PRESENT RULER: HH Nawab Hafiz AFTAB ALI KHAN, 9th Nawab of Tonk since 4th September 1994.

married 1983, HH Nawab Begum Azra Khan, and has issue, two daughters and one son.

• Nawabzadi Aalia Khan, born 1985.

• Nawabzada Junaid Ali Khan, born 1986.

• Nawabzadi Amreen Khan, born 1987.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1818 by an Afghan military leader who was granted land by the ruler of Indore. Rulers were ....

1. HH Nawab AMIR ALI KHAN 1818/1834, born 1768, son of Haiyat Khan, son of Taleh Khan, married and had issue, 9 sons. He died 1834.

   • HH Wazir-ud-daula Nawab Haafiz MUHAMMED WAZIR KHAN Bahadur (qv)

   • Nawabzada Ibadullah Khan

2. HH Wazir-ud-daula Nawab Haafiz MUHAMMED WAZIR KHAN Bahadur 1834/1864, married and had issue. He died 1864.

   • HH Nawab MUHAMMED ALI KHAN (qv)

   • Iftikhar ul-umra Fakhr ul-mulk Sahibzada Sir Muhammed Obaidullah Khan Firuz Jang, Jagirdar of Sop, C.S.I., C.I.E. [cr.1900], Minister, died October 1900.

   • Sahibzada Muhammed Abdur Rahman Khan

   • HH Nawab Auliya Begum Sahiba, married (as his first wife), 1837, HH Mautashim-ud-daula Nawab GHAUS MOHAMMED KHAN Bahadur Shaukat Jung, Nawab of Jaora.

3. HH Nawab MUHAMMED ALI KHAN 1864/1867, married and had issue. He died 1895

   • HH Amin-ud-daula Wazir-ul-mulk Nawab Sir Hafiz MUHAMMED IBRAHIM ALI KHAN Bahadur Saulat-i-Jang (qv)

4. HH Amin-ud-daula Wazir-ul-mulk Nawab Sir Hafiz MUHAMMED IBRAHIM ALI KHAN Bahadur Saulat-i-Jang 1867/1930 born 1848, G.C.I.E. [cr.1890], G.C.S.I. [cr. Jan-1913], married 5 wives (4 from Tonk and 1 from Rampur, daughter of Nawab Kalb Ali Khan), and had issue, 18 sons, as well as further issue, about 60 children in all. He died 23rd June 1930.

   • Sahibzada Abdul Hafiz Khan, born 1876, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, died 1927.

   • HH Saiduddaula Wazir ul-Mulk Nawab Hafiz Sir MUHAMMED SA'ADAT ALI KHAN (qv)

   • Sahibzada Abdur Rashid Khan, born 1879,

   • Sahibzada Abdullah Khan, born 1879,

   • Sahibzada Abdul Wahid Khan, born 1884,

   • HH Mumtaz ud-daula Wazir ul-mulk Nawab Hafiz MUHAMMED FARUQ ALI KHAN Sahib Bahadur Sowlat-i-Jang (qv)

   • Sahibzada Masud Ali Khan, born 1887

   • Sahibzada Turab Ali Khan, born 1887

   • Sahibzada Iftikhar Ali Khan, born 1887

   • Sahibzada Zabr Ali Khan, born 1888

   • Sahibzada Usman Ali Khan, born 1889

   • Sahibzada Muhammed Ismail Khan, died vp before 1893.

   • Sahibzada Yusuf Ali Khan, died vp before 1893.

   • Sahibzada Yunas Ali Khan, died vp before 1893.

   • Sahibzada Ghiyasuddin Khan, died vp before 1893.

   • Sahibzada Alauddin Khan, died vp before 1893.

   • Sahibzada Sadik Ali Khan, died vp before 1893.

   • Sahibzada Iftikhar Ali Khan, died vp before 1893.

   • Sahibzada Massoom Ali Khan, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer.

   • Sahibzada Yakub Ali Khan, born 1910, last (in 1989) living son of Tonk’s fourth ruler, Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer.

5. HH Saiduddaula Wazir ul-Mulk Nawab Hafiz Sir MUHAMMED SA'ADAT ALI KHAN 1930/1947, born 13th February 1879, G.C.I.E. [cr.1934], died 31st May 1947.

6. HH Mumtaz ud-daula Wazir ul-mulk Nawab Hafiz MUHAMMED FARUQ ALI KHAN Sahib Bahadur Sowlat-i-Jang 1947/1948, born 1885, died 1948.

7. HH Nawab Hafiz MUHAMMED ISMAIL ALI KHAN 1948/1974, born 1917, married and had issue. He died 1974.

8. HH Nawab Hafiz MUHAMMED MASOOM ALI KHAN 1974/1994, born 1923, married HH Nawab Begum Batool Bi, and had issue, five sons and three daughters. He died on 4th September 1994.

   • Nawabzadi Muzaffar-un-nisa Begum

   • HH Nawab Hafiz AFTAB ALI KHAN (qv)

   • Nawabzada Mumtaz Ali Khan

   • Nawabzada Ibrahim Ali Khan

   • Nawabzada Mohammad Ali Khan

   • Nawabzada Hamid Ali Khan

   • Nawabzadi Sarwat Khan

   • Nawabzadi Ishrat Khan

9. HH Nawab Hafiz AFTAB ALI KHAN (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Sahibzada Sardar Muhammed Khan, born 22nd May 1886, first cousin of the Nawab of Tonk, educated at Mayo College (Class Captain 1907/1910), joined Bombay Provincial Civil Service in 1910, Collector and District Magistrate 1931, second member of the State Council of Junagadh 1936, J.P., Diwan, President of the State Council of Junagadh 1939; married and had issue, three sons.

  • Sahibzada Mohammad Wazir Khan

  • Sahibzada Mohammad Iqbal Khan

  • Sahibzada Mohammad Shamsher Khan

• 1917-1918 Sahibzada ABDUL MUNIM KHAN OF TONK

• 1937-1938 Sahibzada ABDUL HDI. KHAN OF TONK

• 1938-1939 Sahibzada SHUJAAT ALI KHAN OF TONK

• 1939-1940 Sahibzada AHMED ALI KHAN OF TONK (all Class-Captains at Mayo College, Ajmer in the years noted).