Shia family once had League link

TNN / Sep 9, 2006, 03:24 IST

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The royal family of Mehmoodabad, who are Shia Muslims, can be traced from Raja Sir Mohammad Amir Hasan Khan (1857-1908).

LUCKNOW: The royal family of Mehmoodabad, who are Shia Muslims, can be traced from Raja Sir Mohammad Amir Hasan Khan (1857-1908). He had four issues, among them two daughters.
Three children — daughters Banib Zaadi Mohammad-un-Nisa Begum and Banib Zaal Begum as well as son Mohammad Ali Ahmed Khan — died issueless.
The next generation of progeny came from youngest son Maharaja Sir Mohammad Ali Ahmed Khan, who had five children.The most well-known of these children was again the youngest son, Mohammad Amir Ali Khan, known as Raja of Mehmoodabad.
Amir Ali Khan was a political animal. After hobnobbing with the Congress for a while, he switched loyalties to the Muslim League. In 1939, he financed the League when it was in dire straits. He was close to Jinnah.

In his book, Partition of India, Amir Ali Khan shows his dislike of Jawaharlal Nehru when he writes, "Nehru showed nothing but contempt for Muslim League and its leaders (M A Jinnah) towards whom I had undivided loyalty.
The more contemptuously and violently he spoke about the League and Jinnah, the more I disliked the Congress." He was later nominated the League's treasurer by Jinnah.
Amir Ali Khan was welcomed in Pakistan and given a huge property on Clifton Road in Karachi in 1957. It is called Mehmoodabad House. He divided his time between UK and Pakistan and died in 1973 in London.

Perhaps due to his Shia links, he was buried in Iran. Amir Ali's siblings were Maharaj Kumari Bibi Baquin-un-Nisa, Maharaj Kumari Bibi Sadiq-un-Nisa, Mohd Amir Haider Khan and Mohd Hasan Khan.
Amir Ali had three issues, Amtul Hussain, Imdul Mehdi and Mohd Amir Mohammad Khan, the present torchbearer of the family. Amir Mohammad married Vijay.
They have two sons, Amir Mohammad Khan and Ali Mohammad Khan.

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