RAMPUR

(Dar ul-Insha)

The Rohilla (or Barech) Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1855 - 1865 H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, KSI (25.6.1861). b. at the Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 5^th March 1816, eldest son of Nawab Muhammad Said Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Rampur, by his first wife, Nawab Fath un-nisa Begum Sahiba,, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1^st April 1855. Rendered very great services to the GOI during the Mutiny of 1857-1858, by securing Moradabad for the government, rescuing fugitives and keeping the lines of supply and communication to Naini Tal open. Granted extensive lands in the Bareilly district and presented with a valuable khilat by the Viceroy, Lord Canning, in Durbar, at Fatehgarh, 15^th November 1859. Granted the hereditary title of Farzand-i-Dilpazir 23^rd June 1860. Raised to a permanent salute of 13-guns together with the style of His Highness, 1^st November 1861. Granted a sanad confirming succession in accordance with Islamic laws, 11^th March 1862. Granted the hereditary style of His Highness 8^th February 1889. Additional Mbr of the Council of the Governor-General of India 1864-1865. m. (first) H.H. Nawab Firuz un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Bahu Begum] (d. at the Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 1894), a distinguished Urdu poetess, sister of Nawab Abbas ‘Ali Khan, and daughter of Syed ‘Abdu’l ‘Ali Khan. m. (second) H.H. Nawab Janab-i-Aliya Munawar Mahal Begum Sahiba (b. 1835; d. at the Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, August 1900). m. (third) H.H. Nawab Sardar Dulhan Tuti Begum Sahiba. m. (fourth) H.H. Nawab Husaini Begum Sahiba. m. (fifth) H.H. Khurshid Jahan Begum Sahiba. m. (sixth) H.H. Nawab Sultan Begum Sahiba. He d. at the Macchi Bhawan, Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 21^st April 1865 (bur. there at the Qila-i-Mualla Imambara), having had issue, four sons and five daughters:

• 1) H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Muhammad Kalb-i-‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur (s/o Firuz un-nisa Begum) - see below.
• 2) Nawab Hyder ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Tuti Begum), educ. privately. MSC and Home Sec 1887-1889. m. Sahibzadi Khusrau uz-Zamani Begum. He d. at Bilsi, Badaun, UP, 8^th April 1903, having had issue, six sons and two daughters:
  • a) Nawab Muhammad Sa’adat ‘Ali Khan [Chamman Sahib], of Bilsi Estate, Badaun, UP. b. 1878, educ. privately. MSC and Home Sec 1915-1922. A celebrated musician. Author of Falsaf-i-Musiqi (1921). m. Rani Akhtar Jahan Begum Sahiba [Begum Bilsi], Talukdarin of Bilsi, Mbr Wider Life Movement for the Furtherance and Consolidation of the Indo-Nepalese Cultural Fellowship. He d. at Rampur, 1922, having had issue:
    • i) Sahibzada Firasat ‘Ali Khan, of Bilsi Estate, Badaun, UP, educ. Lincoln’s Inn, London. m. Anwari Begum Sahiba. He d. at the Evelyn Nursing Home, Cambridge, 14^th April 1922.
    • i) a daughter. m. Sahibzada Syed Jafar Husain Khan, elder son of Sahibzada Syed Mumtaz Husain Khan [Chanda Sahib], by his wife, Sahibzadi Shahzadi Begum, daughter of Major-General H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Syed Sir Muhammad Hamid ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO - see above.
    • ii) Sahibzadi Malka Begum Saheba, of Bilsi Estate (U.P.). Fl 1932-1945. Author of Minutes of the Proceedings of Maharaja Joodha Accession Anniversary (1945). Mbr Wider Life Movement for the Furtherance and Consolidation of the Indo-Nepalese Cultural Fellowship.
  • b) Nawab Muhammad Shabbar ‘Ali Khan [Doolal Sahib].
  • c) Nawab Muhammad Ashfaq ‘Ali Khan [Jani Sahib]. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • d) Nawab Muhammad Altaf ‘Ali Khan.
  • e) Sahibzada Muhammad Sher ‘Ali Khan.
  • f) Sahibzada Muhammad Faiyaz ‘Ali Khan [Dhoomi Sahib]. He d. from smallpox, at Calcutta, 24^th February 1908.
  • a) Sahibzadi Husaini Begum. m. Karim Nawab.
  • b) Sahibzadi Akhtar Jahan Begum. m. (first) (div.) Sahibzada Ikram ‘Ali Khan, younger son of Sahibzada Qudrat ‘Ali Khan.
• 3) Nawab Mahmud ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. b. Rampur, 1856 (s/o. Husaini Begum), educ. privately. Home Sec. 1889-1898, Master of the Horse 1898. m. (first) Khushun uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba (d. at Rampur, 20^th December 1900). m. (second) at Paddington, London, July 1898 (civil), and at the Lecture Hall, Liverpool Muslim Institute, Liverpool (Islamic rite) (div. 1905), Emily Florence Blanche Rouy (b. at Wandsworth, London, 1883), youngest daughter of Count Emile Hippolyte Rouy de la Badessee, of Bayswater, Paddington, London, a French national, by his wife, Catherine Florence Collin. He d. at Roseneath, Baxter Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 2^nd January 1909 (probate to Nellie Nettle Marin, spinster), having had issue, a son by his first wife
  • a) Sahibzada Mustafa ‘Ali Khan [Munna Sahib]. b. at Rampur, 1872 (s/o. Khushun uz-Zamani), educ. privately. Audit Officer 1896-1897, Home Sec 1897-1898 and 1910-1915. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medals (1903 and 1911). m. Sahibzadi Kaiser Zamani Begum, daughter of his paternal grand uncle, Nawab Kazim ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. He d. at Rampur, 16^th March 1917, having had issue, a son and a
    • i) Sahibzada Mahmud ‘Ali Khan Bahadur [Prince Mahmood Ali Khan]. b. Rampur, 1880, educ. Western Univ (BA), London, Ontario, Canada, Univ Coll (Dip. Agr.), and British Dairy Inst (Dip. Darying), Reading. Rampur State Service 1896-1905, Personal Assist to the Nawab of Rampur, Chief Excise Officer, Chief Officer for Foreign Property, Mngr State Farms, Officer in Audit & Accounts Dept, Private Sec to the Nawab, Home Minister, and Dewan of Baoni State 1930-1931. Presdt All India Tibhya Ayuvedic Conference (Rampur). Mbr Royal Agricultural Soc of England, Highland & Agricultural Soc of Scotland, Royal Assoc of British Dairy Farmers, Chemistry Soc, etc.
    • i) Sahibzadi Wahid un-nisa Begum. m. Sahibzada Shabir ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (d. after 1904), fifth son of H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Haji Nawab Sir Muhammad Kalb-i-‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCSI, CIE, by his second wife, H.H. Nawab Mubarak Begum Sahiba. She had issue, a son and a daughter - see below.
• 1) Sahibzadi Imami Begum Sahiba (d/o Sultan Begum). m. ca. 25^th January 1866, as his second wife, Sahibzada Muhammad Mahmud ‘Ali Khan Bahadur [Chuttan Sahib], son of Nawab Kazim ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. She had issue - see above.
• 2) Sahibzadi Husaini Begum Sahiba (d/o Khurshid Jahan Begum).
• 3) Sahibzadi Abbasi Begum Sahiba. m. (first) Syed Inayat Husain Khan. m. (second) Syed Ahmad ‘Ali Khan [Babban]. m. (third) Sahibzada Ahmad ‘Ali Khan, Shaharyar Dulha Sahib (d. at Delhi, 12^th May 1893), son of Syed Raza ‘Ali Khan, by his wife, Aliya Begum.
• 4) Sahibzadi Abida Begum [Mussamat Umrao Begum] (d/o Firuz un-nisa Begum). m. (first) Sahibzada Syed Muhammad Raza Khan. m. (second) Nawab Muhammad Zainal-Abidin Khan, Faujdar of Jaipur state, son of General Nawab ‘Ali Asghar Khan, CSI, sometime cdt Rampur State Forces. She d. 1869, having had issue, a daughter by her second husband - see India(Rampur-Najibabad).
• 5) Sahibzadi Nanni Begum Sahiba (d/o Firuz un-nisa Begum).
• 6) Sahibzadi Hatim uz-Zamani Begum (d/o Firuz un-nisa Begum).

1865 - 1887 H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Haji Nawab Sir Muhammad Kalb-i-‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang [Nawab Khuld Ashiyan], Nawab of Rampur, GCSI (31.12.1875), CIE (1.1.1878). b. at Aonla, 1834, eldest son of H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, KSI, by his first wife, H.H. Nawab Firuz un-nisa Begum Sahiba, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 21^st April 1865. Installed at the Khurshid Manzil, Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 5^th December 1865. Went on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1872. Granted the hereditary title of Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia 1873. Attended the Imperial Durbar at Delhi where he was granted a personal salute of 17-guns, 1^st January 1877. “Mushir-i-Khas-i-Kaisar-i-Hind” (Councillor of the Empress of India) 1^st January 1877. Mbr of the Council of the Governor-General of India 1867-1887. An Arabic and Persian scholar of high standing. A great patron of education, architecture, literature and other arts and benefactor to artists, writers and performers. Patron Muslim Anglo Oriental (MAO) Coll Foundation Cttee, Aligarh. Author of “Qindil-i haram” (1873), “Taj-i-Farrukh” (1877), “Durrat al-intikhab” (1877), “Dastanbu-yi khaqani” (1878), “Tauq’-i sukhan” (1879), “Mazamin-i Rafi’” (1884), etc. Rcvd: Prince of Wales’s gold medal (1875) and KIH gold medal (1877). m. (first) H.H. Nawab Hatim uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba [Nizami Begum] (d. at Rampur, before 18^th September 1865), daughter of Syed Imadu’llah Khan. m. (second) H.H. Nawab Mubarak Begum Sahiba. He d. at the Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 23^rd March 1887 (bur. Mausoleum of Hafiz Jamalu’llah), having had issue, six sons and five daughters:

• 1) Nawabzada Bande ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. He d.v.p. young.
• 2) Nawabzada Akbar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. He d.v.p. young.
• 3) Nawabzada Zulfikar ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. b. at the Qila-i-Mualla, Rampur, 1855, educ. privately. He d.v.p. unm. at Rampur, 1871.
• 4) H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Muhammad Mushtaq ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur (d/o Hatim uz-Zamani Begum) - see below.
• 5) Sahibzada Shabir ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Mubarak Begum). m. Sahibzadi Wahid un-nisa Begum, daughter of Sahibzada Mustafa ‘Ali Khan, sometime Home Sec, by his wife, Sahibzadi Kaiser Zamani Begum, daughter of his paternal grand uncle, Nawab Kazim ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. He had issue, a son and a daughter:
  • a) Sahibzada Sahibzada Muhammad Sajid ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. b. 1904. m. Sahibzadi Shahzadi Begum, daughter of Aga Hussain Ali Khan, by his wife, Baji Begum. He d. from stomach cancer, at Delhi, 1^st December 1955, having had issue, five sons and three daughters: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • i) Sahibzada Hamid ‘Ali Khan. b. 1929. m. Lydia. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
    • (1) Sahibzada Shahid ‘Ali Khan, educ. Bal Bhavan Sch, Bhopal, New Era High Sch, Panchgani, and Lal Bahadur Shastri Inst of Management, New Delhi. Businessman. m. Samia Begum. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (a) Sahibzada ... ‘Ali Khan.
      • (a) Sahibzadi Subhana Begum.
    • (1) Sahibzadi Ghazal Begum.
    • ii) Sahibzada Kazim ‘Ali Khan. b. 1935. m. Sahibzadi Niloufer Begum Sahiba [Niloufer Rashiduzzaffar Khan], educ. All Saints Sch, Nainital. Dir Bhopal Stud & Agricultural Farm (P) Ltd 1962-1968, daughter of Colonel Yamin ul-Mulk, Imad ud-Daula, Nawabzada Muhammad Rashid uz-Zafar Khan Bahadur, sometime Deputy Chief Minister of Bhopal, by his second wife, Suriya Begum Sahiba. He had issue, a daughter
      • (1) Sahibzadi Farah Begum [Farah Edwards Khan]. b. at Bhopal, 1974, educ. All Saints Sch, Bal Bhavan Sch, and Regional Coll of Education, Bhopal, and Sophia Coll, Bombay. Volunteer The Bhopal Medical Appeal. b. at Brighton, Sussex, February 2003, Tim P. Edwards. She has issue, a daughter:
        • (a) Sameera Edwards. b. at Brighton, Sussex, August 2003.
    • iii) Sahibzada Yusuf ‘Ali Khan. b. 12^th May 1942, educ. Sherwood Coll, Nainital. Consultant in foreign trade and government relations. m. 27^th November 1973, Shams un-nisa Sarah Begum (b. 17^th August 1941), educ. Aligarh Muslim Univ (BA, LLB 1962) and Agra Univ (MA), Deputy Dir of Social Welfare Delhi, retd, Mbr Delhi Juvenile Justice Brd, eldest daughter of Syed Zaigham ‘Ali Khan, of Jansath-Muzaffarnagar. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Sahibzada ‘Ali Muhammad Khan. b. 26^th July 1978. Employed with American Express in Delhi. m. 18^th April 2006, Vinny Begum (b. 31^st August 1975), a Hindu, employed with GE Commercial Finance, daughter of Dharmender Yadav.
      • (1) Sahibzadi Saman Begum [Saman Vashisth]. b. 3^rd February 1975. m. 28^th February 2003, Neeraj Vashisth (b. 12^th May 1972), a Hindu, engineer, now financial specialist in real estate and investment, son of Kamal Bushan Vashisth. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
        • (a) Aadi Vashisth. b. 16^th December 2008.
        • (a) Samiha Vashisth. b. 5^th December 2005, educ. The British Sch, New Delhi.
    • iv) Sahibzada Raza ‘Ali Khan. b. 1950. m. Anisa Begum Sahiba. No issue.
    • v) Sahibzada Saleem ‘Ali Khan. b. 8^th September 1952. m. 9^th April 1977, Syeda Yusha Sultana Begum (b. 10^th June 1958), daughter of Syed ‘Ali Naqui Rizvi. He had issue, two sons:
      • (1) Sahibzada Sunny ‘Ali Khan. b. 14^th November 1978, educ. St Francis De Sales High Sch, Nagpur. m. 27^th April 2005, Fazla Begum (b. at Lucknow, 4^th August 1977), educ. Loreto Convent, Lucknow, daughter of Syed Jamshaid Haider Kazmi. He has issue, one son:
        • (a) Sahibzaba Safee ‘Ali Khan. b. 3^rd June 2006.
      • (2) Sahibzada Sami ‘Ali Khan. b. 23^rd August 1985. m. at Aligarh, 19^th October 2013, Syeda Kisa Begum [Kisa Ali Khan] (b. at Aligarh, 17^th March 1992), educ. Our Lady of Fatima Convent Sch, Aligarh, and RTM Nagpur Univ, daughter of Syed Aslam Mehdi, sometime Medical Librarian Aligarh Muslim Univ (AMU), by his wife, Ema Begum. He has issue, one son.
    • i) Sahibzadi Mahmuda Begum. b. 1925. She d. 4^th June 2015.
    • ii) Sahibzadi Hamida Begum. b. 1932. m. Hari Srivastava, of Dabra. She had issue, two sons and one daughter.
    • iii) Sahibzadi Zubaida Begum. b. 1933. m. Arvind Thakur. She had issue, two sons.
  • a) Sahibzadi Aziz Jahan Begum. m. Khwaja Ghulam Saiyadan. She had issue, four children.
• 6) Sahibzada Fida ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. He d. after 1887.
• 1) Sahibzadi Hayat un-nisa Aliya Sultan Begum (d/o Nizami Begum). m. (first) Sahibzada Syed Muhammad Hasan Khan. m. (second) after the death of her first husband, Sahibzada Wahid ud-din, Barr-at-Law, Judicial Mbr Rampur Council of Regency 1892-1893, Political Dept GOI.
• 2) Sahibzadi Mu’azzam un-nisa Begum (d/o Nizami Begum).
• 3) Sahibzadi Dilbarri Begum (d/o Hatim uz-Zamani Begum). m. at Aonla, Sahibzada Rustam ‘Ali Khan, son of Khwaja Muhammad Khan.
• 4) Sahibzadi Zainab Sultan Begum (d/o Nizami Begum). m. Syed Muhammad ‘Ali Khan.
• 5) Sahibzadi Kaiser uz-Zamani Begum. m. as his second wife, Sahibzada Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Bahadur [Chuttan Sahib], son of Nawab Kazim ‘Ali Khan Bahadur. She had issue - see above.

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