Nawab Qasim Jan was a courtier in the royal courts of Mughal Delhi. He first lived in

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, attached to the court of the Governor, Moin-ul-Mulk, in the 1750s, thereafter he moved to Delhi, and joined the court of Delhi, in reign of

Mughal Emperor The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...

Shah Alam II Shah Alam II (; 25 June 1728 – 19 November 1806), also known by his birth name Ali Gohar (or Ali Gauhar), was the seventeenth Mughal Emperor and the son of Alamgir II. Shah Alam II became the emperor of a crumbling Mughal empire. His powe ...

(r. 1728–1806). Soon he was given the title of

Nawab 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, Urd ...

, and given the region of and thereafter he built his home close to

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, in Ballimaran,

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

, in the lane that is still known as ''Gali Kasim Jan'', and also built mosque nearby known as ''Qasim Khani Mosque''. He had two brothers, Alam Jan and Arif Jan, whose son, Ahmad Baksh Khan, later founded the

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(now in

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) in 1806. Noted Urdu poet,

Mirza Ghalib ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Kala Mahal, Agra, Maratha Confederacy , death_date = , death_place = Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, British India , occupation = Poet , language ...

was married to Umrao Begum, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Bakhsh Khan (younger brother of the first Nawab of

, Ahmad Baksh Khan). His son, Nawab Faizullah Beg, was a courtier in

Bahadur Shah Zafar Bahadur Shah II, usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah ''Zafar'' (; ''Zafar'' Victory) was born Mirza Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad (24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862) and was the twentieth and last Mughal Emperor as well a ...

's reign, and built a complex later known as Ahata Kaley Sahab, so named a saint named Kaley Khan, who lived here for a while, after whom Delhi's

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is named. The complex was later acquired by Bunyadi Begum, poet

's sister-in-law, and housed the poet after he was released from debtors' prison.Of Ghalib's abode, masjid and muse
''

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'', 8 January 2007.Retracing Ghalib's footsteps
''

'', 14 February 2007. Though according to other sources he came from Yarkand (present day Xijiazhuang Province in China) in 1811 he was awarded the title

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and Hateen Province near

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by the then King of Delhi, Shah Alamgir.

Descendants

Some of the prominent people who are linked to Qasim Jan lineage are Nawab of

, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and

, whereas his own descendants were: * Son: Mirza Shakir Hussain Barlas (Barrister at Law) ** Wife: Bibi Mehmooda

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(Daughter of Nawab Amjad Ali Shah of Sardhana, last

of Sardhana) sister of

Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah ( hi, सरदार इक़बाल अली शाह, ur, ; 1894 in Sardhana, India – 4 November 1969 in Tangier, Morocco) was an Indian-Afghan author and diplomat descended from the Sadaat of Paghman. Born and e ...

***Daughter: Halima Barlas *** Daughter: Nafisa Barlas wife of M.Sultan Yar Khan, Advocate/Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly (1952–56) their son Naved Yar Khan a well-known activist, among others, demanded restoration of Kohinoor diamond to India from England and the Peacock Throne from Iran, has contested various public interest litigations, including that of sensitive Babri Masjid-Ram janam Bhoomi case in which undertaking by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh then Kalyan Singh led to his conviction for Contempt of Supreme Court of India*** Daughter: Aquila Barlas Later known as Dr. Aquila Kiani **** Son: Khalid Kiani **** Son: Sohail Kiani **** Daughter: Lina Kiani *** Daughter: Naema Barlas Later known as Doctor N.B. Matuk *** Son:

Nawab Mirza Aqil Hussain Barlas Mirza Aqil Hussain Barlas (29 July 1927 – 21 December 1989) was a lawyer and diplomat, known for his translations from Persian. He was in charge of the Egyptian Embassy in New Delhi India. Background Nawab Mirza Aqil Hussain Barlas was a di ...

*** Wife: Bibi Mehtabunnisa Begum (Daughter of the Grand Vazier of Alwar) *** Wife: Nusrat Barlas **** Son: Nawab Mirza Adil Hussain Barlas ****Wife: Rukhsana Barlas *****Daughter: Adila Barlas *****Daughter: Ayat Barlas ******Son: Nawab Mirza Danyaal Hussain Barlas ******Son: Nawab Mirza Aahil Hussain Barlas *****Daughter: Zeisha Barlas

References

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