SURAT
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GENEALOGY
1763 - 1790 H.H. Qa'im ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Hafiz ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Surat. b. at Surat, ca. 1736, as Mian Qutb ud-din Muhammad Khan, elder son of H.H. Qa'im ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Moin ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Qutb Jang, Nawab of Surat, by his wife, Nawab Karim un-nisa Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Beglar Khan Bahadur, educ. privately. Qiladar of Surat Castle 1750-1751 and 1758-1763. Recognised by the Governor of Bombay as hereditary Nawab of Surat, following the death of his father, 27th February 1763. Installed at Surat Castle and invested with the titles of Qa'im ud-Daula and Nawab Mir Hafiz ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur. The first ruler of his line to ascend the musnaid independent of the Mughal authorities in Delhi. m. H.H. Nawab Fakhr un-nisa Begum Sahiba. He d. at Surat Castle, March 1790 (bur. Surat) (succ. by his elder surviving son), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
1799 - [1821] H.H. Qutb ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Nasir ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nusrat Yar Jang, Nawab of Surat, younger son of H.H. Qa'im ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Hafiz ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Surat, by his wife, H.H. Nawab Fakhr un-nisa Begum Sahiba, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 8th January 1799. Ascended the musnaid and invested with the titles of Nawab, Qutb ud-Daula, and Nusrat Yar Jang Bahadur, at Surat Castle, 9th January 1799. Entered into agreements with the Government of Bombay in which he surrendered his ruling powers, in return for a hereditary pension, sovereign rights over his private properties and the continuation of his hereditary styles and titles, 14th May 1800. m. H.H. Nawab Zia un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Ladli Begum] (d. at Surat Castle, 1828, bur. there), youngest daughter of his paternal cousin, Safdar ul-Mulk, Nawab Mir Najm ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, sometime Bakhshi of Surat, by his first wife, Roshan Ara Khanum, daughter of Nawabzada Wiqar Muhammad Khan Bahadur, sometime Qiladar of Surat Castle. He d. at Surat Castle, 23rd September 1821 (bur. Surat) (succ. by his second and only surviving son), having had issue, two sons:
[1821 - 1842] H.H. Qamar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Afzal ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Hashmat Jang, Nawab of Surat. b. at Surat Castle, ca. 1782, younger son of H.H. Qutb ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Nasir ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nusrat Yar Jang, Nawab of Surat, by his wife, H.H. Nawab Zia un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Ladli Begum], educ. privately. Succeeded to the titular styles and titles on the death of his father, 23rd September 1821. Ascended the musnaid and invested with the titles of Nawab, Qamar ud-Daula and Hashmat Jang Bahadur, at Surat Castle, 25th September 1821. m. (first) H.H. Nawab Padshah Begum Sahiba (d. at Broach, after 1839), sister of Amir Hafizu'llah Sahib, of the Nawab family of Broach. m. (second) Zia un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Surat, before 1828). m. (i) at Surat, 10th September 1825, Wazir un-nisa Begum Sahiba, a former slave. m. (ii) at Surat, 10th September 1825, Amir un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Munmani Begum] (d. at Surat, after 1853), alias Umrul Ba, a Hindu Rajput girl from Bhavnagar. m. (a) Boah Soortee. He d. at the Darya Mahal, Surat, 8th August 1842 (bur. Surat) (when his titles were abolished by the Government of India), having had issue, two surviving daughters:
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