khan. He had issue, three sons:
        
        (i) Malik Muhammad Khan.
        
        (ii) Ramzan Khan.
        
        (iii) Yusuf Khan.
  - c) Mu'azzam Khan. He had issue, one son:
    - i) Makhdun Bakhsh Khan.
  - d) Ilahi Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, one son:
    - i) Karim Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, one son:
      - (1) Nur Muhammad Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        (a) Ahmad Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (i) 'Ali Sher Khan. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
        
        (b) Muhammad Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (i) Qadir Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        1. 'Abdu'llah Khan.
        
        2. Nawab Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        a. 'Abdu'l Salim Khan.
- 3) Sahibzada Muhammad Azim Khan. He had issue, one son:
  - a) Rahman Khan. He had issue, one son:
    - i) Imam Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, one son:
      - (1) Sahibzada Muhammad Niamat 'Ali Khan. He had issue, one son:
        
        (a) Sahibzada Anwar Muhammad Khan. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
        
        (i) Major-General Sahibzada Mehr Mohammad Khan, Sardar Bahadur, CIE (3.6.1919), OBE (m 3.6.1919), OBI (3.6.1923, OBI II 1898). Served in the Tirah exped 1898, the Great War in as ADC to the GOC Indian Exped Force in Egypt 1915-1918 (rcvd: MID), and Third Afghan War 1919, Cdt Malerkotla State Forces and Police, GOC Malerkotla State Forces 1931-1939. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911), 1915 Star, British War and Allied Victory medals (1918), Indian GSM with Afghanistan clasp (1919). m. (first) the second daughter of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, by his wife, H.H. Nawab ... Begum Sahiba, daughter of Khan Sahib Ghulam Muhammad Khan. m. (second) ... Begum. He had issue, one son and six daughters:
        
        1. Sahibzada Haji Anwar Ahmad Khan. b. at Saharanpur, November 1937, educ. Dehradun and Malerkotla. MLA for Malerkotla in the Punjab state assembly 1977-1980. Chair Punjab, Haryana & HP Wakf Brd. Advisor Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Convener Punjab Muslim Dal (Akali Party Wing). m. (first) Sahibzadi Mehro Begum [Hajan, daughter of Captain Sahibzada Syed Ashgar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, by his wife, Sahibzadi Malka Begum Saheba, daughter of Nawab Muhammad Sa’adat ‘Ali Khan Bahadur [Chamman Sahib], of the Bilsi Estate, in the Badaun district of UP.m. (second) 13^th December 1980, Sajida Begum Sahiba (b. 1940; d. at Mohali Hospital, Chandigarh, Punjab, 30^th July 2006), MLA for Malerkotla in the (East) Punjab state assembly 1972-1977 & 1980-1985, Gen-Sec Malerkotla Punjab Pradesh Congress Cttee (PPCC), Chair Malerkotla Waqf Brd (Mbr 1973-1978), and Punjab State Mahila Imdad Cttee, former wife of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Iftikhar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, and daughter of Khan Sahib ‘Abdu’l Majid Khan, a jagirdar of Malerkotla state. He had issue, three sons and three daughters by his first wife:
        
        a. Sahibzada Nadim Anwar Khan [Nadeem Khan]. Mbr General Council Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Mbr Indian National Congress since 2017. He has issue, a son and two daughters:
        
        i. Sahibzada Safan Ahmad Khan.
        
        i. Sahibzadi Inaya Khan.
        
        ii. Sahibzadi Fatima Khan.
        
        b. Sahibzada Nasim Anwar Khan [Naseem Khan]. He has issue, two sons:
        
        i. Sahibzada Ayan Ahmad Khan [Ayaan Ahmed Khan]
        
        ii. Sahibzada Aman Ahmad Khan [Amaan Ahmed Khan].
        
        c. Sahibzada Wasim Anwar Khan [Waseem Khan]. He has issue, a son and a daughter:
        
        i. Sahibzada Hamza Ahmad Khan.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
        
        i. Sahibzadi Adiba Khan.
        
        a. Sahibzadi Yasmin Khan.
        
        b. Sahibzadi Saba Khan.
        
        c. Sahibzadi Nikhat Khan.
        
        1. Sahibzadi Hamida Jahan Begum. She d. at an early age.
        
        2. Sahibzadi Haider Jahan Begum. She d. at an early age.
        
        3. Sahibzadi Iqbal Begum [Begum Iqbal Nusrat]. m. as his first wife, Nusrat ‘Ali Khan, MLA for Malerkotla in the (East) Punjab state assembly 1985-1990. She had issue, a son and a daughter.
        
        4. Sahibzadi Mehar Bano Begum. m. Sahibzada Asad Mumtaz ‘Ali Khan, son of Nawabzada Muhammad Mumtaz ‘Ali Khan, of Karnal – see Pakistan (Karnal).
        
        5. A daughter, twin with her youngest sister, who died shortly after birth.
        
        6. A daughter, twin with her immediate elder sister, who died shortly after birth.
        
        (i) H.H. Murtaza Begum Sahiba. m. as his third, wife, Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE (b. at Malerkotla, 10^th September 1881; d. 16^th October 1947, bur. Shahi Muqbara, Malerkotla), second but eldest surviving son of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla - see below.
        
        (ii) H.H. Ruqaiya Begum Sahiba. m. as his fourth wife, Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, KCSI, KCIE (b. at Malerkotla, 10^th September 1881; d.16^th October 1947, bur. Shahi Muqbara, Malerkotla), second but eldest surviving son of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla - see below.
- 4) Nawab Jamal Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla - see below.
- 5) Sahibzada Fateh 'Ali Khan. He was k. (s.p.) in battle against Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala, 1732.
- 6) Sahibzada Akbar 'Ali Khan. He d.s.p.
- 7) Sahibzada Ghulam 'Ali Khan. He was k. (s.p.) in battle against Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala, 1732.
- 8) Sahibzada Ghulam Rasul Khan. He was k. (s.p.) in battle against Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala, 1732.
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1712 - 1717 Nawab Ghulam Husain Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla, eldest son of Nawab Sher Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Sher Jang, Nawab of Malerkotla, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1712. Deposed by his younger brother, 1717. He d. 1734 (bur. Shahi Muqbara, Malerkotla), having had issue, eight sons:
- 1) Sahibzada Sarbuland Khan. He d.s.p. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- 2) Sahibzada Muhi ud-din Mehdi Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, four sons:
  - a) Muzaffar Jalle Khan. He had issue, one son:
    - i) Jati Khan. He had issue, three sons:
      - (1) Hasan Muhammad Khan.
      - (2) Babu Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        (a) Sharif Khan.
        
        (b) Latif Khan.
      - (3) Fattu Khan.
  - b) 'Alim Shah Khan. He d.s.p.
  - c) Haji Ja'afar 'Ali Khan. He had issue, five sons:
    - i) Darbari Khan.
    - ii) Jalle Khan. He had issue, a son:
      - (1) Abdu'llah Khan.
    - iii) Nathu Khan. He had issue, a son:
      - (1) Jabe Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        (a) Karim Khan. He had issue, three sons:
        
        (i) Malik Muhammad Khan.
        
        (ii) Fazil Muhammad Khan. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (iii) Faiz Muhammad Khan.
        
        (b) Gamu Khan. He had issue, a son:
        
        (i) Abde Khan.
    - iv) Jange Khan. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - v) Husain Khan. He had issue, two sons:
      - (1) Sube Khan.
      - (2) Sher Khan.
  - d) Darbari Khan. He d.s.p.
- 3) Sahibzada Fateh 'Ali Khan. He d.s.p.
- 4) Sahibzada Sa'adat 'Ali Khan. He had issue, a son:
  - a) Ahmad 'Ali Khan. He had issue, a son:
    - i) Shahji Khan. He had issue, two sons:
      - (1) Dunde Khan. He had issue, two sons:
        
        (a) Jhandu Khan.
        
        (b) Bube Khan.
      - (2) Amanat 'Ali Khan. He had issue, five sons:
        
        (a) 'Ali Nawaz Khan.
        
        (b) Inayat 'Ali Khan. He had issue, a son:
        
        (i) Mubaraq 'Ali Khan.
        
        (c) Barakat 'Ali Khan. He had issue, a son:
        
        (i) Ja'afar 'Ali Khan.
        
        (d) Muhabjat 'Ali Khan. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
        
        (e) Wilayat 'Ali Khan.
- 5) Sahibzada Sikander 'Ali Khan. He d.s.p.
- 6) Sahibzada Qadir Bakhsh Khan. He d.s.p.
- 7) Sahibzada Talia Muhammad Khan. He had issue, three sons:
  - a) Najib Khan. He had issue, a son: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - i) Muhammad Khan.
  - b) Mode Khan.
  - c) Nabi Bakhsh Khan. He had issue, a son:
    - i) Nasru'llah Khan.
- 8) Sahibzada Khan Bahadur Khan. He had issue, four sons:
  - a) Baje Khan.
  - b) Daler Khan.
  - c) Jahangir Khan. He had issue, a son:
    - i) Bazid Khan.
    - d) Alamgir Khan.
- 1) Sahibzadi Bulakan Begum. m. 1713, Usman Yar Khan, son of Ali Muhammad Khan Rohilla.
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1717 - 1762 Rustam-i-Hind Nawab Jamal Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla, fourth son of Nawab Sher Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Sher Jang, Nawab of Malerkotla, educ. privately. Succeeded on the deposition of his elder brother, 1717. Allied himself to Ahmad Shah Durrani, during his invasion of India and was rewarded with a khilat and the personal title of Rustam-i-Hind. m. (first) Nawab Inayat Begum Sahiba. m. (second) Nawab Sultan Begum Sahiba. m. (third) Nawab …Begum Sahiba. m. (fourth) Nawab … Begum Sahiba. He was k. in battle against Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala, 1762 (bur. Shahi Muqbara, Malerkotla), having had issue, six sons and two daughters:
- 1) Nawab Bhikan Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla (s/o Inayat Begum) - see below.
- 2) Khan Bahadur Khan, Regent of Malerkotla (s/o Inayat Begum) - see below.
- 3) Khan Sahib 'Umar Khan, Regent of Malerkotla (s/o Sultan Begum) - see below.
- 4) Khan Sahib Asadu'llah Khan, Regent of Malerkotla (s/o Sultan Begum) - see below.
- 5) Khan Sahib Atau'llah Khan, Regent of Malerkotla (s/o Sultan Begum) - see below.
- 6) Sahibzada Amanat Khan (s/o Sultan Begum). He d. young.
- 1) A daughter (d/o the third wife).
- 2) Another daughter (d/o the fourth wife).
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1762 - 1763/4 Nawab Bhikan Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla, eldest son of Nawab Jamal Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla, by his first wife, Nawab Inayat Begum Sahiba, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1762. Joined Ahmad Shah Durrani of Afghanistan, in his war against the Sikhs, and received the right to mint his own coinage. Lost the towns of Sherpur and Bhasaur, as a consequence of his unhappy alliance. m. as his only wife, Nawab Nadira Begum Sahiba. He was k. by a Sikh (shot in the back while drinking), at Kotla, 1763/4 (bur. Shahi Muqbara, Malerkotla), having had issue, two sons:
- 1) Nawab Muhammad Wazir 'Ali Khan, Nawab of Malerkotla (s/o Nadira Begum) - see below.
- 2) Sahibzada Fateh Khan (s/o Nadira Begum). He had issue, three sons:
  - a) Khan Sahib Faizu'llah Khan. He d.s.p.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - b) Khan Sahib Faiz Talab Khan. He had issue, one son:
    - i) Khan Sahib Yakub 'Ali Khan. m. three wives. He d. 30^th August 1850, having had issue, an only daughter.
  - c) Khan Sahib Kale Khan. He d.s.p.
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