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GENEALOGY

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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, 27^th 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:

1) H.H. Nawab Mir Nizam ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Surat - see below.
2) H.H. Qutb ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Nasir ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nusrat Yar Jang, Nawab of Surat - see below.
1) Nawabzadi Lall Begum Sahiba. m. Safdar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sadr ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur (d. at Surat, before 16^th August 1825), sometime Bakhshi and Nazim of Surat, eldest son of 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 - see above.

1790 - 1799 H.H. Nawab Mir Nizam ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Surat, elder 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 father, March 1790. Installed at Surat Castle, 1792. m. H.H. Nawab Hafiza Begum Sahiba (d. after 1799), eldest daughter of Safdar ul-Mulk, Nawab Mir Najm ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, sometime Bakhshi of Surat, by his third wife. He d. at Surat Castle, 8^th January 1799 (bur. Surat) (succ. by his younger brother), having had issue, one son and one daughter:

1) Nawabzada Mir Hamid ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur. He d. a minor, at Surat Castle, February 1799.
1) Nawabzadi Fatima Begum Sahiba. She d.v.p.

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, 8^th January 1799. Ascended the musnaid and invested with the titles of Nawab, Qutb ud-Daula, and Nusrat Yar Jang Bahadur, at Surat Castle, 9^th 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, 14^th 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, 23^rd September 1821 (bur. Surat) (succ. by his second and only surviving son), having had issue, two sons:

1) Nawabzada Mir Khair ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur. m. Jugri Begum Sahiba [Araish Begum]. He d.v.p. at Surat, before 9^th April 1820, having had issue, an only daughter:
- a) Shahzadi Begum Sahiba.
2) H.H. Qamar ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Afzal ud-din Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Hashmat Jang, Nawab of Surat - see below.

[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, 23^rd September 1821. Ascended the musnaid and invested with the titles of Nawab, Qamar ud-Daula and Hashmat Jang Bahadur, at Surat Castle, 25^th 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, 10^th September 1825, Wazir un-nisa Begum Sahiba, a former slave. m. (ii) at Surat, 10^th 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, 8^th August 1842 (bur. Surat) (when his titles were abolished by the Government of India), having had issue, two surviving daughters:

1) Nawabzadi Najib un-nisa Begum. b. at Surat, 1818 (d/o Boah Soortee). m. at the Darya Mahal, Surat, 11^th March 1834, as his first wife, Kumar Shri Mir Akbar 'Ali Khan Bahadur (b. at Baroda, ca. 1815; m. second, Nur Jahan Begum Sahiba. m. third, Husna Begum, and d.v.p. at Baroda, before 1859, having had further issue - see India Non-Salute (Kamadhia)), eldest son of Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Sarfraz 'Ali Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia, by his second wife, Raja Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Sharaf Beg, of Baroda. She d. from consumption, at the Darya Mahal, Surat, 30^th March 1840 (bur. there), having had issue, four children (all died young) and one adopted daughter:
- a) Wilayati Khanum. A poor Mughal girl adopted by Najib un-nisa and named after her own great grandmother. m. at Surat, 12^th July 1847, as his second wife, Shaikh Lutfullah (b. at Dharangar, Malwa, 4^th November 1802), sometime Sec. and Interpreter to Nawab Mir Ja'afar 'Ali, author of "Autobiography of Lutfullah, A Mohamedan Gentleman" (1857), elder son of Shaikh Muhammad Akram walad Shaikh 'Abdu'l Ghani, by his second wife. She had issue, one son and three daughters. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
2) Nawabzadi Bakhtiyar un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Majli Begum]. b. at Surat, December 1821(d/o Amir un-nisa Beg). m. at the Darya Mahal, Surat, 11^th March 1834, Darbar Shri Nawab Mir Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia and Nawab of Surat (b. at Baroda, 1817; d. at the Haider-ka-Dera Palace, Surat, 21^st August 1863, and bur. Dade Ilahi, Surat), second son of Namdar Darbar Shri Mir Sarfraz 'Ali Khan Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Kamadhia, by his second wife, Raja Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Sharaf Beg, of Baroda. She d. from consumption, at the Darya Mahal, Surat, 9^th January 1845 (bur. there), having had issue, one son and two daughters - see below.

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