PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: Founder of the family was Nijabat or Najabat Khan, a
Yusufzai Pathan whose ancestor came from Kandahar, later the Fort at
Kunjpura was built in 1729 and a small state created in the vicinity,
and the position was maintained until the British arrived and took over
the state in 1846, granting jagirs to members of the family, which
owned large estates in Karnal, Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur districts (#1). Rulers
were....
- Nawab Najabat Khan, he joined the
service of Guru Gobind Singh at
Paonta Sahib, however he deserted the Guru on the eve of the battle of
Bharigani in
1688
and joined hands with the hill Rajas. He died 1688 in battle at
Bharigani.
- Nawab Wazir Khan, faujdar of Sirhind under the Mughals, he
engineered
the
murder of Guru Gobind Singh on 7th October 1708, in retaliation he was
attacked and killed at Chappar Chiri, near present-day Chandigarh, on
12th
May 1710.
- Nawab NAJABAT KHAN,
1st Nawab (Rais) of
Kunjpura 1739/1760, he was recognized as Chief of
Kunjpura in
1739, by Nadir
Shah in recognition of his support; in 1748 he obtained a sanad from
the Afghan conqueror, Ahmed
Shah Abdali, granting him a "hereditary jagir" of the villages,
149 in number, of which he was in possession of at the time; married
and had issue.
He died 1760 in a battle with Marathas.
- Nawab Daler Khan (qv)
- Nawabzada Ikhtiar Khan, married and had issue. He died
1789.
- Sahibzada Sultan Khan, married and had issue. He died
1829.
- Sahibzada Muhammed Nur Khan, married and had issue.
He died 1845.
- Sahibzada Ghulam Ahmad Khan, born 1840, Member of
the Council of Regency (Gwalior), author of many works in Urdu; married
and had issue.
- Sahibzada Sultan Ahmad Khan, born 1866, educated
at Aligarh University.
- Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan, born 1868, educated
at Aligarh University; married and had issue.
- Sahibzada Shamshad Ahmad Khan, born 1888.
- Nawab DALER KHAN,
2nd Nawab of
Kunjpura 1760/1773, he was granted an extensive
Jagir by Ahmad Shah
Abdali, but lost a considerable part of it to Jind State before his
death in 1773, married and had issue. He died 1773.
- Nawab Gulsher Khan (qv)
- Nawabzada Karam Sher Khan, he was granted Ghir estate as
his share; married and had issue. He died 1844.
- Sahibzada Ghulam Nabi Khan, married and had issue. He
died vp 1840.
- Sahibzada Tafazal
Hussain of Ghir, married and had issue, as well as further issue by a
slave girl. He died in 1851.
- Sahibzada Barkat Ali Khan
- Sahibzada Nazam Ali Khan, married and had issue. He
died 1869.
- Sahibzada Mahomed Hussain Khan, married and had
issue. He died 1879.
- Sahibzada Ahmad Hussain Khan, born 1850, married
and had issue.
- Sahibzada Hamid Hussain Khan, born 1870.
- Sahibzada Hamid Hussain Khan, born 1872.
- Sahibzada Ahmad Hussain Khan, born 1852, married
and had issue.
- Sahibzada Mahomed Habib Hasan, born 1880.
- Sahibzada Mahomed Hasan Khan, born 1872.
- Sahibzada Mahfuz Ali Khan, married and had issue. He
died 1882.
- Sahibzada Abdul Rahman Khan, born 1868.
- Sahibzada Mahomed Subhan Khan, born 1877.
- Sahibzada Abdulrahman Khan, born 1828, married and
had issue.
- Sahibzada Mahomed Nasir Khan, born 1869.
- Sahibzada Mansab Ali Khan, born 1870.
- Sahibzada Abbas Ali Khan, born 1871.
- Sahibzada Mahomed Hussain Khan, born 1872.
- Sahibzada Nazar Mahomed Khan, born 1833, married and
had issue.
- Sahibzada Nasir Ahmad Khan, born 1867, married and
had issue.
- Sahibzada Mashuk Ahmad Khan, born 1882.
- Nawabzada Nasir Khan, married and had issue.
- Sahibzada Amir Ali Khan, married and had issue.
- Sahibzada Ata Mahomed Khan, born 1829.
- Nawabzada Ghulam Yahya Khan
- Nawabzada Sa'adullah Khan
- Nawab GULSHER KHAN,
3rd Nawab of
Kunjpura 1773/1801, he sided with the British
forces; married and had issue. He died 1801.
- Nawab Rahmat Khan (qv)
- Nawabzada Ghulam Mahayuddin, he was granted Biana village
in Jagir and was
involved in a long drawnout battle with his brother for his share in
the
estate; married and had issue. He died 1841.
- Sahibzada Mahomed Yar Khan of Biana, he continued his
legal
battle for possession of his estate; married and had issue. He died
1882.
- Sahibzada Ahmad Hasan Khan of Biana, he continued his
legal battle
for possession of his estate, married and had issue.
- Sahibzada Nasir Ahmad Khan
- Sahibzada Ahmad Husain Khan, died 1860.
- Sahibzada Muhammed Hasan Khan, married and had issue.
- Sahibzada Asfandiyar Khan
- Sahibzada Shadi Khan
- Sahibzada Azad Yar Khan
- Sahibzada Ahmad Yar Khan
- Nawabzada Ghulam Rasul Khan, married and had issue. He
died 1876.
- Sahibzada Faiz Mahomed Khan, born 1864.
- Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan, married and had issue. He died
1867.
- Sahibzada Ali Ahmad Khan, born 1832, married and had
issue.
- Sahibzada Ahmad Hasan Khan, born 1854, married and
had issue.
- Sahibzada Sharif Hussain Khan, born 1883.
- Sahibzada Hussain Ahmad Khan, born 1864.
- Sahibzada Nazir Hussain Khan, born 1867.
- Sahibzada Asghar Ali Khan, born 1841, married and had
issue.
- Sahibzada Hamid Ali Khan, born 1870.
- Sahibzada Sadiq Ahmad Khan, born 1843, married and had
issue.
- Sahibzada Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, born 1874.
- Nawabzada Ghulam Muhammed Khan
- Nawab RAHMAT KHAN,
4th Nawab of
Kunjpura 1801/1822, married and had issue. He died
1822.
- Nawab Bahadur Jang Khan (qv)
- Nawab Ghulam Ali Khan (qv)
- Nawabzada Shahbaz Khan, joined with his brother in a
legal contest of
succession for a share in the patrimony; married and had issue. He died
1879.
- Sahibzada Asad Ali Khan, born 1870.
- Nawabzada Janbaz Khan, joined with his brother in a legal
contest of
succession for a share in the patrimony, but eventually settled for a
pension; married and had issue. He died 1883.
- Sahibzada Nazar Mahomed Khan, born 1847, he was granted
a reduced
pension; married and had issue.
- Sahibzada Ali Mahomed Khan, born 1870.
- Sahibzada Amir Khan, born 1873.
- Sahibzada Rahmat Ali Khan, born 1874.
- Nawab BAHADUR JANG KHAN,
5th Nawab of
Kunjpura 1822/1829, he died sp in 1829.
- Nawab GHULAM ALI KHAN,
6th Nawab of
Kunjpura 1829/1849, married and had issue. He
died 1849.
- Nawab Mahomed Ali Khan (qv)
- Nawabzada Hasham Ali Khan
- Nawab MAHOMED ALI KHAN,
7th Nawab of
Kunjpura 1849/1886, born 1829, he served as
an
Imperial Darbari, married and had issue, seven sons and three
daughters. He died 1886 (#2).
- Nawabzada Dost Mahomed Khan, died 1872.
- Nawabzada Ahmad Ali Khan
- Nawab Ibrahim Ali Khan (qv)
- Nawabzada Ihsanullah Khan, born 1880, married and had
issue.
- Sahibzada Muhammed Ahsan Ali Khan, born 12th May 1899.
- Nawabzada Burhanullah Khan, born 1882, died 1891.
- Nawabzada Mahomed Yusuf Khan, born 1884.
- Nawabzada Ismail Ali Khan
- Nawab IBRAHIM ALI KHAN,
8th Nawab of
Kunjpura 1886/-, born 1879, elected Member of
the Third
Council
of the Lieutenant Governor of
the Punjab [14.1.1913] - [19.4.1916]; served as an Honourary
Magistrate; married and had issue. He
died after 1916.
- Nawabzada Muhammed Ahmad Ali Khan
- Nawabzadi (name unknown), married 1900.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Sahibzada Laquit Hussain Khan, married Sahibzadi Shahjhan
begam, and had issue.
- Sahibzada Shahrafat Hussain Khan, born 1931 in Kunjpura,
married 1948 in Mianwali, and has issue.
- Sahibzada Khalid Riaz Khan
- Sahibzada Shahid Riaz Khan
- Sahibzada Tariq Mehmood Khan
- Sahibzada Arif Mehmood Khan
- Sahibzada Atif Mehmood Khan
- Sahibzada Tahir Mehmood Khan
The generous assistance of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully
acknowledged, March 2010.
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