JANJIRA (Princely State)

(11 gun salute)

 
AREA:  982 km2 PRIVY PURSE:  133,500R  ACCESSION:  8th March 1948
STATE:  Bombay  DYNASTY:  Sidi  Religion:  Muslim
     
PRESENT RULER:  HH Nawab Sidi SHAH MAHMOOD KHAN, Nawab of Janjira since 1972 (Rashmi Apts., Flat No. G-1, Carmichael Road, Mumbai 400026, M.S., India)
born 1952.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Founded before 1642. Rulers were....
  • Nawab Sidi AMBER SANAK -/1642, title of Nawab conferred by Aurangzeb, married and had issue. He died 1642.
    • Nawab Sidi YUSUF KHAN (qv)
  • Nawab Sidi YUSUF KHAN 1642/1648, married and had issue.
    • Nawab Sidi FATEH KHAN (qv)
  • Nawab Sidi FATEH KHAN 1648/-
  • KHARIYAT KHAN 
  • Nawab Sidi KASIM KHAN [Yaqut Khan]  -/1706
  • Nawab Sidi SURUL KHAN 1706/1732, married and had issue.
    • Nawab Sidi ABDURRAHMAN KHAN (second son) (qv)
    • Nawab Sidi IBRAHIM KHAN I (qv)
    • Nawab Sidi MUHAMMED KHAN (qv)
    • Nawab Sidi ABDURRAHIM KHAN (seventh son)(qv)
    • Nawab Sidi HASAN KHAN (youngest son) (qv)
  • Nawab Sidi HASAN KHAN 1732/1734 and 1740/1746
  • Sidi SUMBUL KHAN 1734/1737
  • Nawab Sidi ABDURRAHMAN KHAN 1737/1740
  • Nawab Sidi IBRAHIM KHAN I 1746/1757 and 1757/-
  • Nawab Sidi MUHAMMED KHAN 1757, died 1757.
  • Nawab Sidi YAQUT KHAN -/1772
  • Nawab Sidi ABDURRAHIM KHAN 1772/1784, married and had issue. He died 1784.
    • Daughter, married Nawab Sidi JAHAN KHAN (qv)
  • Nawab Sidi JAHAN KHAN 1784/1789, died 1789.
  • Nawab Sidi IBRAHIM KHAN II 1789/1794 and 1803/-
  • Nawab Sidi JAMRUD KHAN 1794/1803
  • Wazir RASUL KHAN 1702/1733, died 1733
  • ......
  • Wazir IBRAHIM KHAN I 1762/177? 
  • Wazir ABD al-RAHIM KHAN 177?/1784
  • Wazir ABD al-KARIM YAQUT KHAN 1784/1791
  • Wazir JOWHAR KHAN 1791/1802
  • Wazir IBRAHIM KHAN II 1802/1826
  • Nawab MUHAMMED KHAN I 1826/1848
  • Nawab IBRAHIM KHAN III 1848/1879, died 1879
  • HH Nawab Sidi Sir AHMAD KHAN SIDI IBRAHIM KHAN 1879/1922, born 1862, G.C.I.E. [cr.1906], K.C.I.E. [cr.1895], educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; salute raised from 9 to 11 guns in 1903, with the Nawab enjoying a personal salute of 13 guns from 1918, ansd a local salute of 13 guns from 1921, he married 1stly, Ahmedbibi, died 1885, married 2ndly, 1886, Nazli Begum, married 3rdly, 1913, Kalsumbibi (a second cousin). He died 2nd May 1922.
  • HH Nawab Sidi MUHAMMED KHAN II SIDI AHMAD KHAN 1922/1972, born 7th March 1914, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot and the Deccan College, Poona, enjoys a permanent local salute of 13 guns, married 1933, and had issue. He died 1st April 1972.
    • HH Nawab Sidi SHAH MAHMOOD KHAN (qv)
  • HH Nawab Sidi SHAH MAHMOOD KHAN (see above)
 
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