PREDECESSORS and SHORT
HISTORY: The estate was formerly in Sadr North
Division of Dacca District (now Dhaka Upazila, Dhaka
District, Bangladesh) and the zamindars are descended from
the Bonda family, themselves descended from the brothers
of Khwaja Abdul Hakim, Governor of Kashmir. The Maulvi
Abdullah, who was the son of the Maulvi Abdul Kadir, and
was born in Kashmir, came to Bengal in the reign of the
Emperor Mahmud Shah, and established himself in Sylhet. It
was the largest zamindari held by any landholder in
Eastern Bengal during the colonial period. The successor
to the Zamindari was appointed by the Mutawalli from
amongst family members deemed to be most competent to
manage the family affairs. Rulers were....
- Unknown, married and had issue.
- Khwaja Abdul Hakim, Governor of Kashmir
- Maulvi Abdul Kadir, married and had issue.
- Maulvi Abdullah, married and had issue.
- Khwaja Ahsanullah, married and had issue. He
died 1795.
- Khwaja HAFIZULLAH,
founder and 1st Zamindar of the Dhaka Nawab Estate
with his nephew, succeeded by his nephew. He died sp.
- Khwaja ALIMULLAH,
founder and 2nd Zamindar of the Dhaka Nawab Estate
-/1854, born in Begum Bazar, founder of the Dhaka
Nawab family with his uncle, major shareholder and
director of Dhaka Bank, member of the Dhaka Municipal
Committee, married Zinat Begum, and had issue. He died
1854 (16 Bhadra, 1261) in Dhaka and was buried in the
family graveyard at Begum Bazar.
- Nawab Khwaja Sir Abdul Ghani Mian (qv)
- Nawab Bahadur
Khwaja Sir ABDUL GHANI MIAN K.C.S.I., 3rd
Zamindar of the Dhaka Nawab Estate 1854/1896, born
30th July 1813 at Begumbazar, Dhaka, educated
privately and at Dhaka Collegiate School, appointed
Honourary Magistrate in 1861, awarded the title of
C.S.I. in 1871 and Nawab in 1875, which was
made hereditary on 1st January 1877, made a K.C.S.I.
in 1886 and was granted the higher title of Nawab
Bahadur in 1892, he established a High School at
Kumartuli in 1863, which was later upgraded into
Salimullah College, he established Abdul Ghani High
School at Jamurki, he married Ismatunnissa
Begum, died 1887, and had issue. He died 24th August
1896 at the Ahsan Manzil and lies buried at the family
graveyard at Begumbazar in Dhaka.
- Nawab Khwaja Sir Ahsanullah Bahadur (qv)
- Nawab Khwaja Sir
AHSANULLAH Bahadur K.C.I.E., 4th Zamindar of
the Dhaka Nawab Estate 1896/1901, born 22nd August
1846 in Dhaka, Commissioner of Dhaka Municipality
since 1864, Member of the Asiatic Society (Calcutta),
member of the Photographic Society in Calcutta,
founded the Patuakhali Begum Hospital in 1900,
Madaripur Mosque and Madrasah 1886-1887, and Begunbari
Mosque, awarded the titles of Khan Bahadur in 1871,
Nawab in 1875, C.I.E. in 1891, Nawab Bahadur in l892
and K.C.I.E. in 1897. He was a member of the Governor
General's Legislative Council in 1890 and 1899,
married (amongst others), (a) Wahidunnesa Begum,
married (b), Khodeja Begum, and had issue. He died
16th December 1901 in Dhaka and was buried in the
family graveyard at Begumbazar.
- Nawab Bahadur Khwaja Sir Salimullah (qv)
-
 Nawabzada Khwaja
Atiqullah, born 26th July 1876, philanthropist,
educated privately by British teachers, becoming
proficient in English, Persian and Urdu. He
contributed generously for the advancement of
education in the country, donating one thousand
rupees to the Aligarh University Fund in 1911.
Lifelong member of the Indian National Congress,
married 1stly, 7th December 1901, Ahmadi Begum,
married 2ndly, Aziz Begum, and had issue, several
sons and two daughters. He died January 1945.
- Khwaja Moinuddin
- Khwaja Bahaduddin
- Khwaja Mohammad Azad
- Khwaja Latfullah
- Khwaja Mashooqullah
- Sahibzadi Farhat Banu Begum, married 1915, (her
cousin), Khwaja Shahabuddin (see below), born 31st
May 1898, died 9th February 1977, and had issue.
- Sahibzadi Zeenat Begum
- Nawabzadi Ameena Banu Begum, eldest daughter,
married Syed Aziz Chowdury, a Zamindar from Machan
Syed Bari, Manikganj, in the district of Dhaka, and
had issue.
- Syed Abdus Salim Chowdhury, second son,
born 15th July 1905, died 27th December 1967.
- Nawabzadi Akhter Banu Begum
- Nawabzadi Bilkis Banu Begum, married Khwaja
Nizamuddin, commissioner of Dhaka Municipality, son
of Khwaja Fakhruddin, Zamindar of Dhaka, and had
issue.
- Khwaja Sir Nazimuddin, born 19
July 1894 at Dhaka, educated at M. A. O.
College, Aligarh; Dunstable Grammar School, and
Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Bar-at-Law). Chairman
of Dhaka Municipality 1922/1929, Provincial
Education Minister 1929/1934, Executive
Councilor 1934/1937, Home Minister 1937/-,
Leader of the Opposition 1941/1943, Chief
Minister 1943/-, Governor General of Pakistan
1948/-, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1951/1953,
President of the Mohammedan Sporting Club
(Calcutta) 1935/1946 and President of the Indian
Hockey Federation 1938/1940, he was awarded the
title of Nishan-i-Pakistan in 1958,
C.I.E. [cr.1926], K.C.I.E. [cr.1934], both
returned in 1946 on political grounds, he
married 1924, Shah Banu Begum, daughter of
Khwaja Ashraf, and had issue. He died 22nd
October 1964.
- Zafar Banu Begum, married (as
his first wife, her cousin), Khwaja Wasiuddin,
and had issue (see below).
- Khwaja Shahabuddin, born 31st
May 1898, educated privately, learning Arabic,
Persian, Urdu and English from a private tutor,
he also became a Hafiz-e-Quran,
Commissioner of Dhaka Municipality 1918/1921,
Member of the Dhaka District Board 1921/-,
becoming its Chairman 1923/1924, President of
the Dhaka District Muslim League 1928/1944,
Member of the Executive Council of the Governor
of Bengal in 1936 and Treasurer of the Dhaka
University 1930/1938, elected to the Bengal
Legislative Assembly in 1937, Chief Whip of the
government party 1937/1941, Minister of
Commerce, Labour and Industry of Bengal
1943/1945, Chief Whip of the Pakistan National
Assembly in 1947, Minister of Home affairs,
Information and Broadcasting in the Central
Government of Pakistan, appointed governor of
the North-West Frontier Province in 1951,
Ambassador of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia with
additional charge of Yemen in 1954, Ambassador
of Pakistan to Egypt in 1958. He was
concurrently High Commissioner of Pakistan to
Nigeria and Ambassador to Cameroon, Senegal,
Togo and Sierra Leon 1961/1964, Central Minister
of Information and Broadcasting 1965/1969,
married 1915, (his cousin, see above), Sahibzadi
Farhat Banu Begum, elected to the Assembly in
the Muslim Women seat, and had issue. He died
9th February 1977 in Karachi.
- Khwaja Zakiuddin, born 9th January
1918, educated at Dhaka University and at
University College, London; he returned to
India in 1943 and joined Grindlays Bank Ltd.,
in Bombay; later, he had postings in Calcutta,
Karachi and Peshawar; and in the early fifties
he joined the State Bank of Pakistan, serving
in various capacities in Karachi, Khulna and
Dhaka, before finally retiring in January
1976; a very keen sportsman in his youth, he
won various trophies in cycling and played
first class representative (field) hockey in
Dhaka, Calcutta and London; married 11th
October 1943, Begum Binoo Chowdhury, daughter
of Khan Bahadur Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury of
Bogra, and his wife, Abida Khatoon, and had
issue. He died 16th January 2003.
- Yasmeen Banu
- Almas Banu
- Khwaja Zahid Zakiuddin
- Major Khwaja Wasiuddin, second
son, born 20th March 1921 in Ahsan Manzil,
Dhaka, educated at the Muslim Government High
School, at the Prince of Wales Royal Indian
Military College (R.I.M.C..) in Dehradun
1932/1938 and at the Indian Military Academy,
Dehradun 1938/1940; he was commissioned as an
officer in the Indian Army in 1940 and joined
the Royal Indian Artillery; he saw active
service in Burma during WWII and was injured
in Imphal; in 1945, he was appointed President
of the Inter Services Selection Board in
Bangalore, with the acting rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel; at Independence he opted
to serve in Pakistan and rose to the rank of
Lieutenant-General; upon the creation of
Bangladesh he entered the Diplomatic service,
serving as Bangladesh Ambassador in Kuwait and
France, and later, as his country's
representative to the United Nations in New
York; he had taken up golf at some point and
was responsible for organizing the laying down
of golf courses in Lahore and Rawalpindi;
married in November 1945 (div. 1955)(his
cousin), Zafar Banu Begum, daughter of Khwaja
Sir Nazimuddin (see above), and his wife, Shah
Banu Begum, married 2ndly, Waheeda Begum,
daughter of Mir Karim Bakhsh, and his wife,
Begum Untul Hafeez, and had issue, children.
He died 22nd September 1992.
- Major Khwaja Safi Wasiuddin (by Zafar
Banu Begum)
- Umbereen Bano (by Zafar Banu Begum)
- Lena Bano (by Waheeda Begum)
- Adnan Wasiuddin (by Waheeda Begum)
- Shahab Wasiuddin (by Waheeda Begum)
- Omer Wasiuddin (by Waheeda Begum)
-
 Nawab Bahadur Khwaja Sir
SALIMULLAH G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., 5th Zamindar
of the Dhaka Nawab Estate 1901/1915, born 7th June
1871 at the Ahsan Manzil, educated privately, learning
Urdu, Arabic, Persian and English, entered government
service as a Deputy Magistrate in 1893, serving till
1895 when he started a business at Mymensingh, first
President of the All Bengal Muslim League founded in
1906, nominated as member of the Women's Education
Committee of East Bengal and Assam in 1908, member of
the East Bengal and Assam Legislative Assembly
1906/1912 and of the Imperial Council and also of the
United Bengal Legislative Assembly 1913/1915. The
British government conferred on him the titles of
C.S.I. in 1902, Nawab Bahadur in 1903, K.C.S.I. in
1909, and G.C.S.I. in 1911, married 1stly, Naznijan
Begum, married 2ndly, Raushan Akhter Begum, married
3rdly, Alima Bibi, married 4thly, Asmatunnesa Begum,
died 3rd October 1920, married 5thly, Azizunnesa
Begum, died 1972, and had issue. He died 16th January
1915 in his house at Chaurangi, Calcutta. His body was
brought to Dhaka in state honour and was buried in the
family graveyard at Begam Bazar.
- Aftab Bano (by Naznijan Begum), married Hamidullah
Khwaja.
- Kurshid Bano (by Naznijan Begum), married Moazzem
Khwaja.
- Ahmedi Bano (by Raushan Akhter Begum), married
Adel Khwaja.
- Nasarullah Khwaja (by Raushan Akhter Begum),
married Jahanara Begum.
- Hafizullah Khwaja (by Raushan Akhter Begum),
married Meher Begum.
- Alimullah Khan (by Alima Bibi)
- Nawab Bahadur Khwaja Habibullah (by Asmatunnesa
Begum) (qv)
- Ayesha Begum (by Asmatunnesa Begum), married
Mohiuddin Chowdhury.
- Ahsanullah Khwaja (by Azizunnesa Begum), born 12th
February 1912 in Dhaka, married (amongst others),
Shamsunnahar Ahnsanullah, and had issue.
- Nawab Bahadur
Khwaja HABIBULLAH, 6th Zamindar of the Dhaka
Nawab Estate 1915/1958, born 26th April 1895 at the
Dhaka Nawab House, educated at St. Paul's School,
Darjeeling and later in England, he joined the Bengali
Platoon of the British Army in 1918, and was sent to
Mesopotamia as an honorary lieutenant. Member of the
Dhaka University Court, Dhaka District Board, Dhaka
Municipality and President of the Dhaka
Anjuman-i-Islamia. He was made president of the first
Dhaka Khilafat Committee in 1919, represented Dhaka
City to the Bengal Legislative Council 1924/1932,
President of the Bengal Muslim League and a member of
the Executive Committee of the All India Muslim
League, nominated President of the Bengal Muslim
League Parliamentary Board, Cabinet Minster 1937/1941,
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce,
vice-president of the East Pakistan Muslim League and
member of Muslim League's Central Executive Committee,
married several wives including Ayesha Begum, and had
issue. He died 21st November 1958 at his residence
"Green House" in the Paribag area of Dhaka. He was
buried by the side of his father in Begum Bazar family
graveyard.
- Nawab Bahadur Khwaja Hasan Askari (qv)
- Nawabzada Khawaja Hafizullah, married Anwar
Sultana, died 1995, buried beside her husband in
Begum Bazar, Dhaka, and had issue, one son and two
daughters. He died 1976 and is buried in the family
graveyard in Begum Bazar, Dhaka.
 Khawaja Saifullah,
eldest son, born 28th August 1958 in Dhaka,
completed his education from University Of Dhaka,
presently working in Dhaka, in a job related to
CSR, and he is one of the pioneers and a leading
person on CSR in the Readymade garments sector of
Bangladesh. Has had working experience of in
Bangladesh Airlines as cabin crew, and with
Phillips-Van Heusen as Human Rights Compliance
Officer, auditing factories in 29 countries, he is
married to Deeba Saif, and has issue, two
daughters. (Dhaka, Bangladesh). - Noshaba Sultana, eldest daughter, is married and
settled in Bangladesh.
- Shabana Sultana, youngest daughter, is married
and settled in London.
- Nawab Bahadur
Khwaja HASAN ASKARI, 7th Zamindar of the
Dhaka Nawab Estate 1958/1984, born 1921, he graduated
from Aligarh University in 1942 and aftewards he
joined as commissioned officer in the Tank Brigade of
the Indian army in 1944 and was posted in the Burma
sector; after Independence he served with the Pakistan
Army from 1947, retiring in 1961, to enter the
political arena; he was elected a member of the
National Assembly in 1962, and was included in the
provincial cabinet as Minister of Works and
Communication; he resigned from the cabinet in 1965
and later he was elected president of the East
Pakistan provincial committee of the ruling Convention
Muslim League in 1968; Chairman of Dhaka Wanderers
Club; Member of the Executive Committee of the
Pakistan Cricket Control Board; Member of the East
Pakistan Sports Federation; Chairman of the governing
body of Sir Salimullah Orphanage, and Chairman of the
Managing Committee of Dhanmondi School, he had settled
permanently in Pakistan in 1971; married and had
issue. He died 9th August 1984 in Karachi.
- Nawab Bahadur Khwaja Habibullah Askari (qv)
- Nawabzada Khwaja Amanullah Askari, married Ishrat
Aurangzeb of Swat, and
has issue.
- Nawabzada Khwaja Samiullah Askari
- Nawab Bahadur
Khwaja HABIBULLAH ASKARI, 8th Zamindar of the
Dhaka Nawab Estate (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Syed Khwaja Sharjil Hassan, born 1946, married and
had issue. He died 2005.
- Syed Khwaja Belal Hassan, born 1973.
- Sara Ayesha Sardar (n�e Hassan), born 13th March
1975.
- Khawja Azhar, married Farhad Bano Begum, and had
issue.
- Khawja Azher Nadim, born 27th June 1965 in Nawab
Bari, Dhaka, presently working as a Travel Agent,
married 27th July 1995 in Dhaka, Shahana Nadim and
has issue.
- Nabela Nadim
- Nabehah Nadim
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