PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
in 1719. Rulers were...
- Nawab Syed ALI MUHAMMAD KHAN 1719/1749, born 1705/1706,
after the
battle
of Jansath, he was rewarded with a standard and kettledrums and the
title
of Nawab and the rank of Panj-Hazari and was confirmed in possession of
all the lands he had earned or seized in 1737, an Imperial Sanad of
1740
recognized him as Ruler of Rohilkhand, married and had issue. He died
16th
September 1749.
- Nawabzada Syed Abdullah Khan
- Nawab Syed FAIZULLAH KHAN (qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Saadullah Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Muhammed Yar Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Allah Yar Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Murtaza Khan
- Nawab Syed HAFIZ RAHMAT KHAN 1749/1774, born 1708/1709,
received from
the
Emperor a Khilat, a drum, a standard, and the title of Mukarram
ud-Daulah
Hafiz ul-Mulk Bahadur Nasir Jang in 1749, died sp 23rd April
1774.
- Nawab Syed FAIZULLAH KHAN 1774/1783, born 1733/1734, he
formed the
nucleus
of the Rampur State Library through his personal collection of valuable
manuscripts, historical documents, books and paintings kept in the
State’s
Toshakhana, married and had issue. He died 17th July 1794.
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN (qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Hasan Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Fateh Ali Khan
- Nawab Syed GHULAM MUHAMMAD KHAN (qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Nazim Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Yaqub Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Qasim Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Karimullah Ali Khan
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN 1783/1794, born 1752/1753,
married and had
issue. He died 20th September 1794.
- Nawab Syed AHMAD ALI KHAN (qv)
- Nawab Syed GHULAM MUHAMMAD KHAN 1794 (September to
October), born
1762/1763,
married and had issue. He died 27th October 1794.
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD SAID ALI KHAN (qv)
- Nawab Syed AHMAD ALI KHAN 1794/1840, born 1786/1787, had
natural issue.
He died spl 5th July 1840.
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD SAID ALI KHAN 1840/1855, born 19th May
1786,
married
and had issue. He died 1st April 1855.
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD YUSUF ALI KHAN (qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Kazim Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Kalbey Hasan Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Mubarak Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Safdar Ali Khan
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD YUSUF ALI KHAN 1855/1865, born 5th
March 1816,
succeeded
1st April 1855, granted the hereditary title of Farzand Dilpazir on
25th
November 1859, and a Sanad of Adoption on 11th March 1862, married and
had issue. He died 20th April 1865.
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD KALBEY ALI KHAN (qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Haider Ali Khan, married and had issue.
- Nawabzada Syed Chhamman Khan Saheb
- Nawabzada Syed Mahmud Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Zamal Abidin Khan
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD KALBEY ALI KHAN 1865/1887, born 1834,
granted a
permanent
salute of 13 guns in 1867, and the hereditary title of
Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia
on the 23rd January 1875, granted a personal salute of 15 guns in 1877,
married and had issue. He died 23rd March 1887.
- Nawabzada Syed Bandey Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Akbar Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Zulfiquar Ali Khan
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMED MUSHTAQ ALI KHAN (qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Sabir Ali Khan
- Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD MUSHTAQ ALI KHAN 1887/1889, born 1856,
married and
had issue. He died 25th February 1889.
- Col. HH Alijah Farzand-i-Dilpizir-Daulat-i-Englishia
Mukhlis-ud-Daula
Nasir-ul-Mulk
Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Syed MUHAMMAD HAMID ALI KHAN Bahadur Mustaid
Jang
(qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Nasir Ali Khan, born 1883, married 24th
November 1909 in
London, Dolly Parnell, and had issue, one daughter.
- Col. HH Alijah Farzand-i-Dilpizir-Daulat-i-Englishia
Mukhlis-ud-Daula
Nasir-ul-Mulk
Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Syed MUHAMMAD HAMID ALI KHAN Bahadur Mustaid
Jang
1889/1930, G.C.I.E. [cr.1908] , G.C.V.O. [cr.1911] , G.C.S.I.
[cr.1921],
born 31st August 1875, highly educated and a patron of arts and
culture.
He was responsible for the construction of impressive palaces, office
buildings,
markets and palaces in Rampur City and its neighbourhood. He
constructed
a magnificent palace of Indo-European style inside the fort. It was
named
‘Hamid Manzil’ which has been housing the Rampur Raza Library since
1957,
Hon. ADC to HM the King and Hon. Col. in the Indian Army, salute was
increased
to 15 guns in 1921, secured restoration of the hereditary titles of
Alijah,
Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra, Mustaid Jang, which had
been
granted by the Mughal Emperors, married 1894 and had issue. He died
20th
June 1930.
- Nawabzada Syed Hasan Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Husain Ali Khan
- Maj.Gen. HH Farzand-i-Dilpizir-Daulat-i-Englishia
Mukhlis-ud-Daula
Nasir-ul-Mulk
Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Dr. Sir Syed MUHAMMAD RAZA ALI KHAN Bahadur Mustaid
Jang (qv)
- Nawabzada Syed Jafar Ali Khan
- Nawabzada Syed Abdul Karim Khan
- Maj.Gen. HH Farzand-i-Dilpizir-Daulat-i-Englishia
Mukhlis-ud-Daula
Nasir-ul-Mulk
Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Dr. Sir Syed MUHAMMAD RAZA ALI KHAN Bahadur Mustaid
Jang 1930/1966, born 17th November 1906, succeeded 30th June 1930,
G.C.I.E,
K.C.S.I., D.Litt., LL.D., educated in India and abroad, built schools
and
colleges in the State. He was a lover of Indian music for which he
purchased
several rare manuscripts and books on Indian music, married 1stly 1921,
HH Nawab Rafaat Zamani Begum Sahiba (born 1907, died 19th October
1987),
married 2ndly, Qaisar Zamani Begum, married 3rdly, Talat Zamani Begum
(daughter
of Sahibzada Sir Abdussamad Khan), and had issue. He died 6th March
1966.
- HH Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD MURTAZA ALI KHAN Bahadur (qv)
- HH Nawab Syed ZULFIQUAR ALI KHAN Sahib (aka Mickey Miyan)
(qv)
- Nawabzadi Syeda Khurshid Laqa Begum, married Prof. Syed
NURUL HASAN,
son
of Syed Abdul Hasan, born 26th December 1921, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford);
Fellow
of the Royal Historical Society and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic
Society,
London; Member of the Rajya Sabha 1968/1978, Union Minister of State,
Minister
of Education, Social Welfare and Culture 1971, Ambassador to the
U.S.S.R,
Governor of West Bengal and Orissa, died 12th July 1993 in Calcutta,
India.
She died 16 June 1967.
- Sirajul Hasan
- Talat Fatima Hasan, married Hasan Kamil, and has
issue.
- Minal Fatima Hasan
- Saima Fatima Hasan
- Nawabzadi Syeda Birjees Laqa Begum
- Nawabzadi Syeda Kamar Laqa Begum
- Nawabzadi Syeda Akhtar Laqa Begum
- Nawabzadi Syeda Naheeda Laqa Begum
- Nawabzadi Syeda Mehrunissa Begum
- Nawabzada Syed Abil Ali Khan, married Gisela Maria
Ledschbor, and had
issue.
He died 8th July 1968.
- Syed Raza Andrew Ali Khan
- Syed Nadeem Ali Khan
- HH Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD MURTAZA ALI KHAN Bahadur 1966/1982,
born 22nd
November
1923, ADC to the Commander in Chief in India from July 1943 to April
1946,
married HH Nawab Aftab Zamani Begum, born 11th September 1928, died 4th
August 1993 and had issue. He died 7th February 1982.
- Nawabzada Syed Muhammed Ali Khan, married 1stly, Jeana
Pache (an
American
nurse), married 2ndly, Maria (Mexican dancer), married 3rdly, 22nd
October
1999, Jeeva Varghese (Goan retaurant owner) (Firdaus Zamani Begum) and
has issue.
- Syeda Zahra Ali Khan, born 5th August 2000
- Syed Akbar Ali Khan, born 30th November 2001
- Nawabzadi Syeda Murtazi Begum
- HH Nawab Syed ZULFIQUAR ALI KHAN Sahib (aka Mickey Miyan)
1982/1992,
born
11th March 1933, worked as a tea planter in Assam, Member of the Uttar
Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1962/1966, Member of Parliament 1967/1977
and 1980/1992, married 2nd June 1956, Nawabzadi Roshanara Noor Bano
Begum
(Mehtab Zamani Begum Saheba)
 ,
born 11th November 1939 in Loharu, Bhiwani Distt., Haryana of Loharu,
educated at M.G.D. Girls Public School, Jaipur (Rajasthan), member of
the
All India Congress Committee 1992/- , member of the 11th Lok Sabha
1996,
member of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs 1996/99,
member of the Committe on Commerce 1999/2000, member of the
Consultative
Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 2000/- . Patron of the
Naine Dev Foundation (Music) and Rampur Gharana (Music). Interested in
doing research on historical, cultural, Persian and Arabic books and
documents.
Leisure interests include reading, music, painting and gardening,
tennis
and swimming. Member of the Central Wakf Council, Ministry of Welfare,
1993; the National Integration Council, Uttar Pradesh, 1993; the
Maulana
Azad Foundation, 1995/1996; the Court of the Aligarh Muslim University
1996; the Informal Consultation Committee for Railway Zone (U.P)
1996/1997;
the Nainital Telephone Advisory Committee 1996/1997; and the Rampur
Raza
Library Board 1997. Chairperson of the State Social Welfare Advisory
Board
1993 and the U.P. Mahila Samaj Kalyan Board 1994/1995; Convenor, U.P.
Members
of Parliamentary Group of India Congress 1996. He died 5th April 1992
having
issue. (Noor Mahal, Civil Lines, Rampur-244 901 Uttar
Pradesh
)
- HH Nawab Syed MOHAMMAD KAZIM ALI KHAN Sahib (qv)
- Nawabzadi Syeda Saman Ali Khan (Syeda Kaneez-e-Rabab),
born 17th
November
1957.
- Nawabzadi Syeda Saba Ali Khan (Syeda
Kaneez-e-Sheharbano), born 2nd
February
1959, married Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, son of the late Fakhruddin
Ahmed
Khan, President of India and Begum Abida Ahmed of Loharu,
Member of Parliament 1987/1991, and has issue.
- Sahibzadi Mahira Ahmed
- Sahibzada Zulnoor Ali Ahmed
- HH Nawab Syed MOHAMMAD KAZIM ALI KHAN Sahib aka Navaid Mian
(see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Nawab Abdus Salam Khan, married and had issue.
- Sahibzada Sir Abdus Samad Khan, born 27th September 1874
in Moradabad,
C.I.E. [cr.1915], Kt. [cr.1934], married 1stly, Nadiz Zamani Begum of
Najibabad,
married 2ndly Sahibzadi Aliya Sultan Begum of Loharu, born 1888, died
February
1967, and had issue, 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died 27th January 1943.
- Sahibzadi Askari Begum [HH Rafat Zamani Begum], (see
above)
- Sahibzadi Fakhra Begum, married 4th March 1935,
Sahibzada Masuduzzafar
Khan (a cousin).
- Sahibzadi Jahanara Begum, married 4th December 1942,
Isha'at
Habibullah,
died December 1991, son of Sheikh Mohammed Habibullah, Taluqdar of
Saidanpur,
and has issue.
- Muneeza Habibullah, born 17th January 1944.
- Naushaba Habibullah, born 3rd September 1948.
- Sahibzada Yusuf Khan
- Sahibzada Yunus Khan
- Sahibzada Yaqub Khan
- ?Fakhar Begum, married Nawab AIZ'UDDIN AHMED KHAN of
Loharu.
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born
16th October 1960 in Rampur, Bachelor of Architecture from Chandigarh
college
of Architecture, India; Masters degree in Architecture & Urban
Design
from Columbia University, New York, USA in May 1988; Elected to the
Uttar
Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India twice, in October 1996 and February
2002, Member of the Rampur Raza Library Board 1993/2002, Minister of
Minority
Welfare & Haj, Government of Uttar Pradesh from February to
September
2003, Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Corporation since October
2003,
married 28th December 1987 in Bangalore, Nawabzadi Yaseen Sultan Jehan
Saheba (Firdaus Zamani Begum Saheba), born 27th March 1968 in
Hyderabad,
India (daughter of HH Nawab Abdul Rasheed Khan Bahadur of Savanur
and Anjum Sultana) and has issue.