PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE: Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab SHAHZAD ALI KHAN, present Head of the Mandal-i-Nousherwani Family and Nawab of Karnal

born 27th August 1949.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The ancestor of the family was Malik Mahmud Khan alias Qutb-ud-din Khan, Governor of Samana during the reign of Bahlol Lodi, Emperor of Delhi. The family eventually came to own 300 villages extending from Karnal to Muzaffarnagar, with 60 villages in Karnal comprising the jagir and the remaing 240 villages were zamindari. Estate holders were...

• Malik GHULAM MUHAMMED KHAN, married and had issue.

  • Jalal Khan, married and had issue.

    • Malik Sheruddin Khan (qv)

    • Malik Mohammadi Khan (qv)

    • Rahim Baksh, married and had issue.

      • Muhammed Ishaq Khan, married and had issue.

        • Amir Ali Khan, married and had issue.

          • Muhammed Ali Khan, died 1879.

        • Sultan Din Khan, married and had issue. He died 1833.

          • Ghulam Rasul Khan, married and had issue. He died 1880.

            • Azam Ali Khan, born 1862, married and had issue.

              • Zafar Hasan Khan, born 1880.

        • Nasir Ali Khan, married and had issue.

          • Rahim Ali Khan, married and had issue.

            • Mahar Ilahi Khan, married and had issue.

              • Fateh Muhammed Khan, born 1861.

            • Karam Ilahi Khan, born 1843.

        • Wazir Ali Khan, married and had issue.

          • Shamsher Ali Khan, born 1839, married and had issue.

            • Muhammed Khurshi Ali Khan, born 1885.

        • Ghamdin Khan, died 1866.

  • Ghulam Muhiuddin Khan, married and had issue.

    • Ghairat Ali Khan, married and had issue.

      • Ghulam Sharat Khan, married and had issue. He died 1855.

        • Kutbuddin Khan, married and had issue. He died 1870.

          • Sadat Ali Khan, born 1847, married and had issue.

            • Faiz Ali Khan, born 1878.

        • Najabat Ali Khan, born 1831.

        • Kamaruddin Khan, born 1834.

        • Akbar Khan, born 1841.

      • Basharat Ali Khan, died 1849.

  • Yar Muhammed Khan, married and had issue.

    • Didar Baksh Khan

  • Muhammed Atar Khan

• Malik SHERUDDIN KHAN, died sp in 1789.

• Malik MOHAMMADI KHAN , initially he was in the service of the Marathas at the head of 200 horseman, later he aided the British in the Maratha wars, he was granted the titles of Rukn-ud-Daulah and Shamsher Jang Bahadur with a Jagir of 6 villages in the Doab, which was exchanged later for 60 villages in the pargana of Karnal; married and had issue.

  • Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur (qv)

• Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab AHMAD ALI KHAN Bahadur, Nawab of Karnal, he gave valuable assistance during the mutiny and for his services the quit-rent of 5000Rs payable by him was remitted in perpetuity; he was also presented with a khillat of 10,000Rs in Darbar and permitted to retain two cannons and one hundred armed retainers, these honours were continued to his successors; granted the title of Mushfiq; Honourary Assistant Commissioner in Karnal District, married 1stly, (name unknown), married 2ndly, Lali Begum, died after 1872, and had issue. He died 1867 ^(#1).

  • Nawabzada Rahmat Ali Khan, died vpsp in 1856.

  • Nawabzada Mahfuz Ali Khan

  • Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab Azmat Ali Khan Bahadur (qv)

  • Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab Rustam Ali Khan Bahadur (by Lali Begum) (qv)

  • Nawabzada Muhammed Umar Daraz Ali Khan Bahadur (by Lali Begum), born 1865, for good services he was granted the title of Khan Bahadur; he served as an Honourary Sub-Registrat, Munsif and Magistrate First Class; married and had issue.

    • Nawabzada Shamshad Ali Khan, born 1886.

    • Nawabzada Irshad Ali Khan, born 1887.

    • Nawabzada Ijaz Ali Khan

    • Nawabzada Mumtaz Ali Khan

    • Nawabzada Imtiaz Ali Khan

    • Nawabzadi Jahangira Begum, married 1918 (her cousin), Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (see below)

• Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab AZMAT ALI KHAN Bahadur, Nawab of Karnal 1867/1909, born 1833/1835, he was formally confirmed in the title of Nawab in 1868 and later was granted the title of Nawab Bahadur [cr. 1.1.1891], he was on bad terms with his half brothers and before his death, he attempted to alienate his property, but it was brought under the Court of Wards, resulting in litigation after his death. He died sp in 1909.

• Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab RUSTAM ALI KHAN Bahadur, Nawab of Karnal 1908/1918, born 1863, Nawab Bahadur [cr.1911], married and had issue. He died January 1918.

  • Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab Mohammad Sajjad Ali Khan (qv)

  • Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, born 1st October 1895 (1896) at Karnal, graduated in 1918 from M. A. O. College, Aligarh, obtained a degree in Law from Oxford in 1921, and was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1922, joined the Muslim League in 1923, becoming its Honorary Secretary from 1936 to 1947, deputy leader of the Muslim League Parliamentary party 1940/-, Chairman of the League's Central Parliamentary Board, Finance Minister, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan, presented the Objectives Resolution in the Legislative Assembly, also helped to draft the first report of the Basic Principle Committee, signed the Liaquat-Nehru pact pertaining to the minority issue in 1950, visited the United States and set the course of Pakistan's foreign policy towards closer ties with the West in 1951, awarded the title of Shaheed-i-Millat, married 1stly 1918, Nawabzadi Jahangira Begum (a first cousin, see above), married 2ndly, April 1933,Begum Ra'ana [Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan], born 1905 at Almora in United Provinces, died 13th June 1990 at Karachi, [BIOGRAPHY] , and had issue, three sons. He died 16th October 1951 at Rawalpindi.

    • Nawabzada Wilait Ali Khan (by Jahangira Begum), married and had issue.

      • Nawabzada Musharraf Ali Khan, he served as the Personel Manager of the Intercontinental Hotel of Pakistan Services Limited, and later joined a French Restaurant Chain as Director; married Mumtaz Musharraf Ali Khan (née Mumtaz Parveen), and has issue.

        • Sahibzada Moazzam Ali Khan, works in the field of advertising, married Faryal Moazzam (née Faryal Hussain), and has issue.

          • Sahibzada Meekail Ali Khan, born 2003.

        • Sahibzada Abbas Ali Khan, born 23rd November 1978 in Karachi, Pakistan; Businessman, Vocalist, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboardist, Rythm Guitarist, Graphic Designer, Animator and Visual Effects Designer, has a computer science background and is working with a multimedia company as a Project Manager, married 18th July 2003 in Islamabad, Nosheen Ali Khan (née Nosheen Taqvi). His website here.

        • Sahibzadi Rubab Musharraf Ali Khan [Rubab Tanxil], a fashion designer, married Tanxil Tahir.

      • Nawabzada Wajahat Ali Khan, unmarried.

      • Nawabzada Mukaram Ali Khan, married Shehnaz Ali Khan, and has issue, one son and three daughters.

        • Sahibzadi Fatima Ali Khan

        • Sahibzadi Amina Ali Khan

        • Sahibzadi Ayesha Ali Khan

        • Sahibzada Hassan Ali Khan

      • Nawabzada Shujat Ali Khan, married Laila Ali Khan, and has issue.

        • Sahibzada Ahsan Ali Khan

        • Sahibzada Rustam Ali Khan

        • Sahibzadi Mariam Ali Khan

      • Nawabzadi Qaiser Begum

      • Nawabzadi Nayyar Begum

    • Nawabzada Akbar Ali Khan (by Begum Ra'ana)

    • Nawabzada Ashraf Ali Khan (by Begum Ra'ana)

  • Nawabzada Khursheed Ali Khan, he died at the age of 15 years.

  • Nawabzada Sadaqat Ali Khan, born 1914, married 1936, Asghari Begum, and has issue, six children (one died in infancy).

    • Nawabzada Mubarak Ali Khan (Karachi, Pakistan)

    • Nawabzada Javed Ali Khan (Manchester, United Kingdom)

    • Nawabzadi Rehana Shafiqullah (née Sadaqat) (Karachi, Pakistan)

    • Nawabzadi Rukhsana Sadaqat (Karachi, Pakistan)

    • Nawabzadi Farzana Rastogi (née Sadaqat) (Frankfurt, Germany)

    • Nawabzada Sadiq Ali Khan, died in infancy, aged six months.

• Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab MOHAMMAD SAJJAD ALI KHAN, Nawab of Karnal 1918/-, born 1892, educated privately, recognised Head of the Mandal-i-Nousherwanis, i.e. the Mandals of Karnal, belongs to the ruling Nousherwani family of Kharan in Baluchistan, Vice President of Karnal District Board 1918/1920, Honourary Magistrate 1920/-, Vice President of Second District War Loan Committee, President of District St John Ambulance Association, Magistrate First Class 1936/-, awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal 1935, married several times, and had issue, four sons.

  • Nawabzada Mohammad Naushad Ali Khan, born January 1923, died vp.

  • Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab Shahzad Ali Khan (qv)

  • Nawabzada Behzad Ali Khan, born 26th June 1950.

  • Nawabzada Farhad Ali Khan, born 20th July 1952.

• Rukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur Nawab SHAHZAD ALI KHAN, Nawab of Karnal (see above)