Mirza Ghulam Moinuddin Muhammad Javaid Jah Bahadur

Shahzada Mirza Ghulam Moinuddin Javaid Jah Bahadur, was born on 16 May 1946 in Delhi the eldest son of Shahzada Muhammad Khair ud-din Mirza, Khurshid Jah Bahadur (1914-1975).He succeeded his father as head of the descendants of Timurid Dynasty on his death in 1975.

Genealogy

• Mirza Ghulam Muin ud-din Javaid Jah Bahadur., he is son of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur and his only wife Nawab Arghwani Begum Sahiba (b. 1923), daughter of Khan Bahadur Samiu’llah Khan, of Sahespur.
• Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur, he died at Lahore, Punjab, 3 August 1975. He was son of Mirza Muhammad Fayyaz ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur by his second wife Nawab Darakshanda uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba (b. 1898; d. at Lahore, Punjab, 15 January 1972), née Padshah Jahan Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Shahzada Muhammad Kaiwan Shah Gorkwani, Suraya Jah Bahadur [Haji Hafiz Mirza], sometime Chief Representative of the Royal House of Delhi, by his third wife, Nawab Munir uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba, elder daughter of Mirza Firuz Shah Bahadur [Mirza Sunjlai Sahib].
• Mirza Muhammad Fayyaz ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur, he died at Delhi, 1950, he was son of Mirza Muhammad Kabir ud-din Bahadur by his only wife Nawab Barakat uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Shahrukh Bahadur.
• Mirza Muhammad Kabir ud-din Bahadur, he died before 1906. He was son of Mirza Muhammad Aziz ud-din Bahadur by his first wife Quraisha Sultan Begum Sahiba [Agha Begum], second daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Jahangir Bakht Bahadur.
• Mirza Muhammad Aziz ud-din Bahadur, he was killed during the Mutiny, 1857. He was son of Shahzada Mirza Mu'azzam Bakht Bahadur by his one of two wives(first) Fahim un-nisa (d. after 1848). (second) Nurrum [Nur un-nisa?]
• Shahzada Mirza Mu'azzam Bakht Bahadur, he died before 1836. He was son of Ham ud-din Muhammad 'Ali Gauhar Shah Alam II by his concubine in harem named Roshan Bai.
• Ham ud-din Muhammad 'Ali Gauhar Shah Alam II (Reign: 1759-1806). He was a Mughal emperor and died in captivity, at the Red Fort, Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 19 November 1806 (bur. there, near the tomb of Emperor Bahadur Shah, Mahrauli). He was son of Abu'l-'Adil 'Aziz ud-din Muhammad 'Alamgir II by his third wife Nawab Zinat Mahal Sahiba, previously Bilal Kunwar.
• Abu'l-'Adil 'Aziz ud-din Muhammad 'Alamgir II (Reign: 1754-1759). He was killed. on the orders of his Wazir, Ghazi-ud-Din Imad-ul-Mulk, at Kotla Fateh Shah, 29 November 1759 n.s. (bur. before the platform of Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi). He was son of Mu'iz ud-din Muhammad Jahandar Shah by his second wife Anup Bai (d. at Delhi, 18 April 1735).
• Mu'iz ud-din Muhammad Jahandar Shah (Reign: 1712-1713), he was a Mughal emperor and killed (strangled to death and his body dragged through the streets) on the orders of his nephew, Emperor Farrukh-siyar, in captivity at the Tripoli Gate Prison, the Red Fort, Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 12 February 1713 n.s. (bur. Mausoleum of Humayun, Delhi). He was son of Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I by his first wife Nizam Bai Sahiba (d. at Delhi, 1692), daughter of Nawab Fath Yawar Jang Bahadur, of Hyderabad).
• Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I (Reign: 1707-1712), he was a Mughal emperor and died at Lahore, 27 February 1712 n.s. (bur. Moti Masjid, Delhi). He was son of Muhi ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb by his second wife, Nawab Bai Begum Sahiba, daughter of the Raja Chatar Shena [Taj ud-din Khan], Raja of Rajauri, in Kashmir).
• Muhi ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb (Reign: 1658-1707), he was a Mughal emperor and died. from a severe fever, near Ahmadnagar, 3 March 1707 n.s. (bur. in the courtyard of the Shaikh Zain ul-Haq Muqbara, Khuldabad. He was son of Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I by his second wife H.M. Malika-i-Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal (cre. 14 February 1628) Nawab Mahd-i-‘Aliya Begum, Arjumand Banu Qudsia Begum Sahiba (b. 1593; d. in childbirth at Burhanpur, 17thJuly 1631 n.s., bur. Taj Mahal, Agra), daughter of H.H. Waqil-i-Mutlaq, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan Bahadur, Khan-i-Khanan, Chief Minister and C-in-C under Emperor Jahangir, by his wife, Diwanji Begum Sahiba, daughter of Khwaja Ghias ud-din ‘Ali Asaf Khan Bahadur).
• Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I (Reign: 1627-1658), he was a Mughal emperor and died. in captivity at the Musamman Burj, Agra, 31 January 1666 (bur. there at the Taj Mahal). He was son of Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir by his third marriage at Mota Raja’s Palace, Fatehpur Sikri, 21 January 1586 n.s. (conducted in both Hindu and Muslim rites), Jagat Gosain Taj Bibi Sahiba [Jodh Bai] [Bilqis Makani] (b. 13 May 1573; d. at Akbarabad (Agra), 18 April 1619, bur. Sohagpura), née Rajkumari Shri [Balmati] Manavati Baiji Lall Sahiba, who received the prothumous title of Bilqis Makani, daughter of Raja Shri Udai Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Jodhpur, by his tenth wife, Shri Rajavat Kachavahi Rani Manrang Deviji Sahiba, daughter of Raja Askaram Bhimvrajot, Raja of Gwalior. ).
• Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir, (Reign: 1605-1627), he was a Mughal emperor and died at Chingarhsiri, 8 November 1627 n.s. (bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Jahangir, Shahdera Bagh, Lahore). He was son of Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar by his fifth wife Wali Nimat, Hamida Banu Mariam uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba (d. at Agram, 19 May 1623 n.s., bur. Rauza Mariam, Sikandara), née Rajkumari Hira Kunwari Sahiba, alias Harkha Bai, eldest daughter of Raja Bihari Mal, Raja of Amber.).
• Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar (Reign: 1556-1605), he was a Mughal emperor and died from the effects of slow poisoning, at the Daulatkhana, Fathabad (Fatehpur Sikri), Akbarabad (Agra), 27 October 1605 n.s. (bur. Bihishtabad Sikandara, near Agra). He was son of Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun by his fourth wife Nawab Hamida Banu Begum Sahiba [Nawab Haji Begum] [Mariam Maqani] (b. before 24 August 1530 o.s.; d. at Agra, 29 August 1604 o.s., bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi), daughter of Shaikh ‘Ali Akbar [Mir Baba Dost], from Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam, Khorasan, by his wife, Mah Afraz Begum.
• Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (Reign: 1530-1539 & 1555-1556), he was a Mughal emperor and died at the Sher Mandal, Purana Qila, Delhi, 27 January 1556 o.s. after tumbling down from the second floor steps of his library, three days earlier (bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi). He was son of Zahir ud-din Muhammad Jalal ud-din Babur by his third wife Maham Begum [Hazrat Walida] (d. at Agra, 16 April 1535 o.s.), the principal wife, sister of Khwaja Muhammad ‘Ali, of Khost, from a noble family of Khorasan related to Ulugh Beg Mirza Kabuli and to al-Sultan, Zillu’llah, Padshah, Muzaffar-i-Jahan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bin al-Sultan Mu‘izz al-Sultanat wa ud-Dunya wa ud-din Shah Abu’l Ghazi Sultan Husain Baiqara Bahadur Khan, Padshah of Khorasan, granddaughter of Shaikh Ahmad Zindafil, of Jam.
• Zahir ud-din Muhammad Jalal ud-din Babur (Reign: 1526-1530), he was a Mughal emperor and died at the Char Bagh-i-Babur, Agra, 26 December 1530 o.s. (bur. there at the Babur Mausoleum, and transferred to the Bagh-i-Babur, Kabul, in 1539). He was son of 'Umar Shaikh Mirza, Amir of Farghana by his second wife, Qutlaq Nigar Khanum, second daughter of Sultan Yunus Khan Jagatai, Grand Khan of Mughalistan.
• 'Umar Shaikh Mirza, Amir of Farghana
• 'Abu-Said Gurkhan, Khaka'an of Transoxania
• Sultan Muhammad Mirza
• Jalal ud-din Miranshah Sultan Mirza
• Amir Qutb ud-din Muhammad Timur Beg Gurghan, Sahib-i-Qiran

Marriage and children

Mirza Ghulam Muin ud-din Muhammad, Javaid Jah Bahadur. b. at Delhi, 16 May 1946, educ. Pakistan Admin Staff Coll, Lahore. Dir-Gen Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat in Lahore. m. at Lahore, Punjab, 11 July 1975, his cousin, Nawab Malahat Begum Sahiba, eldest daughter of Pir Arif Hamid ud-din Nomani, by his wife, Nuzhat Jahan Begum Sahiba, fourth daughter of Mirza Muhammad Fayyaz ud-din Bahadur. He has issue, three sons and one daughter:

a) Mirza Shahrukh Javaid Jah. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 15 April 1978, m. at Bait ul Mukarram, Karachi, Sind, 8th August 2008, Faiza Begum Sahiba (b. at Karachi, Sind, 16 March 1976), daughter of Zafar ul-Alam, by his wife, Fazeelat Jahan Begum Sahiba. He is the future head of the descendants of Timurid Dynasty the former ruling dynasty of the Mughal Empire. He has issue, a daughter:

i) Hafsa Begum Sahiba [Hafsa Shahrukh Jah]. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 16 January 2011.

b) Mirza Farrukh Javaid Jah. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 13 September 1980, educ. Haleem Inst., Gulberg, Punjab Coll of Commerce, Punjab Inst of Tourism & Hotel Management (dipl), Lahore, and Swiss Hotel Management Sch, Montreux, Switzerland (BA). Trainee with the Muslim Commercial Bank and Union Bank Ltd in Lahore, Intern with Inter Continental (Pearl) Hotel and Holiday Inn Hotels in Lahore. He married Sarah Almaee Jafri daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Almaee Hasan Jafri on 1 February 2013 in Lahore, Punjab. He has issue, a son:

i) Taimur Farrukh Jah Sahib. [Taimur Farrukh Jah]. b. at Lahore,Punjab 11 February 2014.

c) Mirza Ziarukh Javaid Jah. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 11 March 1982. m. at Karachi, Sind, 31 January 2009, Sharmeen Begum Sahiba, daughter of Aijaz Hussein Kazi, by his wife, Ghazala Begum. He has issue, two daughters:

i) Eman Begum Sahiba [Eman Ziarukh Jah]. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 2 June 2010.

ii) Eshal Begum Sahiba [Eshal Ziarukh Jah]. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 23 December 2014.

a) Darakhshanda Begum Sahiba. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 1 September 1979. m. at Lahore, Punjab, 10 July 1999, Muhammad Kashif Aslam (b. 5 June 1970), trainee architect with Rehman Sohail & Assoc, analyst Multan Master Plan project, teacher of history of architecture, computer applications in architecture and graphics at Univ of Engineering & Technology in Lahore, and Dir Kashif Alam & Assocs (Pvt) Ltd consulting engineers & architects, eldest son of Muhammad Aslam Rasheed, MD of Kashif Alam & Assocs, by his wife, Khalida Begum. She has issue, two sons and one daughter:

i) Muhammad Nausherwan Kashif Sahib. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 3 July 2000.

ii)Ayaan Kashif Sahib. b. at Lahore,Punjab, 2 October 2011

i) Maha Kashif Begum Sahiba. b. at Lahore, Punjab, 29 April 2004.

External links

• http://www.royalark.net/India4/delhi21.htm

• Contributed by Shahrukh Javed Jah & Furrukh Javaid Jah