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Nawab Fateh Ali Khan Kazilbash
Nawab Sir Fateh Ali Khan Kazilbash (1862 - 28 October 1923) Order of the Indian Empire, KCIE was a landlord from Lahore, Punjab Province, British India, Punjab during the British Raj. Biography He was born in 1862, the son of Nisar Ali Khan, and a grandson of Ali Raza Khan. In 1895 he assisted the government during the Chitral Expedition, succeeding in inducing a large number of border tribes to be friendly to the Government of India. As a reward he was granted 2000 acres of land in the Chenab colony for his followers. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council and represented the Punjab in the Famine Conference of 1897. In 1898 he succeeded his uncle Nawab Sir Nawazish Ali Khan as head of the Qizilbash clan. In 1902, he was chosen to represent the Punjab at the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. He was elected to the Council of India in 1904 as a non-official member representing the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. In 1914 he promulgated idea of Shia Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawab Sir Fateh Ali Khan Qizilbash
Nawab (Balochi language, Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi language, Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian language, Persian, Punjabi language, Punjabi , Sindhi language, Sindhi, Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, is a Royal title indicating a sovereign ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kingdom of Saxony, Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. In earlier times the title was ratified and bestowed by the reigning Mughal emperor to semi-autonomous Muslim rulers of subdivisions or princely states in the Indian subcontinent loyal to the Mughal Empire, for example the Nawabs of Bengal. The title is common among Muslim rulers of South Asia as an equivalent to the title Maharaja. "Nawab" usually refers to males and literally mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
