Tahawar Ali (died 1854) was a noble man in the court of Bhonsle Dynasty at

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

Biography

Tahawar Ali (died on 13 Rabi' al-awwal 1271 AH / 1854 AD) lived his life with nobility. He was well off man from

. He was employed in the court of Bhonsle Dynasty at the

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

along with his maternal uncle Qazi Najibuddin. At that time, Maharaja Senasaheb Subha Chhatrapati Raghuji Bapusaheb Bhonsle III was the ruler of the

(1818–1853).

Last days of his life and death

During his illness, he came to

Rewari Rewari is a city and a Municipal Council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. King of Rewari is Rao Onkar Singh.It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from Delhi

from

along with the Taboot (

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) of

Bakshi Ghulam Haider Khan Bahadur Bakshi Ghulam Haider Khan (died 1828 AD) was Faujdar of a unit at the time of Battle of Assaye, which was a major battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War under the command of Major General Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthu ...

ibn Mufti Noorul Haq. When his mother Amaratun Nisan from

Tijara Tijara is a city and a municipality in Alwar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Tijara comes under the NCR area and is situated 48 km to the northeast of Alwar. The nearest railway station to Tijara is Khairthal. Bhiwadi is a census ...

heard this news that he was coming in sick state from Nagpur to Rewari, she went to

Rewari Rewari is a city and a Municipal Council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. King of Rewari is Rao Onkar Singh.It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from Delhi

to receive him. She herself became ill while staying in

Rewari Rewari is a city and a Municipal Council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. King of Rewari is Rao Onkar Singh.It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from Delhi

and died on

Dhu al-Hijjah Dhu al-Hijja ( ar, ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة, translit=Ḏū al-Ḥijja, ), also spelled Zu al-Hijja, is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. It is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, one in which the ''Hajj, Ḥajj'' (P ...

1244 AH/ 1828 AD. Tahawar Ali passed his last days of his life in

and finally died on 13 Rabi' al-awwal 1271 AH / 1854 ADThe Rajputana gazetteers, Rajputana, 1880

Legacy and children

Tahawar Ali was married to Fahimun Nisan, daughter of Abdul Qayyum ibn Ghulam Nabi (from Dotana, a village in Peepaloo Tahsil in Tonk district in

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

) and had four sons Abdur Razzak, Ibrahim Ali, Yusuf Ali and Yaqub Ali. Fahimun Nisan remained in

after the death of Tahawar Ali even when all her sons left for

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

. She died on 10

Muharram Muḥarram ( ar, ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after R ...

1301 AH / 1883 AD. # Abdur Razzak (born 4 Rajab 1254 AH / 1838 AD) went to

at the age of 22 years on the invitation of his maternal cousin

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. In 1276 AH / 1859 AD, he joined the services as Assistant Collector Customs and Excise. While staying in Bhopal, he then invited all his three brothers. Abdur Razzak was married to Qadeerun Nisan, daughter of Rahimuddin ibn Shamsuddin. Rahimuddin was Qazi of Ginnor, District

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. He had only one daughter Mahmooda Begum alias Masiti Begum (married to Hafiz Mazhar Husain. Abdur Razzak in 1305 AH / 1887 AD built a home "Dewan Khana" near Masjid Qaziwara at

. # Ibrahim Ali (born 12

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1263 AH / 1846 AD) was married to Razzaqi Begum, daughter of Iradat Ali ibn Syed Rustam Ali of

Pinangwan Pinangwan is a town and eponymous block in Nuh District of Haryana state of India. It lies in the Mewat region of Delhi NCR and Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It is located on the MDR131 to Punhana and is also adjacent to the Delhi Mumba ...

. He had five daughters Aulia Begum, Aala Begum, Kulsoom Begum, Asghari Begum and Fayyazi Begum and one son Abdul Baqi. Iradat Ali with his father-in-law got hanged during

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. Aulia Begum was married to Khan Bahadur Syed Misbahul Usman ibn

Syed Afzal Ali Syed Afzal Ali (born 1834) was a famous personality from Bulandshahr. Four of his sons were bestowed with the title of Khan Bahadur by British India, a rare distinction in a family of Indian history. Family history Syed Afzal Ali was the son ...

and had three daughters Alia Begum, Tahira Begum and Saira Begum and three sons Dr Hasan Afzal, Akhtar Afzal and Mustahsin Afzal. Aala Begum was married to Syed Ali ibn Ummeed Ali ibn Syed Rustam Ali and had five daughters Ummatul Azeem, Akbari Begum, Soofia Khatoon, Zakia Khatoon, Zubaida Khatoon and one son Ahsan Ali. Kulsoom Begum was married to Syed Iqbal Hasan ibn

and had only one son Aziz Ahsan. Asghari Begum was married to her cousin Jamil Ahmad (son of Uncle Yusuf Ali). Fayyazi Begum was married to her cousin Khalil Ahmad (son of Uncle Yusuf Ali). Abdul Baqi was married to his cousin Ummatul Habib aka Choti Bi, daughter of Hafiz Mazhar Husain and had one daughter Nafisa Begum. # Yusuf Ali (born 2

Safar Ṣafar ( ar, صَفَر) also spelt as Safer in Turkish, is the second month of the lunar Islamic calendar. The Arabic word ''ṣafar'' means "travel, migration", corresponding to the pre-Islamic Arabian time period when muslims flee the oppr ...

1267 AH / 1850 AD) was first married to Sakina Begum (daughter of Mohammad Hidayatullah ibn Inayat Husain of Dotana Tonk in 1282 AH / 1865 AD and had three sons Hamid Ali, Jamil Ahmad and Khalil Ahmad and one daughter Hajira Begum aka Banni. After the death of Sakina Begum on 10

1298 AH / 1880 AD, Yusuf Ali remarried to Sakina Begum (same name as of first wife), daughter of Barkat Ali Haqqi ibn Khairat Ali of

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. Hamid Ali had no children. Jamil Ahmad had one son Hasan Ahmad who was an active member of

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Tehrik during the British rule and died with other members of

during the police firing near

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. Khalil Ahmad had five daughters Anwari Begum, Sultan Begum, Hasib Fatima, Habib Fatima, Razia Khatoon and two sons Jalil Ahmad and Habib Ahmad # Yaqub Ali (born 6 Rabi' al-awwal 1269 AH / 1852 AD) was married to Saeedun Nisan (21

1272 AH / 1855 AD – 13

Rabi' al-thani Rabiʽ al-Thani ( ar, رَبِيع ٱلثَّانِي, Rabīʿ ath-Thānī, lit=The second Rabi, also known as Rabi' al-Akhirah ( ar, رَبِيع ٱلْآخِرَة, link=no, Rabi' al-ʾĀkhirah, lit=The final Rabi), Rabi al-Akhir (), or Rabi' I ...

1335 AH / 1916), daughter of Qazi Ghulam Muhiuddin. Yaqub Ali was Thanedaar (Police Station Master) at the main

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. He was assassinated by a thief with

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on 11

1309 AH / 1891 AD at the age of 40 years. His son Zahiruddin died at the age of 28 years on 18

Dhu al-Qi'dah Dhu al-Qa'dah ( ar, ذُو ٱلْقَعْدَة, ', ), also spelled Dhu al-Qi'dah or Zu al-Qa'dah, is the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It could possibly mean "possessor or owner of the sitting and seating place" - the space occupied w ...

1329 AH / 10 November 1911 (Friday). His wife Saeedun Nisan performed

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in 1331 AH/ 1912 AD and died at the age of 63 years. After her husband's death, she received

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(wazifa) from the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tahawar Ali People from Nagpur People from Tijara People from Bhopal State Indian Muslims 1854 deaths Year of birth unknown

Biography

Last days of his life and death

Legacy and children

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