PRESENT HEAD OF FAMILY: The Nawab of Kunjpura

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.

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• Nawab NAJABAT KHAN 1739/1760, he was recognized as Chief of Kunjpura in 1739, by Nadir Shah in recognition of his support; 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 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.

• Nawab GULSHER KHAN 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 of Biana, he continued his legal battle for possession of his estate. He died 1860.

  • 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.

• Nawab RAHMAT KHAN 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 1822/1829, he died sp 1829.

• Nawab GHULAM ALI KHAN 1829/1849, married and had issue. He died 1849.

  • Nawab MAHOMED ALI KHAN (qv)

• Nawab MAHOMED ALI KHAN 1849/1886, born 1829, he served as an Imperial Darbari, married and had issue. He died 1886.

  • Nawabzada Dost Mahomed Khan, died 1872.

  • Nawab IBRAHIM ALI KHAN (qv)

  • Nawabzada Ihsanullah Khan, born 1880, married and had issue.

    • Sahibzada Ahsan Ali Khan, born 12th May 1899.

  • Nawabzada Burhanullah Khan, born 1882.

  • Nawabzada Mahomed Yusuf Khan, born 1884.

• Nawab IBRAHIM ALI KHAN 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.

The generous assistance of Deepak Aggarwal is gratefully acknowledged, March 2010.