Nawab Nasir Ali Khan
Qizilbash
Nawab
Nasir Ali Khan is the head of the well-known family of Kazilbash, of which a
full account will be found at pages 22 to 28 of the present edition of the Punjab Chiefs. The first Nawab, Ali Raza
Khan, rendered valuable service to the British Government at Kabul in the first
Afghan campaign of 1839. These services were performed by him at the greatest
personal risk and to the loss of his wealth and hereditary estates. Finding his
life in danger in Kabul he accompanied the British forces to India. From then
onwards the family has resided in Lahore. When the rautiny broke out the family
came greatly to the front and did valuable service, in recognition of which Ali
Raza Khan, the head of his family was granted a talukdari of 147 villages in Bahraich, Oudh, worth Rs. 15,000 per
annum. He also received the title of Khan Bahadur and was created a Nawab in
1864, two years before his death. Ali Raza Khan left three sons, the eldest of
whom Nawazish Ali Khan was appointed Nawab on his father’s death. This
gentleman proved himself a worthy successor to his father and earned for
himself a name much revered by Europeans and natives alike. In 1835 the
Companionship of the Indian Empire was conferred upon him and three years later
he was created a Knight of the same Order. He held the difficult position of
President to the Lahore Municipal Committee for several years, and in the
discharge of his arduous duties in that appointment gave much satisfaction to
the Government and to the public. In 1886 he received as a grant from
Government the proprietary rights free of revenue in Rakh Juliana of Lahore
tahsil, a most valuable estate under excellent canal irrigation and well
provided with tenants and tenants settlements under the careful and judicious
management of the landlord. In 1887 Nawab Nawazish Ali Khan was appointed an
Additional Member of the Supreme Legislative Council of India. In 1889 he
started on a tour through Europe, his ultimate destination being the pilgrimage
to Mecca. He arrived in Karbala and there contracted an illness, of which he
shortly died in October 1890. His younger brother, Nasir Ali Khan, succeeded to
all Nawazish Ali’s estates in Oudh and in the Lahore District; he was also
confirmed in the title of Nawab in 1892.
Punjab District Gazetteers. Lahore District (1894)
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