Arjumand wa
Daneshmand Sardar Haji Ghulam Muhammad Khan. b.
at Kandahar, 30th April 1830, third son of
H.E. Sardar Rahim Dil Khan, sometime Governor of
Sind and of Baluchistan, by his wife, Hawa Begum,
daughter of Sardar Rahim Dad Khan, SultanMuhammadBarakzai - see Afghanistan (Barakzai),
educ. privately. Entered service under Dost
Muhammad Khan, who granted him the title of Arjumand
wa Daneshmand ('the highly esteemed and honourable
scholar). Forced into exile in December 1881. A noted
calligrapher and poet under the name of Tarzi-i-Afghan.
Author of "Akhlaq-i-Hamidah" and "Koliat-i-
Divan Farsi Tarzi Kandahari" (1893). m.
(first) Bobo Jan (d. at Kabul, after 1912), a
niece of Sardar Payinda Khan, Sarfraz Khan,
Chief of the Barakzai clan. m. (second) Murwarid
Begum [Bibi Ko], daughter of his paternal uncle, Sardar
Mehr Dil Khan. m. (third) Narinj Begum, from
Kohistan. m. (fourth) Shahzadi Sultanat
Begum (d. at Kabul, 1908, bur. Mausoleum of
Timur Shah), daughter of Shahzada Maudad Durrani. m.
(fifth) Nazira, an Algerian lady. m. (a) Yasmin
Bibi, a surati. He d. at Damascus, Syria, 8th
December 1900 (or 5th February 1901) (bur.
there at the Hazrat Dahdah Cemetery), having had issue,
eleven sons and six daughters:
4) Gul
Muhammad Khan (s/o Bobo Jan). m.
Sahib Sultana Begum. He d. at Kabul, 1905,
having had issue, one son and one daughter:
a)
Naib Habibu'llah Beg Tarzi. m.
1892, Kauteba Begum, of the Habal family.
He had issue, six sons and five
daughters:
i)
Saleh ud-din Khan Tarzi. m.
Latifa Begum, daughter of Gul
Ahmad Malikyar. He had issue,
three sons and two daughters:
(1)
Nizam ud-din Khan Tarzi.
(2)
Hidayat Khan Tarzi.
(3)
Burhan ud-din Khan Tarzi.
(1)
Shahala Begum, educ.
Kabul Law Sch.
Entered Afghan Foreign
Service, Sec. Afghan
Embassy in New
Delhi. Went into
exile in the US during
the Russian Invasion. m.
Khalid Usman, eldest son
of Muhammad Ishaq Khan
Usman, by his wife,
Bilqis Begum, third
daughter of Shuja
ud-Daula. She has
issue, an only son - see Afghanistan
(Usman).
ii)
Major-General 'Abdu'r Rauf Khan
Tarzi. b. 1891. OC 1st
(Herat) Bde. 1919-1921, Cdr. 4th
Cavalry Bde. 1921-1926. m.
(first) 1912 (div.) H.H.
Princess Bibi Khurd, Huraya
Begum, DBE (m. second,
1934, H.E. Sardar-i-Ala
Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi),
youngest daughter of his uncle,
H.E. Sardar-i-Ala Mahmud
BegTarzi. m.
(second) Hawa Begum, daughter of
H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG,
by his Shighani consort, Zamarud
Begum. m. (a) Yaqut Bibi,
a Hazari consort. He had issue,
one son and one daughter, by his
Hazari consort:
(1)
Munawar Begum. m.
'Abdu'l Baqi Ulumi. She
had issue, three sons.
iii)
H.E. Ghulam Yahya Khan Tarzi. b.
1898, educ. Central High
Sch., Kabul. Joined Afghan
Foreign Service 1920, 1st
Sec. Afghan Legation Berlin
1921-1925, Dir. (Eastern Affairs)
MOFA 1925-1926, Under-Sec.
Passport Office 1926-1927,
Dir-Gen. Political Affairs
1926-1927, Env. Ext. & Min.
Plen. Italy 1929-1930, and to
Iraq (conc. to Syria, Lebanon and
Jordan) 1948-1951, 1st
Sec. Foreign Office 1930-1934,
Dir. Public Health Dept.
1934-1935, Minister for Public
Health 1935-1939 and 1940-1946,
for PTT 1939-1940, 1946-1948 and
1951-1952, Ambassador to the USSR
(conc. to Sweden) 1952-1957,
France 1957-1960, and Hungary
1960-1964. Rcvd: the Order
of Astor 1st class
(1927). m. Rabia Begum I,
daughter of H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG,
by his Shighani consort, Zamarud
Begum. He had issue, three sons
and four daughters:
(1)
Mustafa Khan Tarzi.
(2)
Faruq Khan Tarzi.
(3)
Abdu'llah Khan Tarzi. m.
Fatima Begum, second
daughter of Major-General
H.R.H Sardar
Asadu'llah Khan Siraj, by
his wife, Kaukaba Begum,
second daughter of
General H.H. Sardar
Muhammad Sulaiman Khan.
(3)
Amina Begum. m.
'Abdu'l 'Ali Khan Siraj,
second son of Sardar
'Abdu'l Ghafur Khan, by
his wife, Siddiqa Begum,
fourth daughter of
Habibu'llah BegRatzi
- see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
(4)
Mariam Begum. m.
Hamidu'llah Khan Tarzi,
third son of H.E.
Habibu'llah Khan Tarzi,
by his wife, Shahira
Begum, daughter of
Habibu'llah Beg - see
below.
iv)
Jalal ud-din Khan Tarzi. b.
9th February 1912.
Under Sec. Ministry of Health,
Dir-Gen. (International) MOFA
1948. m. Hanifa Begum,
daughter of H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG,
by his Shighani consort, Zamarud
Begum. He d. at Flushing,
New York, May 1981, having had
issue, two sons and three
daughters:
(1)
Kamal ud-din Khan Tarzi. m.
Aisha Begum, daughter of Sardar
Muhammad Ali Khan, by his
wife, Benazir Begum,
daughter of Sardar
Muhammad Sulaiman Khan.
(2)
Rahim'ullah Tarzi. b.
4th June 1936.
He d. at La Mesa,
San Diego, California,
USA, 29th
November 2003, having had
issue, one son:
(a)
Umar Tarzi.
(1)
Afifa Begum. m.
Sultan Ahmad Khan
Shaghasi, son of General Taj-i-Afghan
'Ali Ahmad Jan Shaghasi,
by his second wife,
H.R.H. Princess Sahera
Begum, Siraj ul-Banat,
second daughter of H.M. Sirajul-millatwa
ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB,
GCMG. She has issue,
three sons.
(2)
Mariam Begum. m.
1960, Sardar
Ismatu'llah Khan
Enayat-Seraj [Iqbal Jan]
(b. November
1922), sixth son of H.M. Sirajul-Millatwa-ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
'Inayatu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, by
his wife, Khairiya KhanumEffendi, second
daughter of H.E. Sardar-i-Ala
Mahmud BegTarzi.
She had issue, one son
and one daughter - see Afghanistan
(Telai).
(3)
Nabila Begum [Nabila
Tarzi]. b. 23rd
April 1933. m. as
his first wife, Hakim
Khan Ziyai, only son of
H.E. Sardar
Muhammad Naim Khan, by
his first wife,
Elisabeth. She d.
at Alexandria City,
Virginia, USA, 25th
April 2004, having had
issue, an only daughter -
see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
vi)
Zakriya Khan Tarzi. b.
1902. m. Mulk Ara Begum
[Molkara Tarzi] (b. 31st
December 1914; d. at
Contra Costa, California, 1st
October 1998), eldest daughter of
Ghulam Ali Khan, by his Persian
wife. He had issue, an only son:
(1)
Rahmatu'llah Khan Tarzi. b.
20th March
1934. m. a
Muhammadzai lady. He d.
in California, USA,
February 1987, having has
issue, one son and one
daughter:
(a)
Habib Khan Tarzi.
(a)
Laila Khanum.
i)
Samia Begum. m. as his
first wife, H.R.H Sardar
Muhammad Kabiru'llah Khan, Kabir
Jan (b. 4th
October 1895; d. in a car
accident on the Jalalabad to
Kabul road, 1965), sixth son of
H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG,
by his Hazari consort, Bibi Zarin
Taj. She had issue, four sons -
see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
ii)
Shahira Begum. m. her
first cousin, H.E. Habibu'llah
Khan Tarzi (b. 1896),
second son of her uncle, Muhammad
Zaman Khan, by his first wife,
Zainab Begum, daughter of 'Abdu'r
Rasul Khan. She had issue, four
sons and three daughters - see
below.
iii)
Fatima Begum. m. Muhammad
Wali Khan, second son of Sardar
Muhammad 'Ali Khan Telai, by his
wife, Tajwar Sultan, Begum,
daughter of Loinab Sher
Dil Khan Shaghasi. She had issue,
three sons - see Afghanistan
(Telai).
iv)
Siddiqa Begum. m. 'Abdu'l
Ghafur Khan, son of H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG,
by his Shighani consort, Zamarud
Begum. She had issue, two sons
and one daughter - see Afghanistan
(Barakzai).
5)
Muhammad Zaman Khan Tarzi. b. 1848 (s/o
Bibi Ko). Royal Librarian to Shah Habibu'llah
Khan. m. (first) Zainab Begum, daughter of
'Abdu'r Rasul Khan, Barakzai. m. (second)
Soraya Begum. m. (a) Gul Nesa Bibi, a
consort. He d. at Kabul, 1931, having had
issue, four sons and six daughters:
a)
'Abdu's Salam Khan Tarzi (s/o
Zainab). He d. young.
b)
H.E. Habibu'llah Zaman Khan Tarzi. b.
1896 (s/o Zainab). Under-Sec.
European Dept. Foreign Office 1922-1923,
Sec. Afghan Legation Paris 1923-1924,
Under-Sec. India and Europe Dept.
1924-1928, Envoi Ext. & Min. Plen. to
France 1928-1929, Japan 1933-1939, and
China 1946, 3rd Sec. Foreign
Office 1931-1932, Third Dep. Minister for
Foreign Affairs 1932-1933, Ambassador to
the USA 1946-1953. m. Shahira
Begum, daughter of Naib
Habibu'llah Beg Tarzi, by his wife,
Kauteba Begum. He had issue, four sons
and three daughters:
i)
Abdu'llah Habib Khan Tarzi, LVO
(7.12.1971). b. at Kabul,
1925. Entered MFA, First Sec.
London 1970-1972. m.
(first) 1953, Hamida Begum (b.
June 1920), sixth daughter of
H.M. Sirajul-Millatwa-ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
'Inayatu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, by his wife,
Khairiya KhanumEffendi
, second daughter of H.E. Sardar-i-Ala
Mahmud BegTarzi. m.
(second) Nur Jahan Begum, née
Younossi. He had issue, one son
by his first wife:
ii)
Wahidu'llah Khan Tarzi [Wahid
Tarzi]. b. at Kabul, 15th
September 1926, educ.
Univ. of California, Berkeley,
California (BA 1952), and New
York Univ. (MA 1957), USA.
Employed with UN Civil Service
1954-1986, sometime Dir. of the
Division of Recruitment and Dep.
Dir-Gen. in Geneva, Spokesman for
the National Islamic Front 1988. m.
at Kabul, 10th March
1954, Safia Aytan Begum (b.
at Istanbul, Turkey, 17th
February 1930), only daughter of
'Abdu'l Wahab Tarzi, CVO, by his
wife, Khadija Begum, daughter of
H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG.
iii)
Dr. Hamidu'llah Khan Tarzi.
Sometime Minister and Economic
Adviser to the govt. m.
(first) Nasrin Begum, daughter of
Sardar Muhammad Naim Khan,
by his first wife, Elisabeth. m.
(second) Mariam Begum, daughter
of H.E. Ghulam Yahya Khan Tarzi,
sometime Ambassador to the USSR,
France and Hungary, by his wife,
Rabia Begum, daughter of H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG,
by his Shighnani Consort, Zamarud
Begum.
iv)
Hasibu'llah Khan Tarzi. m.
1962,
i)
Najia Begum. m. (first) (div.)
a Paghmani gentleman. m.
(second) an American, and had
issue, one son and one daughter
by her second husband.
ii)
Safia Begum. m. (first) (div.)
H.E. Muhammad Amin Khan Etemadi (b.
at Kabul, 1924), son of Muhammad
Haidar Khan Etemadi, by his third
wife, Shahzada Begum, daughter of
Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan
- see Afghanistan (Etemadi).
m. (second) H.E. Professor
Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Majid Siraj
(b. at Kabul, 1929),
younger son of H.R.H Sardar
'Abdu'l Majid Khan, by his wife,
Sarah Begum, only daughter of Sardar
Ghulam 'Ali Jan. She had issue,
an only daughter by her second
husband -see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
iii)
Jamila Begum. m. Dr
'Abdu's Satar Khan (b.
1914), son of H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG,
by his Shighnani Consort,
Mamlakat Begum. She had issue,
two sons and two daughters - see Afghanistan
(Barakzai).
d)
Muhammad Siddiq Khan (s/o Gul
Nesa). He had issue, three sons and two
daughters:
i)
Ruhu'llah Khan Tarzi. m.
Najia Begum, of the Pur Dil
family.
ii)
H.E. Dr Nanguyalai S. Tarzi, educ.
Kabul Univ. (LLB 1964), Faculte
de droit et sciences economiques
de Paris, and Univ. of the
Sorbonne, Paris (LLD. 1970).
Lecturer in Law and International
Relations at Kabul Univ.
1964-1970, Information Ofcr. MFA
1970-1973, Second Sec. Washington
DC 1973-1977, Head of
International Financial and
Economic Relations Dept. of the
MFA 1977-1979, Political Adviser
for the Islamic Conference Org.
(OIC) mission to the UNO in New
York 1979-1986, Dep. Permanent
Observer 1986-1992, Ambassador
and Permanent Observer for the
OIC to the UNO at Geneva
1992-2001 and at Vienna
1999-2001, Dir. UN Information
Centre in Tehran 2001-2002, Mbr.
Emergency Loya Jirga 2002,
Ambassador to Pakistan 2002-2006,
Ambassador and Permanent Observer
to the UNO at Geneva since
2007. m. Hasina
Begum, second daughter of 'Abdu'l
Baqi Khan, by his wife, Aziza
Begum, daughter of H.M. Sirajul-millatwa ud-din,Amiral-Mumenin
Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala,
King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG.
He has issue, one son and one
daughter:
iii)
Professor Zemaryalai Tarzi. b.
at Kabul, 1939, educ. Dir.
of Archaeology & Conservation
of Historical Monuments and
Dir-Gen. Archaeology Institute
1973-1979, Professor of Eastern
Archaeology at the Marc Bloch
University of Strasbourg 1979,
Dir. French Archaeological
Mission for the Surveys and
Excavations of Bamiyan 2002-2003.
Presdt. Assoc. for the Protection
of Afghan Archaeology. Author of
"L'architecture et le décor
rupestre des grottes de
Bamiyan" (1977). m.
(first) (div.) Benedicta.
m. (second) Hyacinthe Tarzi,
Sec. to the French Ambassador in
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2005. He had
issue, one daughter by his first
wife, and had further issue one
son and one daughter, by his
second:
(1)
Nadia Khanum Tarzi (d/o
Benedicta), educ.
Univ. of Rome, Italy.
Vice-Presdt. Assoc. for
the Protection of Afghan
Archaeology. m.
Tony Saccardi, Founder
Divina-Commedia
Productions.
i)
Hafiza Begum. m
ii)
Laila Begum. m. Malik
Asghar.
iii)
Homa Begum. m
a)
Bilqis Begum (d/o Zainab). m.
Sayyid Ahmad Khan, and had issue, one
son.
b)
Merman Khanum (d/o Zainab). She d.
young.
c)
Ruh Afza Begum (d/o Zainab). Dir.
Mastura Girls' Sch., Kabul 1921. m.
as his second wife, 'Abdu'l Aziz Khan,
son of 'Abdu'l Wahab Khan, by his first
wife, Sakina Begum, daughter of Sardar
'Abdu'l Rasul Khan. She had issue, one
son and one daughter - see Afghanistan
(Barakzai).
d)
Fatima Begum (d/o Gul Nesa). m.
Brigadier Mir Akbar, and has issue, one
daughter.
e)
Khatema Khanum (d/o Gul Nesa).
f)
Humaira Khanum (d/o Gul Nesa).
6) Sher
Muhammad Khan (s/o Bibi Ko). He d.
at Kandahar.
8)
Muhammad Amin Khan. b. 1855 (s/o
Bibi Ko). A poet under the name of Andalib.
He d. at Kandahar, ca. 1875, having had
issue, by a Barakzai lady:
a)
'Abdu'l Habib Khan. m. a Kandahari
lady, and had issue, two sons:
i)
'Abdu'llah Khan. m.
(first) Khawaria Begum. m.
(second) Nafisa Begum. He had
issue, four sons and one daughter
by his first wife and four sons
and three daughters, by his
second wife:
(1)
Ubaidu'llah Khan Tarzi (s/o
Khawaria). m.
(first) Bibi Shereena. m.
(second) He had
issue, three sons and six
daughters from two
marriages:
(a)
Asadu'llah Khan Tarzi (s/o
Shereena). He had issue,
two sons and three
daughters:
(i)
Tofiq Khan Tarzi.
(ii)
Izat Khan Tarzi
(i)
Salma Begum. m.
Salaiman.
(ii)
Babi Khanum.
(iii)
Raila Khanum.
(b)
Ehsanu'llah Khan Tarzi.
(c)
Rahmatu'llah Khan Tarzi.
(a)
Karima Begum (d/o
Shereena). m. and
had issue, one son and
one daughter:
(i)
Idris.
(ii)
Anara.
(b)
Samar Khanum (d/o
the second wife).
(c)
Seema Khanum.
(d)
Abida Khanum.
(e)
Nyamat Khanum.
(f)
Miroz Begum Settled in
Pakistan. She has issue,
one daughter:
(2)
Nasru'llah Khan Tarzi (s/o
Khawaria). m.
(first) Magoljaana Begum.
m. (second)
Maimuna Begum. m.
(third) Bora Begum. He
had issue, two sons and
one daughter:
(a)
Wahidu'llah Khan Tarzi (s/o
Magoljaana). m.
Durdana Begum. He had
issue:
(i)
Navid Tarzi.
(ii)
Walid Tarzi.
(i)
Khatera Begum. m.
Faisal.
(ii)
Tamim Tarzi.
(iii)
Fahima Khanum.
(b)
Hamidu'llah Tarzi (s/o
Magoljaana). m.
Tarzigol Begum. He had
issue, four sons and two
daughters:
(i)
Tarzi Ahmad Tarzi.
(ii)
Tariq Tarzi.
(iii)
Jamal Naser Tarzi.
(iv)
Mustafa Tarzi.
(i)
Durkhani Tarzi.
(ii)
Pasani Tarzi.
(c)
Habibu'llah Tarzi (s/o
Magoljaana). m.
Unisa Begum. He had
issue, three sons and one
daughter:
(c)
Samia Begum. m.
Loudin. She had
issue, two sons and one
daughter:
(i)
Farhad Loudin.
(ii)
Fawad Loudin.
(i)
Sarah Loudin.
(d)
Jamila Begum. m.
She had issue:
(i)
Hamayoun.
(ii)
Oma.
(i)
Sha-naza.
(e)
Farida Begum. m.
Ashimjan She had
issue:
(i)
Qais.
(f)
Najia Begum. m.
Walid
(g)
Parou Begum. m.
Karwani. She had
issue:
(i)
Natki Karwani.
(ii)
Shanki Karwani.
(5)
Nangyalai Khan Tarzi (s/o
Nafisa). m
Aalia Begum, eldest
daughter of Sardar
Muhammad Husain Khan, by
his second wife, Nek
Qadam Begum.
(6)
Najibu'llah Khan Tarzi (s/o
Nafisa). m.
Pashtana Begum, daughter
of Mir Ahmad Khan
Mehrdil, by his wife,
Maryam Begum, younger
daughter of his paternal
uncle, Nazar Muhammad
Khan. He had issue, one
son and two daughters:
(a)
Najwa Begum [Najwa
Tarzi-Karzai]. b.
at Kabul, 5th
July 1972, educ.
Univ. of California,
Irvine (BA 1994, BS
1994), Western State
Univ. Law Coll. (JD
1998). Assoc. Gauntlett
& Assocs. Attorneys
at Law. m. Mateen
Karzai, proprietor of
American Computer
Services, in Laguna
Neguil, California, USA.
(b)
Mariam Khanum Tarzi.
(7)
Ahmad Shah Khan Tarzi (s/o
Nafisa).
(8)
Shah Mahmud Khan Tarzi (s/o
Nafisa).
(1)
Sidiqa Khanum (d/o
Khawaria).
(2)
Gul Ghutai Khanum (d/o
Nafisa).
(3)
Gulalai Khanum (d/o
Nafisa).
(4)
Nuria Khanum (d/o
Nafisa).
ii)
Amanu'llah Khan. m.
(first) ... m. (second)
... He had issue, two sons and
one daughter by his first wife
and four sons by his second: