Mian family of Baghbanpura

The Shalimar Gardens in Baghbanpura, Lahore.

The Mian family of Baghbanpura is a notable family of Lahore, Pakistan.^[1]

Belonging to the Arain tribe of Punjab region, they were originally agriculturalist and market-cultivators, who owned the land near Baghbanpura on which the Shalimar Gardens were built. The land was handed to the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan and in return custodianship of the Shalimar Gardens was granted to the family in 1641.^[2] The Mian family ceased to be custodians of the site in 1962, after the imposition of martial law in Pakistan by General Muhammad Ayub Khan.

Descendants of the Baghbanpura family now live in new localities of Lahore but still own some land and the family graveyard in Baghbanpura.

Notable family members

• Mian Muhammad Yusaf Manga, was noble Zamindar who was appointed custodian of the famed Shalimar Gardens, Lahore by Mughals, and also received the title of 'Mian' from Mughal emperor Shah Jahan)^[3]
• Justice Mian Shah Din (1868–1918)^[4] – First Muslim judge in British India, poet and writer.
• Sir Mian Mohammad Shafi (1869–1932) – Member Viceroy's Executive Council.
• Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz^[5] – A politician of Punjab in the 1920s.
• Justice Sir Mian Abdul Rashid – first Chief Justice of Pakistan (1947).
• Mian Iftikharuddin – Politician, owner of Pakistan Times and Daily Imroz
• Jahanara Shahnawaz (1896-1979) - Politician and Muslim League activist.^[6][7]
• Mumtaz Shahnawaz (1912-1948) - Political activist and author, who died in a plane crash at the age of 35.

References

1. The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947 by Tan Tai Yong pg.263
2. Islam & Empire by David Gilmartin, published by University of California press, 1988
3. Shalamar Bagh, World Heritage Series published by UNESCO
4. Justice Shah Din: A Biography by Bashir Ahmad – Pub. 1962
5. The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947 by Tan Tai Yong pg.263
6. Aditya Pandey (2005). South Asia: Politics of South Asia. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-81-8205-303-8.
7. Muneeza Shamsie (11 July 2015). And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women. Feminist Press at The City University of New York. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-55861-931-9.