Bahawalpur (Princely State)

Information

Dynasty	Abbasi
State	Pakistan (Punjab Prov.)
Gun Salutes	19
Agency	Phulkian States Agency 1903/1913 Bahawalpur Agency 1913/1921 Punjab Agency 1921/1947
Accession	14^th October 1955
Revenue	Rs. 35,63,000 (1939) Rs. 1,32,21,656 (1941)
Area	45,911 km²
Population	1,375,000 (1941)
Religion	Muslim
Urdu Name	بہاولپور

Present Head/Ruler

A’la Hazrat Jalalat-ul-Mulk H.H. SALAH-UD-DIN [Salahuddin] AHMED ABBASI, Amir of Bahawalpur since 14^th April 1988 (Al-Abbasi, The Sadiq Garh Palace, Bahawalpur City, Pakistan) born 27^th July 1946 at Al-Hilal, Kangra Valley; married H.H. Nawab Moniba Abbasi Begum, and has issue.

Nawabzadi Aneeza Abbasi
Nawabzada Bahawal Abbas Abbasi

Short History

Founded in 1727. Bahawalpur is situated between the Punjab and Rajputana (Rajasthan), to the east of the Indus and Sutlej. On the south-west it is bounded by Sindh.

The Abbasi Daudputras, from whom ruling family has descended, claim their descent from the Abbas, uncle of the Prophet Muhammad.

Predecessors

Amir BAHADUR KHAN II, Amir of Shikarpur 1690/1702, married and had issue.
- Amir Muhammad Mubarak Khan I (qv)
Amir MUHAMMAD MUBARAK KHAN I, Amir of Shikarpur 1702/1723, abdicated in favour of his son, married and had issue. He died 1726.
- Nawab Amir Sadiq Muhammed Khan I (qv)
Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN I, Amir of Shahr Dand 1723/1746, Nawab of Bahawalpur 1740/1746, Nawab [cr.1740]; married and had issue. He died 11^th April 1746.
- Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan I (qv)
- Nawab Amir Mubarak Khan II (qv)
- Nawabzada Fateh Muhammed Khan, married and had issue.
  - Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan II (qv)
  - Sahibzada Sardar Khan, married and had issue.
    - Sahibzada Nusrat Khan
    - Sahibzada Muhammad Khan
Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN I, Nawab of Bahawalpur 1746/1750, died 1749/1750.
Nawab Amir MUBARAK KHAN II, Nawab of Bahawalpur 1750/1772, died 4^th June 1772.
Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN II, Nawab of Bahawalpur [4.6.1772] – [13.8.1809]; born 1753, married and had issue, seven sons. He died 13^th August 1809.
- Nawabzada Mubarak Khan, taken as hostage by Timur Shah Durrani, killed in 1809 by his brother, married and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Ahmad Wahid Bakhsh Khan, killed in 1811.
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Bakhsh Khan, killed in 1811.
- Nawab Amir Sadiq Muhammed Khan II (qv)
- Nawabzada Faizullah Muhammad Khan
- Nawabzada Khudayar Khan, died 1811.
- Nawabzada Haji Khan, died 1811.
- Nawabzada Nasir Shah Khan
- Nawabzada Qadir Shah Khan, married and had issue.
Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN II, Nawab of Bahawalpur [13.8.1809] – [17.4.1826], born 1781, Governor of Bahawalpur under the Sikhs; married and had issue. He died 17^th April 1826.
- Nawabzada Rahim Yar Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan III (qv)
- Nawabzada Azim Yar Khan, married and had issue, two sons.
  - Sahibzada Isab Khan
  - Sahibzada Daud Khan
- Nawabzada Jafar Khan, married and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Hamid Khan
  - Sahibzada Nihal Khan
  - Sahibzada Amir Khan
Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN III, Nawab of Bahawalpur [17.4.1826] – [19.10.1852], married and had issue, six sons. He died 19^th October 1852.
- Nawabzada Haji Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Fateh Muhammed Khan (qv)
- Nawabzada Sadat Yar Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Sadiq Muhammed Khan III (qv)
- Nawabzada Muhammed Khan, married and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Ahmad Khan, married and had issue.
    - Sahibzada Muhammad Hayat Khan.
- Nawabzada Mubarak Khan, died 1863.
- Nawazada Ghulam Muhammad Khan, died 1863.
- Nawabzada Abdullah Khan, married and had issue. He died 1863.
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Maruf Khan
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Khan
Nawab Amir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN III, Nawab of Bahawalpur [19.10.1852] – [20.2.1853], he was deposed by his brother; he was granted a lifetime pension of 19,200Rs and protection within British Territory, in return for which he relinquished all claim to the throne of Bahawalpur; he soon violated this agreement but was unsuccessful and was imprisoned in Lahore Fort and his allowances stopped until it was felt that he would peacefully comply. He died sp in 1861.
Nawab Amir FATEH MUHAMMED KHAN, Nawab of Bahawalpur [20.2.1853] – [3.10.1858], he was originally passed over in the succession in favour of his younger brother, but with the help of the Daudputra Sardars, he deposed his brother; married and had issue. He died 3^rd October 1858.
- Nawabzada Rahim Yar Khan, he succeeded as Nawab Amir Muhammed Bahawal Khan IV (qv)
- Nawabzada Mahabbat Khan, married and had issue, six sons.
  - Sahibzada Ghulam Muhammad Bahauddin Khan
  - Sahibzada Haji Faiz Muhammad Khan
  - Sahibzada Allah Wallaya Khan
  - Sahibzada Hamid Yar Khan
  - Lt.-Gen. Sahibzada Muhammad Dilawar Khan Abbasi, M.B.E.
  - Sahibzada Yar Muhammad Khan
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Ramzan Khan

The Begum Sahiba, Regent of Bahawalpur [30.1.1858] – [12.2.1879], she died 12th February 1879.

Nawabzada Mahabbat Khan, Regent of Bahawalpur [12.2.1879] – [28.11.1879] (1^st time)

Nawab Amir MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN IV, Nawab of Bahawalpur [30.10.1858] – [25.3.1866], during his reign the Daudputra Sardars rebelled a number of times in 1863, 1865 and 1866, but each time the insurrections were successfully put down; married and had issue. He died 25^th March 1866.
- HH Nawab Amir Sir Sadiq Muhammed Khan IV (qv)
- Nawabzada Fateh Khan
HH Nawab Amir Sir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN IV, Nawab of Bahawalpur [25.3.1866] – [15.2.1899], born 1862, had issue. He died 15^th February 1899.
- Nawabzada Rahim Yar Khan Abbasi, died young.
- HH Nawab Amir al-Haj Muhammed Bahawal Khan V (qv)
- Sahibzada Muhammad Balaksher [Haji Khan] Abbasi, had issue.
  - Col. Sahibzada Muhammad Mohtasim Abbasi
    - Sahibzada Sadat Yar Khan Abbasi
    - Sahibzada Shehryar Khan Abbasi
    - Sahibzada Mansoor Ahmad Abbasi
    - Sahibzada Shahzad Mansoor Abbasi

Nawabzada Mahabbat Khan, Regent of Bahawalpur [14.2.1899] – [12.11.1903] (2^nd time).

HH Nawab Amir al-Haj MUHAMMED BAHAWAL KHAN V, Nawab of Bahawalpur [14.2.1899] – [15.2.1907], born 23^rd October 1883, married and had issue. He died 15^th February 1907.
- Sir Sadiq Mohammad Khan Abbasi V (qv)
A’la Hazrat Jalalat-ul-Mulk Gen. H.H. Al-Haj Dr. Sir SADIQ MUHAMMED KHAN V, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., LL.D., Amir of Bahawalpur, [15.2.1907] – [24.5.1966], born 1904, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore; he was invested with full ruling powers in March 1924; Member of the Standing Committee of the Indian Chamber of Princes; he was granted a Commission as Honorary Lieutenant in the Indian Army in 1921 and was attached to the 21st King’s Own Central India Horse; he was appointed A.D.C. to the Prince of Wales in 1922; gazetted as an Honorary Captain in March 1924, then an Honorary Major in the 21^st King’s Own Central India Horse in 1932; he was made a K.C.V.O. in 1922, a K.C.S.I. in 1929, a G.C.I.E. in 1931, and a G.C.S.I. 1941, he was conferred with a LL.D. (Honoris Causa) by the Punjab University in 1933; married 1^stly, 1921, Jamila Begum, daughter of Sahibzada Faiz Muhammed Khan Abbasi; married 2^ndly, Linda Begum, daughter of Louis Donald James Sayce; married 3^rdly (divorced), Yasmine Ila Abbasi; married 4^thly, Aisha Begum; married 5^thly, Nur Jahan Begum; married 6^thly, Hajjo Bibi; married 7^thly, Wahid Bibi; married 8^thly, Lady Olivine Jamila Abbasi; and had issue. He died 2^4th May 1966.
- Muhammed Abbas Ali Khan (qv)
- H.E. Nawabzada Haroun-ur-Rashid Khan Abbasi, born 1924, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Italy, married (amongst others) (a), 1947 in London, a 16 year old English flower seller named Catherine Scott, married (b), an Italian lady, and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Aziz Khan Abbasi
  - Sahibzada Haroun Khan Abbasi, married and had issue.
    - Sahibzada Talha bin Haroon Abbasi
    - Sahibzada Bilal bin Haroon Abbasi
    - Sahibzadi Fizzah Haroon Abbasi
  - Sahibzadi Terry Abbasi
  - Sahibzadi Naseem Abbasi [Robin]
- Nawabzada Muhammad Mubarak Ali Abbasi, married and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Rafiq Umer Abbasi
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Azhar Saleem Abbasi
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Zia Ahmed Abbasi.
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Amir Azam Abbasi
  - Sahibzadi Miriam Abbasi
- Nawabzada Muhammad Abdullah Abbasi, married and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Mohammad Sulaiman Abbasi
  - Sahibzadi Saira Mehreen Abbasi
- Nawabzada Muhammad Daud Abbasi [David], married and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Usman Khan Abbasi, married and has issue.
    - Sahibzada Muhammad Dawood Abbasi
    - Sahibzada Muhammad Mustafa Abbasi
    - Sahibzada Muhammad Shahzain Abbas
    - Sahibzadi Rania Abbasi
    - Sahibzadi Ammani Abbasi
  - Sahibzada Muhammad Umar Abbasi
- Nawabzada Muhammad Amin-ur-Rashid Abbasi
- Nawabzada Muhammad Qasim Abbasi
- Sahibzada Muhammad Mamun-ur-Rashid Abbasi, married and had issue.
  - Sahibzada Shehryar Muhammad Abbasi.
- Nawabzada Muhammad Said-ur-Rashid Abbasi
- Nawabzadi Ghulam Saddiquah Begum
- Nawabzadi Ayesha Begum
- Nawabzadi Khadeja Begum
- Nawabzadi Zohra Begum
- Nawabzadi Shaiquah Begum
- Nawabzadi Rafiqa Begum
- Nawabzadi Khaiquah Begum
- Nawabzadi Shafiqa Begum
- Nawabzadi Khaliqua Begum
- Nawabzadi Atiqua Begum
- Nawabzadi Therese Begum
A’la Hazrat Jalalat-ul-Mulk Brig. H.H. Al-Haj MUHAMMED ABBAS KHAN ABBASI, Amir of Bahawalpur [24.5.1966] – [14.4.1988], born 22^nd March 1924 in Sadiq Garh Palace, Bahawalpur Distt., married H.H. Begum Shamsa Parveen Abbasi, daughter of Maj. Shamsuddin Mohammed Qureshi, and had issue. He died 14^th April 1988.
- Salah-ud-Din Ahmed Abbasi (qv)
- Prince Fallah-ud-din [Falahuddin] Ahmed Abbasi, born 3^rd July 1949, educated at Aitchison College, Lahore and Cornell University; married 23^rd March 2000, Shelale Begum. He died 9^th April 2016.
- Princess Aiyesha Yasmien Abbasi, married Kaamil Ansar.
- Princess Safia Nausheen Abbasi, has issue, one son, one daughter.
  - Shyaan Zahra Hasnain
  - Abbas Zahid Hasnain
A’la Hazrat Jalalat-ul-Mulk H.H. SALAH-UD-DIN AHMED ABBASI, Amir of Bahawalpur (see above)