ARCOT (Princely State) 

  
AREA:  ?? km2 PRIVY PURSE:  ??  ANNEXATION:  1825 
STATE:  Tamil Nadu  DYNASTY:  ??  RELIGION:  Muslim 
     
PRESENT RULER:  HH Nawab MUHAMMED ABDUL ALI , 8th Prince of Arcot since 1993 (Amir Mahal Palace) 
born 9th August 1951, Sherriff of Chennai (then Madras) for two terms, from 1984-1985 and again from 1988-1989. He is recognised by the Government as the ' First Nobleman ' in the Muslim community of south India. He enjoys a rank equivalent to that of state cabinet ministers and is officially recognised by the President of India as the Prince of Arcot. He is the founder secretary-general of Harmony India, (founded-1990) an association to promote communal amity, secularism and National Integration. He is also a jury member of the National Foundation of Communal Harmony. The Prince is a patron of music, art and literature and his hobbies include photography, gardening and reading books, married HH Sayeeda Begum, and has issue, 2 sons.
  • Nawabzada Mohammed Asif Ali, Heir Apparent, married Nawabzadi Seema Ahmed. 
  • Nawabzada Mohammed Naser Ali, married Nawabzadi Aasia Zainab.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:  Arcot, sometimes named Carnatic, is a town located in modern Tamil Nadu in India, near Madras. Capital city of a state ruled since 1692 by the Nawabs of Arcot, as viceroys of the Moghul Emperors. The Nawabs of Arcot trace their line back to 2nd Caliph Umar bin al Khattãb. Arcot was absorbed by the U.K. Colonial Government in 1801, annexed by the British in 1825 and the state extinguished in 1855. The dynasty continues as Princes of Arcot. The Prince of Arcot still holds the unique position in Indian politics of being the only member of a royal family who is recognized as a Prince, his rank being that of a cabinet minister. The rulers were... 
  1. Nawab ZULFIQAR ALI KHAN 1692/1703 

  2. Nawab DAUD KHAN 1703/1710 

  3. Nawab MUHAMMED SAADATULLAH KHAN I 1710/1732 

  4. Nawab DOST ALI KHAN 1732/1740 (grandnephew), married and had issue. He died 1740.
    • Nawab SAFDAR ALI KHAN (qv)

  5. Nawab SAFDAR ALI KHAN 1740/1742, married and had issue. He died 1742.
    • Nawab MUHAMMED SAADATULLAH KHAN II (qv)

  6. Nawab MUHAMMED SAADATULLAH KHAN II 1742/1744, died 1746. 

  7. Nawab ANWARUDDIN MUHAMMED KHAN 1744/1749, born c1672, married and had issue. he died 31st July 1749.
    • Nawab MUHAMMED ALI KHAN (qv)

  8. Nawab MUHAMMED ALI KHAN 1749/1795, born 1717, married and had issue. He died 16th October 1795.
    • Nawabzada AMIR ul-UMRA, married and had issue. He died 1801. 
      • Nawab AZIMUDDAULA (qv) 
    • Nawab UMDAT-ul-UMRA (qv) 
    • ??Nawab Ghulam Husain Khan of Chinyapatan-Madras, had issue. 
      • Nawabzada Ahmadullah Shah [Ahmad Ali Ziauddin], born 1787/1789, died 15th June 1858. 
    • Nawabzadi Malikunnissa Begum fl 1804-1815. 

  9. Nawab HUSAIN DOST KHAN 1750/1752 (usurper) 

  10. Nawab UMDAT ul-UMRA 1795/1801, born 1748, married and had issue. He died 15th July 1801. 
    • Nawabzada Ali Husain, died 1802. 

  11. Nawab AZIMUDDAULA 1801/1819, born 1775, married and had issue. He died 3rd August 1819. 
    • Nawab AZAM JAH (qv) 
    • Nawab AZIM JAH (qv) 
    • Nawabzada Rashiduddaula, married and had issue. 
      • Muhammed Ibadullah Khan Bahadur, born 1837, Khan Bahadur [cr.1876] 
      • Muhammed Anwaruddin Khan Bahadur, born 1849, Khan Bahadur [cr.1876]. 
      • Muhammed Abdul Ali Khan Bahadur, born 1858, Khan Bahadur [cr.1876]. 

  12. Nawab AZAM JAH 1819/1825, born 1797, married and had issue. He died 1825.
    • Nawab GHULAM MUHAMMED GHOUS KHAN (qv)

  13. Nawab GHULAM MUHAMMED GHOUS KHAN 1825/1855, born 1824, died sp 7th October 1855. 
The Princes of Arcot were... 
 
  1. Nawab AZIM JAH 1867/1874, born 1800, created HH Prince of Arcot (Amir-e-Arcot) in 1867 by Queen Victoria, and was given a tax free pension in perpetuity. This is separate to the 1947 agreement, and the Indian Government continues to honour it, married and had issue. He died 14th January 1874 at Shadi Mahal. 
    • HH Nawab Sir ZAHIRUDDAULA Bahadur (qv) 
    • HH Nawab INTIZAM ul-MULK Muazzaluddaula Bahadur (qv) 
    • UNKNOWN, married and had issue. 
      • Nawab Abdul Wahab Khan Bahadur, married his cousin (......) Begum, and had issue. 
        • Nawab Abdul Latif Farrokhi, born 15th March 1893 in Madras, married (a) 1923 his cousin Hydiathunissa Begum, (b) 1931 his cousin Amathul Bashir Mubarakunissa Begum (see below). 
        • Maulana Nawab Tajumal Huzavir Khan Bahadur. 
    • UNKNOWN, married and had issue. 
      • (......) Begum, married her cousin Nawab Abdul Wahab Khan Bahadur (qv) 

  2. HH Nawab Sir ZAHIRUDDAULA Bahadur, Prince of Arcot 1874/1879, G.C.S.I., enjoyed a personal salute of 15 guns, married and had issue. He died 1879. 
    • UNKNOWN, married and had issue. 
      • Nawab Salauddin Khan Bahadur, married and had issue. 
        • Amathul Bashir Mubarakunissa Begum, married 1931 her cousin Nawab Abdul Latif Farrokhi (qv). 
    • Muhammed Karimullah Khan Bahadur, born 1851, Khan Bahadur [cr.1875] (#1) . 
    • Muhammed Rahmatullah Khan Bahadur, born 1862, Khan Bahadur [cr.1875] (#1) . 
    • Muhammed Karamatullah Khan Bahadur, born 1870, Khan Bahadur [cr.1875] (#1) . 
    • Muhammed Ibadullah Khan Bahadur, born 1839?, Khan Bahadur [cr.1875] (#1) . 
    • Daughter, married 1864 Ahmad Muhiuddin Khan Bahadur, born 1835, title granted 1874. 

  3. HH Nawab INTIZAM ul-MULK Muazzaluddaula Bahadur, Prince of Arcot 1879/1889, enjoyed a personal salute of 15 guns, married HH Nawab Azimatunissa Begum and had issue. He died 1889
    • HH Sir Nawab MUHAMMED MUNAWAR ALI Khan Bahadur (qv) 
    • Nawabzada Ghulam Muhammed Ghaus Khan Bahadur, born 1861, Khan Bahadur [cr.1876] 
    • Nawabzada Abdul Ali Khan Bahadur, born 1863, Khan Bahadur [cr.1876], personal use only. 

  4. HH Nawab Sir MUHAMMED MUNAWAR ALI Khan Bahadur, Prince of Arcot 1889/1903, born 1856, Khan Bahadur [cr.1876], K.C.I.E. [cr.1879], married and had issue. He died 1903 at Delhi. 
    • Umdat ul-umra Amir-ul-umra Siraj ul-Umra Madar ul-mulk Umdat ul-Mulk Azimud Dowlah Asadud Dowlatul Ingleez Nawab Azim Jah HH Sir GHULAM MUHAMMED ALI Khan Bahadur (qv) 
    • HH Nawab GHULAM MOHIUDDIN Khan Bahadur (qv)
    • Hydiathunissa Begum, married 1923 her cousin Nawab Abdul Latif Farrokhi (qv) 

  5. Umdat ul-umra Amir-ul-umra Siraj ul-Umra Madar ul-mulk Umdat ul-Mulk Azimud Dowlah Asadud Dowlatul Ingleez Nawab Azim Jah HH Sir GHULAM MUHAMMED ALI Khan Bahadur, Prince of Arcot  1903/1952, born 26th February 1882, succeeded his father in 1903, educated at the Newington Court of Wards Institution, Khan Bahadur [cr.1897], K.C.I.E. [cr.1909], G.C.I.E. [cr.1917], President of South India Islamia League, President of All India Muslim Association, Member of the Madras Legislative Council 1904/06, Member of the Council of Governor-General of India 1910/13, recieved the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911, married and had issue, daughters only. He died 1952.

  6. HH Nawab GHULAM MOHIUDDIN Khan Bahadur, Prince of Arcot 1952/1969, Sheriff of Madras in 1935, married and had issue. He died October 1969.
    • HH Nawab GHULAM MUHAMMED ABDUL KHADER (qv)

  7. HH Nawab GHULAM MUHAMMED ABDUL KHADER, Prince of Arcot 1969/1993, married and had issue. He died 30th August 1993.
    • HH Nawab MUHAMMED ABDUL ALI (qv)

  8. HH Nawab MUHAMMED ABDUL ALI  (see above) 
OTHER MEMBERS: 
  • Nawab Abdus Salam (cousin of present Prince), married Sabine Erlich [Begum Sabina], born c1948 in Paris. 
  • Anshuki Hussain Khan "of Carnatic family", had issue. 
    • Khan Bahadur Sir Muhammed Habibullah, born 1869, married Sadathunissa Begum. 
 
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1. Source:  "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.150 and 339 and 342
2. Dictionary of National Biography  ; Sen,S.P. (Ed.) Calcutta 1972 Vols.1-4  ; Institute of Historical Studies  ; Vol.2 p.2
3. Dictionary of Indian Biography  ; Buckland,C.E.  ; London,1906  ; Page 74