KURWAI

The Firoz Khel Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1906 - [1986] ‘Ali Jah, Anis ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Sarwar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Kurwai. b. at Kurwai Fort, 1^st December 1901, only son of Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Yaqub ‘Ali Khan, Nawab of Kurwai, by his wife, Nawab Umar un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Sarkar Amma], sometime Regent for her son, second daughter of H.H. Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Malerkotla, educ. Daly Coll, Indore, CI, Mayo Coll, Ajmer, Rajputana, and at the RMC Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1^st October 1906. Installed on the musnaid at Kurwai Fort, 15^th April 1907. Reigned under the Regency of his mother, 1^st October 1906-9^th April 1923. Invested with ruling powers, at Kurwai Fort, 9^th April 1923. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut British Army 14/7/1921, attached 1^st Btn, Worcester Regt 10/10/1921, resigned 11/9/1922, Assist to the Deputy Cmsnr at Saugor 1922-1923. Mbr Chamber of Princes, Chair of the Working Cttee of the Chamber of Princes 1931-1932, and attended the Indian Round Table Conference in London in that capacity 1931. Acceded to the Dominion of India, 15^th August 1947. Entered into a covenant with his fellow rulers by which he merged his state into the Madhya Bharat Union 15^th May 1948, which subsequently became an integral part of the territory of India 26th January 1950. The GOI amended the Indian Constitution to remove his position as a “ruler” and his right to receive privy-purse payments, 28^th December 1971. Governor Daly Coll, Indore. Granted the hereditary titles Nawab Bahadur, and Firuz Jang by the King-Emperor 9^th April 1923, and granted the personal title of Anis ud-Daula by his father-in-law, the Nawab of Bhopal, 1931. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), and Indian Independence (1948) medals. m. (first) by proxy at Sadar Manzil Palace, Bhopal, 18^th June 1926 (nikah) and at Qasr-e-Sultani Palace, Bhopal, 1933 (rukhsati), as his first wife (sep. 1934), Colonel Nawab Suraya Jah Gauhar-i-Taj Abida Sultan Begum Sahiba (b. at Qasr-e-Sultani Palace, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, 28^th August 1913; d. from cardiac failure at the Shaukat Omar Memorial Hospital, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, 11^th May 2002, bur. at Malir), educ. privately and at Sikandaria Girls Sch, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Heir Apparent 1928-1950, sometime Pakistani Ambassador to Brazil & Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile, eldest daughter of Major-General H.H. Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Al-Haj Nawab Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu’llah Khan Sahib Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ, by his first wife, H.H. Shah Banu, Maimuna Sultan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Shahzada Muhammad Humayun, of Peshawar, Punjab. m. (second) 1934 (div. 1935) a daughter of Atiqu’llah Khan, of Basoda, by his wife, the widow of Muhammad Khan, of Kurwai. m. (third) at Poona, September 1937, Nawab Dulhan Aisha Humaira Begum Sahiba (b. 1917; d. in Bhopal, March 1998, bur. at the New Cemetery, Kurwai Fort), youngest daughter of Nawab Ghulam Jilani Bijli Khan, Nawab of Wai, by his second wife, Muzammil Jahan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Yar Khan, of Jaora. He d. at Kurwai Fort, 8^th December 1986 (bur. there at the New Cemetery, Kurwai Fort), having had issue, one son by his first wife, and two sons and one daughter by his third wife:

• 1) Nawabzada Shaharyar Muhammad Khan (s/o Abida Begum) - see India (Bhopal).
• 2) ‘Ali Jah, Nawab Muhammad Zafar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Kurwai (s/o Aisha Humaira) - see below.
• 3) Nawabzada Muhammad Munawar ‘Ali Khan. b. at Wai, Satara district, 19^th October 1945 (s/o Aisha Humaira). m. Bibi Zia Begum Sahiba (b. 1948), daughter of Amir Usman, of Junagadh, by his wife, Sahibzadi Asif Sultan Begum Sahiba, eldest daughter of Nawab Ghulam Jilani Bijli Khan, Nawab of Wai. He had issue, an only son:
  • a) Sahibzada Mikael ‘Ali Khan. b. 1^st July 1977, educ. St Mary’s Acad, F.G. Sir Syed Coll, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Inst of Engineering Sciences & Technology (GIKI) (B.Sc. 1999), Topi, NWFP, Pakistan, Univs. of Sheffield and Leeds (M.Sc. 2004, Ph.D. 2008). Research Assoc Quaid-i-Azam Univ 1999-2003, Teacher & Examinations Supervisor at Leeds Univ 2005-2008. m. Sayyida Suada Begum Sahiba, daughter of Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah Kakakhail. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
    • i) Sahibzada Muhammad ‘Omar ‘Ali Khan. b. 2003.
    • ii) Sahibzada Ammar ‘Ali Khan. b. at Leeds, UK, 3^rd February 2008.
    • i) Sahibzadi Ayesha Begum Sahiba. b. 10^th December 2014.
• 1) Nawabzadi Kaiser Zaman Begum Sahiba [Kaiser Bia]. b. at Sarwar Mahal, Kurwai, 5^th June 1938 (d/o Aisha Humaira), educ. ... (B.Ed), and Somerville Coll, Oxford (MA). Proprietor and Dir All Saints Sch, Bhopal since 1980. Chair All Saints Coll of Technology (ASCT) Governing Cttee. Sec Kurwai Educational Soc. m. Shaikh Shri Muhammad Said Mian Sahib (b. 4^th June 1935), fifth son of Meherban Shaikh Shri Shaikh Muhammad ‘Abdu’l Khaliq I [Dada Bapu Mian] Sahib Bahadur, Shaikh Sahib of Mangrol, by his first wife, Ahmed Zaman Begum Sahiba, elder daughter of Mushfiq Meherban-i-Dostan Nawab Muhammad Yaqub ‘Ali Khan, Nawab of Kurwai. She had issue, two daughters  - see India Non-Salute (Mangrol).

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