KOTWARA (Taluq)

  
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REVENUE:  xx  ACCESSION: 1951
STATE: Oudh (Lakhimpur Kheri Distt.) DYNASTY: Ahbans RELIGION: Muslim
     
PRESENT RULER: Raja Syed MUZAFFAR ALI, present Raja of Kotwara since 1991.
Raja Muzaffar Ali born 21st October 1944, a noted film producer and director; married 1stly, Rani Geeti Sen, married 2ndly (div.), Rani Subhashni Sehgal, politician and a member of the Communist Party of India, daughter of Col. Prem Sehgal and his wife, Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal of INA, married 3rdly, Rani Meera (Ali), and has issue.
  • Rajkumar Syed Murad Ali (by Rani Geeti)
  • Rajkumar Syed Shaad Ali (by Rani Subhashini), Film Director, born 1975, educated at Welham Boys' School, director of Saathiya (2002), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007); married 28th January 2006 in Lucknow (sep'd.), Shazmeen Husain, educated in Mumbai and London, and has specialised in photography, daughter of Ishaq Husain, senior director in the Tata group, and his wife, Nazli Habibullah, daughter of Sheikh Inayat Bahadur Habibullah of Saidanpur.
  • Rajkumari Sanaa Ali (by Rani Meera)
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Traditionally stated to have been founded in 200BC. Estate holders were....
  • Raja MULL, Raja of Kotwara, converted to Islam in 1488
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  • Raja BAZ KHAN, Raja of Kotwara fl.1680
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  • Raja TARBIAT KHAN, Raja of Kotwara fl.1779
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  • Raja MADAR BUKSH KHAN, 84th Raja of Kotwara 1827/1857, died leaving only one daughter who married Syed Nazar Hussain, Prince of Yaman (sic!) and had issue.
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  • Syed RAZA HUSAIN, Raja of Kotwara, died after 1910 and before 1930.
  • Raja Syed SAJID HUSAIN ALI, Raja of Kotwara -/1991, born 1910, M.A. (Edinburgh), M.L.A. from Kotwara 1936/1952, married 1stly, 1937, HIH Princess Selma Rauf Hanim Sultana, born 1914, died 1941, married 2ndly, Rani Kaneez Hyder, daughter of the Nawab of Muradabad, and had issue. He died 1991.
    • Raja Syed Muzaffar Ali (by Rani Kaneez) (qv)
    • Rajkumari Kenize de Kotwara (by Princess Selma), born 15th June 1940 in Paris. Writer under the nom de plume Kenize Mourad.
    • Syed Amir Ali Khan (by Rani Kaneez)
    • Dr. Rajkumar Syed Raza Ali Khan (by Rani Kaneez), married Rajkumar Rani Shabaaz Begum, and had issue. He died 1988.
      • Rajkumari Sophia Ali Khan, currently working as a scientist for NASA.
      • Rajkumari Jasmine Ali Khan, successful entrepreneur and designer.
      • Rajkumari Rubina Ali Khan, currently studying.
  • Raja Syed MUZAFFAR ALI, Raja of Kotwara (see above)
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