Syed Afzal Ali (born 1834) was a famous personality from

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. Four of his sons were bestowed with the title of

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, a rare distinction in a family of Indian history.

Family history

Syed Afzal Ali was the son of Syed Ghulam Ali bin Ghulam Mustafa bin Syed Mohammad Arshad bin Syed Nematullah bin Syed Kamal Mohammad bin Mohammad Amin bin Syed Pir Mohammad bin Syed Ali Mohammad bin Syed Mohammad Ismail. Syed Mohammad Ismail (descendant of Imam

Ja'far al-Sadiq Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣādiq ( ar, جعفر بن محمد الصادق; 702 – 765 CE), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (), was an 8th-century Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian.. He was the founder of th ...

came to Kasna, District

from Sabzwar (

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) Syed Ghulam Ali was married in

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to Jamiatun Nisan, daughter of Mohammad Hasan Ali aka Ghulam Hasan (bin Kamaluddin bin Saifuddin bin Nurullah bin Shaikh Nurul Haq bin Shaikh

Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi ( fa, شیخ عبدالحق محدث دهلوی) was an Islamic scholar. Biography He was born in 1551 (958 AH) in Delhi, hence the suffix ''Dehlavi'' to his name. In 1587 (996 AH), he made the pilgrimage to Mecca, whe ...

Legacy and children

Syed Afzal Ali was married to Imtiazi Begum, daughter of Iradat Ali of

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and had nine sons: Habib ul Ambia, Syed Misbahul Usman, Syed Ali Hasan, Syed Iqbal Hasan, Syed Mohammad Farooq (He was not the son of Syed Afzal Ali), Syed Aal Hasan, Syed Mohmmad Siddiq, Syed Riyazul Hasan, Syed Ziaul Hasan and Syed Mohammad Omar. They were all in good positions during the

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. # AqqKhan Bahadur Syed Misbahul Usman did Matriculation with first division from

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brought him to Aligarh from where he did BA. In 1911, he became the trustee member of the Old Boys’ Association of Aligarh. In 1929, he was knighted with the title of

. He became Deputy Commissioner of the state

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and died on 20 April 1938. He was married to the daughter of Yaqub Ali ibn Tahawar Ali and had one son, Akhtar Afzal. #

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completed his BA from

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College ( ur, Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind, italics=yes) was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, initially as a primary school, with the intention of taking it to a college level institution, known as Muhammed ...

in 1902. He was a good cricket player and remained the captain of the

Cricket team for three consecutive years. In his captaincy, he promoted the club and also wrote a book on cricket, which could not be published. In 1903, when the team of MCC visited Aligarh, he was selected for the team although he had left Aligarh and played from MAO College. The team won the match. He became the

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and then

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. He retired from

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. After retirement, he was reemployed and appointed as

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. In 1930, he was knighted with the title of

. He died in 1962 at

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. # Khan Bahadur Syed Iqbal Hasan joined the Indian Police Service in the state of Madhya Pradesh shortly after his graduation. He rose through the ranks gaining accolades for capturing India's most wanted outlaws. In acknowledgement of his achievements, he was bestowed the title of Khan Sahib in 1934. At the time of his retirement in 1943, he held the position of Superintendent of Police in

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. Following his retirement from the Government he was appointed as the

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of the

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. In January 1945, he was knighted with the title of

. He died in June 1945 in

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at the age of 62. # Syed Mohammad Farooq was City Magistrate at

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. In 1929, he was knighted with the title of

》》Syed Muhammad Farooq is not the son of Syed Afzal Ali. 9x Sons are completed with the addition of Habib ul Ambia above. # Aal Hasan did BA from MAO College in 1911. In

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, he remained "Extra Assistant Commissioner" which was an equivalent post of 'Deputy Collector'. He died due to

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in 1937. # Mohammad Siddiq was "Nazir" means "Keeper". He had two sons Sufi Reyazul Mustafa and Dr. Sirajul Mustafa (died on 7 December 1958 at

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, Pakistan). # Hafiz Riyazul Hasan (born 1889) was the "District and Session Judge" and retired from

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. He was the alumnus of

and also remained Secretary of the Old Boys’ Association of Aligarh. Like his father, he was also married in

with the daughter of Mobarak Ali ibn Karamat Ali (Zamin Ali). Karamat Ali who was also the brother of Iradat Ali, got hid due to taking part in

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and then finally became the Collector (Nazim) at

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. He had one son who died in

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. In 1972, he migrated to

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and died there in the city

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on 17 February 1977. # Ziaul Hasan was ‘Ticket Collector’ and was also the alumnus of

. # Syed Mohammad Omar was first served as ‘Inspector Customs’ (

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) and then

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. In 1925, he was employed as

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city

and retired from that post in 1930. I930 he was reemployed as ‘’Dewan-i Riyasat" of

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. In 1929, he was knighted with the title of

. Because of able administrationship, he got respect and honour. He was fond of

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and hunted many animals from

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. Syed Mohammad Omar Syed Mohammad Omar died on 10 March 1951 and was married to Sharifun Nisan, daughter of Qazi Hameeduddin ibn Fariduddin of Ginnor (

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). Pir Hameeduddin was a famous scholar and

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from the order of

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. Syed Mohammad Omar had four daughters Umme Hani (married to Nasirul Haq, Sub

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and editor of ''

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''), Aziz Fatima (married to Mushtaqul Mustafa), Mushtaq Fatima ( married to Syed Ahsan Ali) Anis Fatima and two sons Mohammad Yunus and Mohammad Yusuf. Mohammad Yunus was Honorary Magistrate at

and was married to his cousin Alia Begum (daughter of Khan Bahadur Syed Misbahul Usman) while younger brother Mohammad Yusuf was

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Officer at

and

and was also married to his cousin Aisha Begum (daughter of Khan Bahadur Syed Ali Hasan). * All these brothers studied at

and were very active in the interest of

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(AMU). They also formed a branch of AMU Old Boys Association at

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Syed Afzal Ali People from Bulandshahr People from Tijara Indian Muslims Aligarh Muslim University alumni 1834 births Year of death unknown

Family history

Legacy and children

See also

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