Friday, July 9, 2010

According to the Abbasi historians, the city of Bahawalpur was founded in 1748 by Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi I. The Royal House of Bahawalpur is said to be of Arabic origin and claims descent from Abbas, progenitor of the Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad and Cairo. Sultan Ahmad II, son of Shah Muzammil of Egypt, left his country and arrived in Sindh with a large following of Arabs in 1370. He married a daughter of Raja Rai Dhorang Sahta, receiving a third of the country as a dowry. Amir Fathu'llah Khan Abbasi is the recognized ancestor of the dynasty. He conquered the Bhangar territory from Raja Dallu, of Alor and Bahmanabad, renaming it Qahir Bela. Amir Muhammad Chani Khan Abbasi entered the imperial service and gained appointment as a Panchhazari in 1583. At his death, the leadership of the tribe was contested between two branches of the family, the Daudputras and the Kalhoras. Amir Bahadur Khan Abbasi abandoned Tarai and settled near Bhakkar, founding the town of Shikarpur in 1690. Daud Khan, the first of his family to rule Bahawalpur, originated from Sind, where he had opposed the Afghan Governor of that province and was forced to flee.[citation needed]
The princely state of Bahawalpur was founded in 1802 by Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan II after the breakup of the Durrani Empire. The city claimed to be one of the largest states of British India, more than 451 kilometres long. Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan III signed a treaty with the British on 22 February 1833, guaranteeing the independence of the Nawab. The state acceded to Pakistan on 7 October 1947 when Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V Bahadur[6] decided to join Pakistan at the time of independence. Bahawalpur was merged into the province of West Pakistan on 14 October 1955. When West Pakistan was divided into four provinces — Sindh, Balouchistan, NWFP, and Punjab — Bahawalpur became a part of Punjab. Amir MUBARAK KHAN I 1701/1723

Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN I 1723/1744, Nawab Amir [cr.1739]

Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN I 1744/1749

Nawab Amir MUBARAK KHAN II 1749/1773

Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN II 1773/1809

Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN II 1809/1825

Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN III 1825/1852

Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN III 1852/1853

Nawab Amir FATH MUHAMMED KHAN 1853/1858, died 3rd October 1858.

Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN IV 1858/1866, died 25th March 1866.

HH Nawab Amir Sir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN IV 1866/1899, born 1862, had issue. He died 15th February 1899.
HH Nawab Amir al-Haj MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN V ABBASI (qv)
Sahibzada Haji Khan Abbasi, had issue.
Sahibzada Mansur Ahmad Khan Abbasi, born 1930, had issue.(#2)
Sahibzada Saadat Yar Khan Abbasi

HH Nawab Amir al-Haj MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN V ABBASI 1899/1907, born 23rd October 1883, died October 1907.

Lt.-Gen. HH al-Haj Nawab Amir Sir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN V ABBASI Rukn-ud-Daula Nusrat-i-Jang Said-ud-Daula Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud-Daula Muin-ud-Daula 1907/1966, born 1904, (#3) K.C.V.O. [cr.1922], G.C.I.E. [cr.1931], G.C.S.I. [cr.1941], LLD (Honoris Causa), married 1stly, 1921 the daughter of Faiz Muhammed Khan Abbasi, married 2ndly, Linda Sayce, and had issue. He died 24th May 1966.
HH Nawab Amir MUHAMMED ABBAS KHAN ABBASI (qv)
Nawabzada Haroun Khan Abbasi, married 1947 in London, a 16 year old English flower seller named Catherine Scott, and had issue.
Sahibzada Aziz Khan Abbasi
Sahibzada Haroun Khan Abbasi
Sahibzadi Terry Abbasi
Sahibzadi Robin Abbasi
Nawabzada Muhammed Mubarak Khan Abbasi [Prince Riki] (by Linda), married 1952, Yvonne Martin.
Nawabzada David Khan Abbasi (by Linda)
Nawabzadi Therese Abbasi (by Linda)

HH Nawab Amir MUHAMMED ABBAS KHAN ABBASI 1966/1988 , born 22nd March 1924 in Sadiqgarh Palace, Bahawalpur Distt.,(#4) married the daughter of Maulvi Shamsuddin, and had issue. He died 14th April 1988.
HH Nawab Amir SALAH UD-DIN AHMED ABBASI (qv)
Nawabzada Fallah ud-din Ahmed Abbasi, married 23rd March 2000, Shelale Rahim Jan Begum.

HH Nawab Amir SALAH UD-DIN AHMED ABBASI (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
Sahibzada Ghulam Bahauddin Khan Abbasi, had issue.
Sahibzada Qadir Baksh Khan Abbasi, born 1898.(#5)
Sahibzada Muhammed Daud Khan Abbasi (MPA)
Sahibzada Muhammed Usman Khan Abbasi, born 28th May 1954 in Karachi, Pakistan.
Sahibzada Farooq Anwar Khan Abbasi

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