MURSHIDABAD

The Najafi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1770 - 1793 H.H. Mutamid ul-Mulk, Mubaraq ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mubaraq 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. b. at Murshidabad, 1759, son of H.H. Shuja ul-Mulk, Hashim ud-Daula, Nawab Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, by his second wife, H.H. Bubbu Begum Sahiba, Gaddinashin Begum, educ. privately. Proclaimed as Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa on the death of his brother, 24^th March 1770. Installed on the Khahar Balish, at Murshidabad Fort, 26^th March 1770 (confirmed by Emperor Shah Alam II 16^th June 1771). Reigned under the guardianship of Munni Begum and Khan-i-Khanan, Mubaraz ul-Mulk, Mu'in ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Reza Khan Bahadur, Muzaffar Jang, sometime Naib Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. m. (first) at Murshidabad Fort, November 1770, a daughter of Muhammad Fazl 'Ali Khan Bahadur, and niece of Sayyid Muhammad Reza Khan, sometime Naib Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. m. (second) H.H. Faiz un-nisa Walida Begum Sahiba, Gaddinashin Begum (b. ca. 1756; d. at Murshidabad, 30^th December 1820, bur. Jafarganj), daughter of Fazlu'llah Khan, by his wife, Nadira Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Hafizu'llah Khan. m. (third) Jahan Begum Sahiba. m. (fourth) Amir un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. (i) Sharaf un-nisa Khanum (d. at Murshidabad, before December 1833). m. (ii) Mubaraq un-nisa Khanum [Nawab Bai]. m. (iii) Lutf un-nisa Khanum. m. (iv) Bunnu Khanum. m. (a) Brij Mahal Bakhsh. m. (b) Adda Kunwar (d. at Murshidabad, 14^th April 1838). He d. at Murshidabad, 6^th September 1793 (bur. Jafarganj), having had issue, twelve sons and thirteen daughters:

• 1) H.H. Nasir ul-Mulk, Azad ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Babar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Diler Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (s/o Faiz un-nisa) - see below.
• 2) Nawab Sayyid Abul Kasim Khan Bahadur [Mir Mungli] (s/o Sharaf un-nisa). m. (a) Izzat un-nisa. m. (b) Guhan. m. (c) Sultan Qajah Sari. m. (d) Mul Jan. He d. at Murshidabad, 30^th September 1830, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  • a)  Sayyid Asad 'Ali Khan Bahadur. m. ca. at Murshidabad, before 1818, Idi Begum Sahiba (d. at Murshidabad, July 1828), née Mushir un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mir Mahdi 'Ali Khan, by his muta wife, Fazilat un-nisa Khanum. He d. ca. 1822, having had issue, one daughter:
    • i) Ashraf un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. at Murshidabad, 1823 (d/o Mushir un-nisa Begum). m. 1830, Sayyid Asaf ud-din 'Ali Khan Bahadur (d. 31^st January 1867), eldest son of Munir ul-Mulk, Ikram ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Yasub ud-din 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Shuja'at Jang, by his wife, Mubaraq un-nisa 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.  She had issue, one son - see above.
  • b) Sayyid Ashraf 'Ali Khan Bahadur. He d.v.p. having had issue, one daughter:
    • i) Alia Begum Sahiba. m. 1851, … Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • c) Mufukhar ul-Mulk, Mushir ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Safdar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Safdar Jang. m. Rahat un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Intizam ul-Mulk, Iftikhar ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Akbar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, by his muta wife, Aziz un-nisa Khanum. He d. before 19^th August 1866, having had issue:
    • i) Shuja ul-Mulk, Asaf ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Zainal-Abidin Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang (cre. 5^th June 1867). b. at Murshidabad, 8^th December 1838, educ. privately. m. Sahibzadi Fatima Begum Sahiba (b. at Murshidabad, 5^th August 1850; d. there, 14^th November 1863), eldest daughter of 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, by his muta wife, Bibi Faiz un-nisa. He d. at Khurshid Dula's Deori, Murshidabad, 16^th September 1902, having had issue:
      • (1) Nawab Mir Abu'l Husain Khan Bahadur [Nawab Mir]. m. (first) at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 19^th June 1879, Hormuzi Begum Sahiba (b. at Hazardowari Palace, Murshidabad, 27^th January 1855; d. there, 24^th October 1909), née Sahibzadi Mulka un-nisa Begum Sahiba, tenth daughter of 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, by his third wife, Guiti Afroz Mahal, Nawab Mehr Lekha Begum Sahiba. m. (i) …Khanum. He had issue, nine sons and four daughters:
        • (a) Sayyid Naqi 'Ali Khan [Rais Mirza] (s/o Hormuzi Begum). m. Hasan Ara Begum Sahiba. He had issue, three sons and three daughters:
          • (i) Sayyid Jani Hasan Mirza (s/o Hasn Ara Begum). m. Jarin Begum Sahiba.
          • (ii) Sayyid … Mirza. m. …Ara Begum Sahiba.
          • (iii) Sayyid Amir Mirza (s/o Hasan Ara Begum).
          • (i) Puna Begum Sahiba. m. Sayyid 'Ali Mirza.
          • (ii) Jamal Ara Begum Sahiba. m. Sayyid Jan-i-Alam Mirza, youngest son of her paternal uncle, Sayyid Jahangir Mirza, by his wife, Jahan Ara Begum Sahiba - see below.
          • (iii) Qamar Ara Begum Sahiba. m. Muhammad Qadr.
        • (b) Sayyid Jahangir Mirza (s/o Hormuzi Begum). m. (first) Kalan Begum Sahiba. m. (second) Kulsum Begum Sahiba. m. (third) Jahan Ara Begum Sahiba. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:
          • (i) Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Mirza (s/o Kalan Begum). He had issue, three sons:
            • 1. Sayyid Jamshid Jamal Mirza.
            • 2. Sayyid Khurshid Jamal Mirza.
            • 3. Sayyid Yusuf Jamal Mirza.
            • 1. Shahin Ara Begum Sahiba. m. Sayyid Kadir Mirza?
          • (ii) Sayyid Amjad 'Ali Mirza (s/o Kulsum Begum).
          • (iii) Sayyid Jan-i-Alam Mirza (s/o Jahan Ara Begum). m. Jamal Ara Begum Sahiba, second daughter of his paternal uncle, Sayyid Naqi 'Ali Khan [Rais Mirza]. He had issue, four sons and two daughters, including:
            • 1. Sayyid Gulshan 'Ali Mirza.
            • 2. Sayyid …Husain Mirza.
            • 3. Sayyid Akbar Mirza. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
            • 1. Dilara Begum Sahiba.
        • (c) Sayyid Farrukh Mirza (s/o Hormuzi Begum).
        • (d) Sayyid Mahdi 'Ali Mirza. He had issue, a son:
          • (i) Sayyid …Alam.
        • (e) Sayyid …Mirza [Mungu Sahib]. He had issue, two sons:
          • (i) Sayyid Rafa'at Mirza. He had issue.
          • (ii) Sayyid Wajid 'Ali Mirza. He had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:
            • 1. Sayyid Afroz Alam.
            • 2. Sayyid Nawab Alam.
        • (f) Sayyid …Mirza [Jalu Sahib].
        • (g) Sayyid K…Mirza. He had issue, four sons and four daughters, including:
          • (i) Pashadara Begum Sahiba. m. Abu'l Kasim.
          • (ii) Kashanara Begum Sahiba. m. …Husain.
          • (iii) Pur …ara Begum Sahiba. m. Abu'l Kasim.
          • (iv) Jindara Begum Sahiba. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        • (h) Sayyid Tamiz Mirza [Tamu Sahib]. He had issue, four sons:
          • (i) Sayyid Ahmad Hasan Mirza.
          • (ii) Sayyid …d Hasan Mirza.
          • (iii) Sayyid Haidar 'Ali Mirza.
          • (iv) Sayyid Tafazzul 'Ali Mirza.
        • (i) Sayyid Fath 'Ali Mirza (s/o a muta wife). m. (first) Ahmadi Begum Sahiba. m. (second) Kh…Begum Sahiba. He had issue, three sons and three daughters:
          • (i) Sayyid Fath 'Ali Mirza (s/o Ahmadi Begum).
          • (ii) Sayyid Firuz 'Ali Mirza.
          • (iii) Sayyid Fath Yab 'Ali Mirza (s/o the second wife).
          • (i) Yasmin Begum Sahiba (d/o the second wife).
          • (ii) Shahin Begum Sahiba.
          • (iii) …in Begum Sahiba.
        • (a) Shams Ara Begum Sahiba [Munnah Sahib]. m. as his fourth wife, Prince Buland Jah, Mirza Muhammad Askari Bahadur (b. at Calcutta, 1862; d. before September 1936), 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 muta wife, Nawab Aisha Mahal Sahiba - see India Pensioners (Oudh).
        • (b) Sugra Begum (d/o Hormuzi Begum).
        • (c) Nannhi Begum. m. Sayyid Nizam 'Ali Mirza?
        • (d) Buri Begum. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (1) Alia un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. at Murshidabad, 1855, Sayyid Ja'afar 'Ali Mirza.
  • a) Lutf un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Shahzadi Begum]. b. 1807. m. Sayyid Wahid Husain Khan (d. before 14^th February 1854), elder son of Nawab Sayyid Talib Husain Khan Bahadur, of Rajmahal, by his wife Umdat un-nisa 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. She d.s.p. - see below.
  • b) Sani un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. 1813.
  • c) Ulfat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. Zia ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Bahadur (d. before 6^th October 1863), son of her paternal uncle, Najm ul-Mulk, Roshan ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Tamiz Abidin 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nasir Jang. She d.s.p. at Murshidabad, 19^th November 1850 - see below.
• 3) Mukram ul-Mulk, Iftiqar ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Husain 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang (s/o Nawab Bai). m. (first) Sharaf un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Murshidabad, August 1840). m. (a) Bibi Kafia. m. (b) Bibi Subah Daulat (d. at Murshidabad, before 3^rd March 1837). m. (c) Bibi Junut. He d. at Murshidabad, 31^st August 1810, having had issue, a daughter:
  • a) Mariam Begum Sahiba. m. 'Aziz ul-Mulk, Madar ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Wajid 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Husam Jang (d. at the Rajmahal Deori, Lobegang, 1^st February 1839), eldest son of Nasir ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Reza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Husam Jang. She d. at Murshidabad, 1856, having had issue, two sons and two daughters - see above.
• 4) A son b. at Murshidabad, ca. 31^st October 1776. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 5) Nawab Mir Mehndi (s/o Lutf un-nisa Khanum). m. (first) a daughter of Nawab Saulat Jang (one of the following?). m. (i) Fakhr un-nisa Khanum. m. (ii) Piari Khanum (d. at Murshidabad, 1871). m. (iii) Zainab Ompa Khanum. m. (iv) Zeb un-nisa Khanum. m. (a) Daulat Afzar (d. at Murshidabad, 1847). He d. at Murshidabad, February 1826, having had issue, five sons and two daughters:
  • a) Sayyid Mubaraq 'Ali Khan Bahadur [Kalan Sahib]. b. at Murshidabad, ca. 1822 (s/o Zeb un-nisa Khanum), educ. privately. m. Alia Begum Sahiba. He had issue, one daughter:
    • i) Ladli Begum Sahiba. She d. at Murshidabad, 1876.
  • b) Sayyid Imam 'Ali Khan Bahadur. m. (first) Jigri Begum Sahiba (d.s.p. at Murshidabad, 1^st December 1850). m. (a) Gumani (d. at Murshidabad, 1853). m. (b) Zinat un-nisa (d. at Murshidabad, 1860). He d. before February 1834.
  • c) Nawab Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Khan Bahadur. m. (first) Kubra Begum Sahiba [Ghasiti Begum]. m. (second) Fazilat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. at Murshidabad, 28^th May 1890). He d. at Murshidabad, 1871, having had issue two sons:
    • i) Sayyid Dilawar Jan (s/o Kubra Begum). He d. at Murshidabad, 18^th April 1894, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Mirza [Subhan Sahib].
      • (1) Anjuman Ara Qamar un-nisa Begum Sahiba.
    • ii) Sayyid Rohshan Jan (twin) (s/o Kubra Begum). He d. at Murshidabad, 1876.
  • d) Sayyid Wajid 'Ali Khan Bahadur (s/o Zeb un-nisa Khanum), educ. privately. m. (i) Mussamat Husaini Khadima. m. (a) Bi Fazilat un-nisa. m. (b) Murad Bakhsh. He had issue one daughter:
    • i) Husaini Begum Sahiba (d/o Murad Bakhsh). She d. at Murshidabad, 13^th March 1851.
  • e) Sayyid Tufail 'Ali Khan Bahadur. m. (a) Rahim un-nisa. m. (b) Zahir un-nisa. He d.s.p. at Murshidabad, 1858, having adopted a son:
    • i) Husain Mir. m. Laddu Begum.
  • a) Fatima Begum Sahiba (d/o Piari Khanum). m. at Murshidabad, 1835, Aziz ul-Mulk, Shufi ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Ghulam Murtaza Khan Bahadur, Shuja'at Jang [Supur Sahib] (b. at Murshidabad, 1815; d. before 1858), youngest son of Nawab Sayyid Sharif ud-din 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Diler Jang, by his muta wife, Rahim un-nisa Khanum. She d.s.p. - see below.
  • b) Zeb un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She d. at Murshidabad, 1835.