KHUDADAD

The Family of Tipu Sultan

GENEALOGY

Note: The genealogy of Hyder 'Ali's ancestors, given here, is based primarily on that published by Wilks. He interviewed the guardians of the family tombs at Kolar about the family and persuaded them to commit their information to paper. However, other sources, though agreeing with a Sharifan descent, make Muhammad Wali the father and not the brother of Muhammad 'Ali. Similarly, his grandfather is called Hasan and not Husain. These inconsistencies, together with others, suggest that the Sharifan descent is unreliable. Probably an invention used to promote the Muslim credentials of Tipu Sultan after his advent to power.

Yahya
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Husain, Sharif of Mecca (d. at Mecca, 16^th March 1471)
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Muhammad (d.v.p. at Mecca, before 9^th July 1470)
I
Ahmad. m. the daughter of the Governor of Sana'a, Yemen.
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Muhammad, escaped to Baghdad aged 13.
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'Abdu'l Ghani (d. at Baghdad, before 16^th November 1621)
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Ibrahim (d. before 27^th January 1648)
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Husain
(with whom we treat)

• 1) Muhammad Bhailuli. b. posthumously, at Ajmer, 1664, six months after the death of his father, educ. privately. Migrated to Delhi, and later to the south, where he settled at Alund, in Kalburga dist. m. a cousin. He had issue, two sons:
  • a) 'Ali Ghulam Dost Muhammad [Muhammad 'Ali]. b. at Ajmer. Entered the service of the Sultans of Bijapur, after the death of his father. m. at Kalburga, Majidda Begum, daughter of Mir Akbar 'Ali Khan, guardian of the shrine of Hazrat Banda Nawaz at Kalburga. He d. at Kolar, before 10^th July 1698, having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
    • i) Shaikh Muhammad.
    • ii) Muhammad Ilyas. He d. at Tanjore, before 6^th May 1704, having had issue, a son:
      • (1) Hyder Sahib. Entered the service of the Raja of Mysore, becoming a Naik of 100 horse and 200 foot. He d. from wounds received at the siege of Devanhalli Fort, 1729.
    • iii) Muhammad Imam. m. at Arcot, before 6^th May 1704, a niece or younger sister of Sayyid Burhan ud-din, a pirzada of Tanjore.
    • iv) Fath Muhammad 'Ali Khan [Nadim Sahib]. b. at Sira. Migrated to Devanahalli from Kohir. Served in the armies of the Nawab Sa'adatu'llah Khan of the Carnatic, and received the rank of Jamadar cdg. 200 foot and 50 horse, prom. to command 600 foot, 500 horse and 50 rocket-men. Later entered the service of the Raja of Mysore, who granted him the title of Naik. Next entered the service of the Nawab 'Abdu'l Rasul Khan of Sira and granted the rank of a cdr. of 400 foot and 200 horse, the title of Khan, the jagir of Dodballapur (Budicote), and appointed as Faujdar of Sira, 1721. m. (first) at Arcot, before 6^th May 1704, Saydani Sahiba (d. young at Kolar), daughter of Sayyid Burhan ud-din [Burra Sahib], a pirzada of Tanjore. m. (second) at Kolar, the elder sister of Ibrahim Sahib, who d.s.p. before before 1717. m. (third) at Chittor, before 1717, the younger sister of Ibrahim Sahib. He was k. in battle at Sira, before 9^th September 1725 (bur. Kolar), having had issue, three sons by his first wife, and three sons by his third:
      • (1) Wali Sahib (s/o Saydani Sahiba). He was k. (s.p.) in battle, together with his father, at Sira, 1729 (bur. Kolar).
      • (2) 'Ali Sahib (s/o Saydani Sahiba). He d.s.p.
      • (3) Bihiluli Sahib (s/o Saydani Sahiba). He d.s.p.
      • (4) Shahbaz 'Ali Khan Bahadur [Ismail Sahib]. b. at Dodballapur, before 14^th November 1719 (s/o the third wife), educ. privately. Entered the service of the Killedar of Bangalore, where he rose to the command of 200 horse and 1,000 foot. Raja of Mysore's service and rose to the rank of General. Sometime Cdt. of the fortress of Bangalore. m. (first) a lady from his own tribe, who d. in childbirth. m. (second) at Balapur, after the death of his first wife, another lady from his own tribe, He d. at Kolar, 1756, having had issue, one daughter by his first wife, and one son and two daughters by his second:
        • (a) 'Abdu'l Kadir Sahib (s/o the second wife). He was k. by a cannonball at Anooti.
        • (a) …Begum Sahiba (d/o the first wife). m. Lala Mian (k. by the Marathas after the Battle of Chercoolee [Chinkuruli], near Tonnur, 6^th March 1771), cdr. of Infantry under Hyder 'Ali. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
          • (i) Burhan ud-din Khan. Sipah Salar (C-in-C) under Tipu Sultan. m. before 14^th November 1784, a daughter of Badr uz-Zaman Khan, sometime Bakshi of the regiular infantry and Faujdar of Nugger.
          • (i) Ruqaya Banu Begum [H.H. Nawab Begum Sahiba]. m. (second) at Seringapatam, 1774, on the same night as his first wife, H.M. Fath 'Ali Khan Tipu Sultan Padshah Bahadur, Padshah of Khudadad (b. at Devanahalli, Bangalore, 20^th November 1750; k. at Seringapatam Fort, 4^th May 1799 (bur. at The Gumbaz, Lalbagh, Seringapatam), eldest son of Nawab Hyder 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Hydernagar, by his second wife, Fakhr un-nisa Fatima Begum. She d. from fright during the attack on Seringapatam, 24^th February 1792 (bur. there), having had issue, one son and two daughters (the only legitimate children of Tipu) - see below.
        • (b) Amina Begum Sahiba (d/o the second wife). m. at Seringapatam, before 4^th April 1772, Tarbiyat 'Ali Khan, a Navayat. She had issue.
        • (c) Begum Sahiba (d/o the second wife). m. at Seringapatam, before 4^th April 1772, Yasin Sahib, son of Jamadar Yakub Sahib.
      • (5) Wali Muhammad. b. at Dodballapur, before 22^nd October 1721 (s/o the third wife). He d. aged two years, before 1^st October 1723.
      • (6) H.E. Nawab Hyder 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Suba of Sira, Nawab of Hydernagar, and Sarvadhikari of Mysore (s/o the third wife) - see below
    • i) Maryam Bibi. m. and had issue.
  • b) Muhammad Wali. Seized all the property belonging to his elder brother, on his death an expelled his sister-in-law and her children.

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