1838 - 1880 H.H. Faridun Jah, Muntazim ul-Mulk, Mohsin ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mansur 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nusrat Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. b. at Murshidabad, 29th October 1830, third son of H.H. Humayun Jah, Shuja-ul-Mulk, Ihtisham-ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mubaraq 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, GCH, by his second wife, H.H. Nawab Rais un-nisa Begum Sahiba, GaddinashinBegum, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 3rd October 1838. Ascended the KhaharBalish, Mushidabad, 19th December 1838. Installed at Hazardowri Palace, Murshidabad, 21st May 1847. Reduced from a salute of 19-guns to 13-guns for alleged complicity in the murder of two menials, 11th October 1854. Left Murshidabad for England in February 1869 and remained there until his return to Bombay in October 1881. Renounced his hereditary styles and titles of Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, and abdicated in favour of his eldest son, at St Ives, Maidenhead, 1st November 1880. Prone to pleasure and extravagance, he had fallen deeply into debt and was obliged to dispose of much of his family jewels, property and patrimony in return for a life pension of £10,000 p.a., a personal stipend of £83,000 and expenses of £25,000. m.(first) at Murshidabad, Spring 1846, H.H. Firdaus Mahal, Nawab Shams-i-Jahan Begum Sahiba, GaddinashinBegum, CI (15.10.1897) (b. at Murshidabad, 1830; d. at Calcutta, 21st April 1905), née Mehr un-nisa Begum Sahiba, installed as Gaddinashin Begum at Murshidabad in October 1893, eldest daughter of Nawab Sayyid Ikram ud-din 'Ali Khan Bahadur, by his wife, Fatima Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Sayyid Sikander 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Saif Jang, by his wife, Jigri Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Mutamid ul-Mulk, Mubaraq ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mubaraq 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, who had 13 sons of whom 12 died young and five daughters. m.(second) Nawab Malika uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba [Hajjiya Begum] (d. at Murshidabad, November 1884), daughter of Sayyid Mansur [Haji Masum], by his wife, Khair un-nisa Begum. m.(third) Guiti Afroz Mahal, Nawab Mehr Lekha Begum Sahiba (d. at Murshidabad, 30th May 1855; bur. Jafarganj), previously a muta wife as Hasina Khanum, a former Abyssinian slave-girl. m.(fourth) Nawab Shah un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Murshidabad, 16th January 1892, bur. Jafarganj), previously a muta wife as Shah un-nisa Khanum. m.(fifth) Nawab Shams un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. before 1865), previously a muta wife as Shams un-nisa Khanum. m.(sixth) at the Alexandra Hotel, St. George's Place, London, 15th May 1870, Nawab Sarah Begum Sahiba (b. 1853; d. at a nursing home in London, 1st September 1925), granted the personal title of NawabBegumSahiba March 1889, daughter of Josiah Godfrey Vennell, of New Barnet, Mdsx. m.(i) Faiz un-nisa Khanum (d. after 1880). m.(ii) Mubaraq Khadam, previously Bi Moti. m.(iii) Badr un-nisa Khanum (d. after 1899). m.(iv) Zeb un-nisa Khanum. m.(v) Najm un-nisa Khanum (d. after 1899). m.(vi) at London, late 1879 (muta) Muhammadi Begum, née Julia Lewis (b. 1860; m. second, at Edinburgh, 18th June 1904, Thomas Samson Cockburn, and d. at Patcham, Sussex, 20th December 1948), daughter of Thomas Lewis, by his wife, Julia, née Geddes. m.(a) Bi Nargis (d. after 1899). m.(b) Bi Umda [Bi Kumari]. m.(c) Bi Nur Bakhsh [Allah Rukhi] (d. after 1899). m.(d) Bi Hira(d. after 1899). m.(e) Bi Kaiser (d. after 1899). m.(f) Bi Hayat un-nisa [Haitun] (d. after 1899). m.(g) Bi Lutf un-nisa [Lutfan] (d. after 1899). m.(h) Bi Rungli. m.(i) Bi Shambar un-nisa [Shambaran] (d. after 1880). m.(j) Bi Amir un-nisa [Amirun] (d. after 1899). m.(k) Jahan Ara (d. after 1899). m.(l) Bi Mohin (d. after 1899). m.(m) Bi Nazlu (d. after 1899). m.(n) Bi Sajjan (d. after 1899). m.(o) Bi Azim un-nisa (d. after 1899). m.(p) Bi Jan (d. after 1899). m.(q) Bi Madhu (d. after 1899). m.(r) Bi Rahat Afza (d. after 1899). He d. from cholera, at Nawab Manzil, Murshidabad, 4th November 1884 (bur. at Jafaraganj Cemetary, later removed to Karbala, Iraq), having had issue 101 children of whom 19 sons and 20 daughters survived him:
1) Murshidzada 'Ali Qadr, Sayyid Hasan 'Ali Mirza [Burra Sahib], who became 'Ali Qadr, Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Hasan 'Ali Mirza Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab of Murshidabad (s/o Mehr Lekha Begum) - see below.
2) Wala Qadr, Nawab Sayyid Husain 'Ali Mirza Bahadur [Mujli Sahib]. b. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 25th December 1846 (s/o Shah un-nisa Begum), educ. privately at Mushidabad and in England. A distingusihed Persian scholar and poet. m.(first) Malika-i-Jahan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Khusdijit un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m.(second) Husaini Begum Sahiba. m.(third) Dulhan Begum Sahiba. m.(a) Bi Begum. He d. 1922, having had issue, four sons and seven daughters:
a) Sahibzada Sayyid Khusru Mirza (s/o Bi Begum). m.(first) Mahdi Begum Sahiba. m.(i) Kumari Khanum. He had issue, five sons and three daughters:
i) Sayyid M…r 'Ali Mirza. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
ii) Sayyid Aman 'Ali Mirza. m.…Ara Begum. He had issue, three sons:
(1) Sayyid Husain Mirza. He may have d. young?
(2) Sayyid Hasan Mirza.
(3) Sayyid Husain Mirza.
iii) Sayyid Ghazanfar Mirza. m.…Ara Begum, daughter of Sayyid 'Ali Mirza. He had issue, five sons and one daughter:
(1) Sayyid Shah Yar Mirza.
(2) Sayyid Shahinshah Mirza.
(3) Sayyid Shah Nawaz Mirza.
(4) Sayyid Shah Alam Mirza.
(5) Sayyid Shah Jahan Mirza.
(1) Shaharbanu Begum Sahiba.
iv) Sayyid Safdar Mirza (s/o Kumari Khanum). m.(first) Saida Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of his paternal cousin, Sayyid Zahir 'Ali Mirza. m.(second) Amir un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Alia Begum], elder daughter of his paternal cousin, Sayyid Yusuf 'Ali Mirza, by his muta wife, Sultan Khanum. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
i) Askari Begum Sahiba. m.as his second wife, Sayyid Paikar Husain Khan, fourth son of Sahibzada Sayyid Muzaffar 'Ali Khan, by his second wife, Aziz un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She had issue, one daughter - see above.
ii) Nahar Ara Begum Sahiba (d/o Kumari Khanum). m.as his first wife, Sayyid Paikar Husain Khan, fourth son of Sahibzada Sayyid Muzaffar 'Ali Khan, by his second wife, Aziz un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see above.
b) Sahibzada Sayyid Zaigham (or Ibrahim) Mirza (s/o Bi Begum). m.Sahibzadi Khurshid un-nisa Begum Sahiba, second daughter of his paternal uncle, H.H. ‘Ali Qadr Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Hassan ‘Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jung, Nawab of Murshidabad, GCIE, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Amir Dulhan Kulsum un-nisa Begum Sahiba. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
i) Sayyid Muhammad Sadiq ‘Ali Mirza (s/o Khurshid un-nisa Begum). m.(first) Sahibzadi Hashmat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Calcutta, 1995), daughter of H.H. Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Asif Qadr, Nawab Sayyid Wasif ‘Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jung [Bara Sahib], Nawab of Murshidabad, KCSI, KCVO, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Sultan Dulhan Faghfur Jahan Begum Sahiba, daughter of his paternal uncle, Wala Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Husain ‘Ali Mirza Bahadur. m.(a) …l Bai. He d. 1959, having had issue, seven sons and six daughters:
(1) Sayyid Muhammad Jafar 'Ali Mirza (s/o …l Bai).
(2) Sayyid Muhammad Ismail 'Ali Mirza (s/o Khurshid un-nisa Begum).
(3) Sayyid Muhammad Baqir 'Ali Mirza (s/o …l Bai).
(4) Sayyid Muhammad Hasan 'Ali Mirza (s/o Hashmat un-nisa Begum).
(5) Sayyid Muhammad Muhammad Abbas ‘Ali Mirza. b. 1939 (s/o Hashmat un-nisa Begum).
(6) Sayyid Muhammad Reza 'Ali Mirza (s/o Hashmat un-nisa Begum).
(7) Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi 'Ali Mirza (s/o …l Bai).
c) Burhan Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Mubaraq Mirza Bahadur (s/o Dulhan Begum). m.Chand Begum Sahiba. He had issue:
i) Sayyid Husain 'Ali Mirza. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
(1) Sayyid Hasan 'Ali Mirza. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
(a) Sayyid Hasan 'Ali Mirza.
(a) Fakhr un-nisa Begum Sahiba.
(b) Bahar un-nisa Begum Sahiba.
(1) …un-nisa Begum Sahiba.
(2) Zakiat un-nisa Begum Sahiba.
i) Madar Ara Begum Sahiba. m.Jamshid Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ghazanfar 'Ali Mirza (d. at Murshidabad, 25th September 1889), second son of her paternal grand uncle, Humayun Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Mirza Bahadur.
d) Sahibzada Sayyid 'Ali Mirza (s/o Dulhan Begum).
a) Nawab Akbari Begum Sahiba (d/o Husaini Begum). m.Mirza Muhammad Qurrat ul-Ain Bahadur [Nannay Mirza] (b. at Calcutta, October 1866; d. at Calcutta, 12th February 1902, bur. Imambara-i-Sibtainabad, Matiaburj), son of H.R.H. Prince Kaiwan Qadr, Mirza Muhammad Hamid 'Ali, Wali Ahad Mirza Bahadur, of Oudh, by his second wife, Nawab Begum Sahiba alias Nawab Kaukab Mahal Sahiba. She had issue, one son - see IndiaPensioners (Oudh).
b) Nawab Sughara Begum Sahiba. m.at Calcutta, 1890, Prince Khurshid Jah, Mirza Muhammad Kazim Husain Bahadur (b. at Calcutta, 1869; d. at Calcutta, 4th October 1907), son of H.M. Hazrat Khalid, Abu'l Mansur Nasir ud-din, Padshah-i-'Adil, Kaiser-i-Zaman, Arangha Sultan-i-'Alam, Muhammad Wajid 'Ali Shah Bahadur, King of Oudh, by his wife, Nawab Vilaiyati Mahal Sahiba. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see IndiaPensioners (Oudh).
c) Nawab Sultan Dulhan Fugfur Jahan Begum Sahiba. m.at Calcutta, 1898, as his first wife, H.H. Asif Qadr, Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Asif Qadr, Nawab Sayyid Wasif 'Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang [Bara Sahib], Nawab of Murshidabad, KCSI, KCVO (b. 7th January 1875; d. at his residence at 85 Park Street, Calcutta, 23rd October 1959, bur. Jaffaraganj Cemetery, Murshidabad), eldest son of H.H. 'Ali Qadr Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Hasan 'Ali Mirza Bahadur, Nawab of Murshidabad, GCIE. She had issue, four sons - see below.
3) Humayun Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Mirza Bahadur [Amir Sahib]. b. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 10th December 1850 (s/o Shams un-nisa Begum), educ. privately at Mushidabad and in England. m.(first) Nowasi Begum Sahiba [Mehndi Begum]. m.(second) Fakhr un-nisa Begum Sahiba. He d. 1884, having had issue, three sons and three daughters:
a) Ahmad Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Banda Abbas Mirza Bahadur. m.(first) Nawab Mumtaz Mahal Imami Begum Sahiba (m. second, 1903 (div.), H.H. Asif Qadr Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Asif Qadr, Nawab Sayyid Wasif 'Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab of Murshidabad, KCSI, KCVO - see below), elder daughter of Kaiwan Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ahmad 'Ali Mirza Bahadur. m.(second) Khurati Begum. m.(third) Shirin Banu. He had issue:
i) Sahibzada Sayyid Abbas Mirza [Umaru Sahib] (s/o Imami Begum).
ii) Sahibzada Sayyid Ahmad Abbas Mirza. He had issue, four sons and four daughters:
(1) Sayyid Hasan Abbas Mirza.
(2) Sayyid Husain Abbas Mirza.
(3) Sayyid …Abbas Mirza.
(1) Aram Ara Begum Sahiba. m.Sayyid Nasir Husain Mirza.
(2) Shahar Ara Begum Sahiba. m.Sayyid Muhammad Mirza.
(3) Bazm Ara Begum Sahiba. m.Sayyid Nasir Husain Mirza.
(4) Nargis Ara Begum Sahiba.
iii) Sahibzada Sayyid 'Ali Abbas Mirza (s/o Shirin Banu). He had issue, one son and one daughter:
i) Sahibzadi Qamar Jahan Sultan Ara Begum (d/o Imami Begum).
ii) Nawab Mehr Jahan Dildar Ara Begum Sahiba (d/o Imami Begum). m.as his third wife, H.H. Asif Qadr Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Asif Qadr, Nawab Sayyid Wasif 'Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab of Murshidabad, KCSI, KCVO (b. at Murshidabad, 7th January 1875; d. at his residence at 85 Park Street, Calcutta, 23rd October 1959, bur. Jaffaraganj Cemetery, Murshidabad), eldest son of H.H. 'Ali Qadr Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Hasan 'Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab of Murshidabad, GCIE, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Amir Dulhan Kulsum un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She had issue, one daughter - see below.
iv) Sahibzadi Murtaza Ashaq Ara Begum (d/o Imami Begum). m.…Husain. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
v) Sahibzadi Isaye Ara Begum [Bandi Begum].
b) Jamshid Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ghazanfar 'Ali Mirza Bahadur. m.Madar Ara Begum Sahiba, elder daughter of his first cousin, Burhan Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Mubaraq Mirza Bahadur, by his wife, Chand Begum Sahiba. He d. at Murshidabad, 25th September 1889.
c) Purwan Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ghulam Abbas Mirza Bahadur. He d. after 1947, having had issue, a daughter:
i) Sahibzadi Fatima Begum. m.Sayyid …'Ali Mirza.
a) Sahibzadi Abadi Begum. She d. at Murshidabad, 11th January 1894.
b) Sahibzadi Saliha Begum. She d. at Murshidabad, 4th January 1893.
c) Sahibzadi Zakia Begum. m.Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad [Sulaiman Mirza], eldest son of Sayyid 'Abid 'Ali Khan. She d. after 1899, having had issue, one son - see above.
4) Kaiwan Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ahmad 'Ali Mirza Bahadur [Miran Sahib]. b. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 9th January 1853 (s/o Shams un-nisa Begum), educ. privately. m. Qamar un-nisa Begum Sahib. He d. at Murshidabad, September 1878, having had issue two sons and daughters:
a) Sahibzada Sayyid Abu'l Husain Mirza [Goonda Sahib]. m.1897, …Begum Sahiba. He d. after 1947, having had issue, one son:
a) Nawab Mumtaz Mahal Imami Begum Sahiba. m.(first) Ahmad Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Banda Abbas Mirza Bahadur, eldest son of her paternal uncle, Humayun Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Mirza Bahadur. m.(second) 1903, as his third wife (div.), H.H. Asif Qadr Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Asif Qadr, Nawab Sayyid Wasif 'Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab of Murshidabad, KCSI, KCVO (b. at Murshidabad, 7th January 1875; d. at his residence at 85 Park Street, Calcutta, October 1959, bur. Jaffaraganj Cemetery, Murshidabad), eldest son of H.H. 'Ali Qadr Amir ul-Umara, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, Rais ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Hasan 'Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab of Murshidabad, GCIE, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Amir Dulhan Kulsum un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She had issue, one son and four daughters by her first husband (see above) and none by her second - see below.
c) Sahibzadi Rajbi Begum. m.Khawar Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Rahman Mirza Bahadur (d. before November 1892), eldest son of his paternal uncle, Surya Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Mirza Bahadur. She d. after 1899 - see below.
d) Sahibzadi Imam Bandi Begum [Sugra Begum Sahiba]. She d. after 1899.
5) A s/o Shams-i-Jahan Begum. b. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, July 1853. He d. there, 22nd September 1853.
6) Surya Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Mirza Bahadur [Sayyid Sahib]. b. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 19th September 1853 (s/o Badr un-nisa), educ. privately. m.(first) Surya Dulhan Sultani Bahu Begum Sahiba (d. after 1897). m.(second) Sakina Begum Sahiba [Piari Begum] (d. ca. 1894). m.(i) Bi Ladli Khanum (d. after 1899). m.(ii) Bi Lutf un-nisa Khanum. m.(a) Bi Muhammadi (d. after 1899). m.(b) Bi Jumna. m.(c) Bi Amiri. m.(d) Bi Hydari. m.(e) Bi Rahim un-nisa [Rahiman]. He d. at Murshidabad, 20th June 1891, having had issue, seven sons and six daughters:
a) Khawar Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Rahman Mirza Bahadur (s/o Bi Rahim un-nisa?). m.(first) Rajbi Begum Sahiba. m.(first) Rajbi Begum Sahiba (d. after 1899), third daughter of his paternal uncle, Kaiwan Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ahmad 'Ali Mirza Bahadur. m.(a) Bi Ladli. m.(b) Bi Gulab. He d. before November 1892, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
i) Sayyid Safdar 'Ali Mirza.
i) Kaniz-i-Aba Begum Sahiba. m.Sayyid …Mirza.
b) Chatur Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad Mirza Bahadur. He d. after 1899.
c) Hatim Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Yunus Mirza Bahadur. m.1897, …He d. 1919, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
i) Sayyid Yusuf 'Ali Mirza [Taqi Sahib]. He had issue, two sons.
d) Ja'afar Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ishaq Mirza Bahadur.Hasan Ara Begum Sahiba, possibly m.the daughter of Anjum Qadr, Daud Mirza. He 1940, having had issue, one daughter.d.
e) Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad Askari Mirza.
f) Sahibzada Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Mirza [Hinga Sahib].
g) Rayazat Qadr, Sahibzada Sayyid Ismail Mirza Bahadur. m.Moniza Sultani Begum Sahiba. He d. 5th June 1908, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
i) Sayyid Shaharyar Mirza.
ii) Sayyid Tajdar Mirza. He d. after 1947.
i) Hashmat Ara Begum Sahiba*.
ii) Ramzani Begum Sahiba*.
iii) Nishani Begum Sahiba*.
*one of these daughters m. Sayyid Reza Husain.
a) Sahibzadi Akhtari Begum [Hormuzi Begum Sahiba alias Imam Bandi]. She d. after 1899.
b) Sahibzadi Zohra Begum. m.Huzur Mirza (or Khurshid Mirza). She d. after 1899.
c) Sahibzadi Mahrukh Begum. She d. after 1899.
d) Sahibzadi Malika Begum (d/o Bi Rahim un-nisa). m.1894, Khurshid Mirza (or Huzur Mirza). She d. after 1899.
e) Sahibzadi Mehndi Begum (d/o Sakina Begum). She d. after 1899.
f) Sahibzadi Husaini Begum (d/o Bi Ladli). She d. 11th May 1897.
7) A s/o a concubine. b. 15th June and d. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 11th October 1854.