BAHAWALPUR (Princely State)

(17 gun salute)

 
AREA: 42,564.06 km2 REVENUE: 12,130,000Rs  ACCESSION: 14th October 1955
STATE: Pakistan (Punjab Prov.) DYNASTY: Abbasi  RELIGION: Muslim
  POPULATION: 1,341,000 (1941)
 

PRESENT RULER: HH Nawab Amir SALAH-UD-DIN AHMED ABBASI Rukn-ud-Daula, Nasrat Jang, Saif-ud-Daula, Hafiz-ul-Mulk, Mukia-ud-Daula wa Moin-ud-Daula, Amir-i-Nawab, 15th Amir and Nawab of Bahawalpur since 14th April 1988 (Al-Abbasi, The Sadiq Garh Palace, Bahawalpur City, Pakistan)
born 27th July 1946 at Al-Hilal, Kangra Valley(#1); married HH Nawab Moniba Abbasi Begum, and has issue.
  • Nawabzadi Aneeza Abbasi
  • Nawabzada Bahawal Abbasi
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1701, the state ranks second in the Punjab Darbar. Merged into Pakistan on 7th October 1947. Rulers were...
  1. Amir BAHADUR KHAN II, Amir of Shikarpur 1690/1702, married and had issue.
    • Amir Muhammad Mubarak Khan I (qv)

  2. Amir MUHAMMAD MUBARAK KHAN I, Amir of Shikarpur 1702/1723, married and had issue.
    • Nawab Amir Sadiq Muhammed Khan I (qv)

  3. Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN I, Amir of Shahr Dand 1723/1746, Nawab of Bahalwalpur 1740/1746, Nawab [cr.1740]; married and had issue. He died 11th April 1746.
    • Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan I (qv)
    • Nawab Amir Mubarak Khan II (qv)
    • Nawabzada Fateh Muhammed Khan, married and had issue.
      • Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan II (qv)

  4. Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN I, Nawab of Bahalwalpur 1746/1750

  5. Nawab Amir MUBARAK KHAN II, Nawab of Bahalwalpur 1750/1772, died 4th June 1772.

  6. Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN II, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [4.6.1772] - [13.8.1809]; born 1753, married and had issue. He died 13th August 1809.
    • Nawab Amir Sadiq Muhammed Khan II (qv)

  7. Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN II, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [13.8.1809] - [17.4.1826], born 1781, Governor of Bahawalpur under the Sikhs; married and had issue. He died 17th April 1826.
    • Nawabzada Rahim Yar Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan III (qv)

  8. Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN III, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [17.4.1826] - [19.10.1852], married and had issue. He died 19th October 1852.
    • Nawabzada Haji Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Fateh Muhammed Khan (qv)
    • Nawabzada Sadat Yar Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Sadiq Muhammed Khan III (qv)

  9. Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN III, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [19.10.1852] - [20.2.1853], he was deposed by his brother; he was granted a lifetime pension of 19,200Rs and protection within British Territory, in return for which he relinquished all claim to the throne of Bahawalpur; he soon violated this agreement but was unsuccessful and was imprisoned in Lahore Fort and his allowances stopped until it was felt that he would peacefully comply. He died sp 1861.

  10. Nawab Amir FATEH MUHAMMED KHAN, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [20.2.1853] - [3.10.1858], he was originally passed over in the succession in favour of his younger brother, but with the help of the Daudputra Sardars, he deposed his brother; married and had issue. He died 3rd October 1858.
    • Nawabzada Rahim Yar Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan IV (qv)

    The Begum Sahiba, Regent of Bahawalpur [30.1.1858] - [12.2.1879], she died 12th February 1879.

    Prince Mahabat Khan, Regent of Bahawalpur [12.2.1879] - [28.11.1879] (First time)

  11. Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN IV, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [30.10.1858] - [25.3.1866], during his reign the Daudputra Sardars rebelled a number of times in 1863, 1865 and 1866, but each time the insurrections were successfully put down; married and had issue. He died 25th March 1866.
    • HH Nawab Amir Sir Sadiq Muhammed KhanIV (qv)

  12. HH Nawab Amir Sir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN IV, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [25.3.1866] - [15.2.1899], born 1862, had issue. He died 15th February 1899.
    • HH Nawab Amir al-Haj Muhammed Bahawal Khan V (qv)
    • Sahibzada Haji Khan Abbasi, had issue.
      • Sahibzada Mansur Ahmad Khan Abbasi, born 1930, had issue.(#2)
        • Sahibzada Saadat Yar Khan Abbasi

    Prince Mahabat Khan, Regent of Bahawalpur [14.2.1899] - [12.11.1903] (Second time)

  13. HH Nawab Amir al-Haj MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN V, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [14.2.1899] - [15.2.1907], born 23rd October 1883, died  15th February 1907 (#6).

  14. Prince Muhammad Khan Abbasi, Regent of Bahawalpur [15.2.1907] - [1916] (First time), born 1884, died 1955.

    Khan Bahadur Sir Rahim Bakhsh Maulvi K.C.I.E., Regent of Bahawalpur in 1916, died 1936.

    Nawab Sir Malik Khuda Bakhsh Khan K.C.I.E., O.B.E., Regent of Bahawalpur in 1916, died 1930.

    Prince Muhammad Khan Abbasi, Regent of Bahawalpur [1916] - [8.3.1924] (Second time), born 1884, died 1955.

  15. HH Nawab Sadiq Muhammed Khan Abbasi
                    (1904-1966)General HH al-Haj Nawab Amir Dr. Sir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN V Bahadur Rukn-ud-Daula Nusrat-i-Jang Said-ud-Daula Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud-Daula Muin-ud-Daula G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., M.D., Nawab of Bahalwalpur [15.2.1907] - [24.5.1966], born 1904, (#3) K.C.V.O. [cr.1922], G.C.I.E. [cr.1931], G.C.S.I. [cr.1941], LLD (Honoris Causa), married 1stly, 1921, the daughter of Sahibzada Faiz Muhammed Khan Abbasi, married 2ndly, Linda Sayce, and had issue. He died 24th May 1966 (#7).
    • HH Nawab Amir Muhammed Abbas Khan (qv)
    • Nawabzada Haroun Khan Abbasi, married 1947 in London, a 16 year old English flower seller named Catherine Scott, and had issue.
      • Sahibzada Aziz Khan Abbasi
      • Sahibzada Haroun Khan Abbasi
      • Sahibzadi Terry Abbasi
      • Sahibzadi Robin Abbasi
    • Nawabzada Muhammed Mubarak Khan Abbasi [Prince Riki] (by Linda), married 1952, Yvonne Martin.
    • Nawabzada David Khan Abbasi (by Linda)
    • Nawabzadi Therese Abbasi (by Linda)

  16. Brigadier HH Nawab Amir MUHAMMED ABBAS KHAN, Nawab of Bahalwalpur [24.5.1966] - [14.4.1988], born 22nd March 1924 in Sadiqgarh Palace, Bahawalpur Distt.,(#4) married the daughter of Maulvi Shamsuddin, and had issue. He died 14th April 1988.
    • HH Nawab Amir Salah ud-Din Ahmed Abbasi (qv)
    • Nawabzada Fallah ud-din Ahmed Abbasi, married 23rd March 2000, Shelale Rahim Jan Begum.

  17. HH Nawab Amir SALAH UD-DIN AHMED ABBASI, Nawab of Bahalwalpur (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
  • Sahibzada Ghulam Bahauddin Khan Abbasi, had issue.
    • Sahibzada Qadir Baksh Khan Abbasi, born 1898.(#5)
  • Sahibzada Muhammed Daud Khan Abbasi (MPA)
    • Sahibzada Muhammed Usman Khan Abbasi, born 28th May 1954 in Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Sahibzada Farooq Anwar Khan Abbasi fl.1998
The help of John Duncan McMeekin, is gratefully acknowledged, January 2011.
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