Mahmudabad Estate

Shaikh Siddiqui (Khanzada)
Raja & Taluqdar of Mahmudabad Awadh
Noble house
Country Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, Sharqi Sultanate, Kingdom of Oudh, British India, India
Estates Mahmudabad Estate
Titles Nawab, Raja, Khan Bahadur, Amirul Omara, Saeedul Mulk, Muzzafar Jung, Ghanzanfaru-daula, Sir
Founded 1360 (1360)
Founder Sheikh Nathu
Was rewarded large estates in Fatehpur by King of Delhi
Final ruler Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan
Current head Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan
Dissolution 1952 (1952)
Ethnicity Shaikh
Shia Islam (since 1838)

Mahmudabad Estate or Mahmoodabad Estate was one of the largest feudal estates in the erstwhile Kingdom of Oudh.[1] The rulers are generally referred to as Raja of Mahmudabad or Raja of Mahmoodabad.

History

The Mahmudabad Estate was founded in 1677 by Raja Mahmud Khan.[2]

Rulers and family

The family is descended from Qazi Nasrullah, who was the Chief Qazi of the Caliph of Baghdad, and who came to India as an ambassador in the court of Shaheb-ud-din. His descendant became commander for Mohammad Bin Tughlaq in 1345, and was rewarded with a large Jagir in Awadh. Later his great grandson was granted the hereditary titles of Nawab and Khan Bahadur by Padshah Akbar as a reward for winning a battle against Hemu. Rulers and immediate family were:[1][3]

Other members:

Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmed Khan, during the freedom struggle, had been an important member of the Muslim League and a close friend of Jinnah. In 1962, he migrated to Pakistan, leaving his young son and heir behind in Lucknow. The vast Mahmudabad properties in UP were then seized as "enemy property" by Government of India under Enemy Properties Act.[4] When the old raja died in London in 1974, his son Raja Mohammad Amir Khan began a long legal battle to get back his inheritance. In a landmark judgement in Sep 2005, the Supreme Court directed the government to release the Mahmudabad properties and restore them to the present raja. The properties include Butler Palace and large chunks of Hazratganj in Lucknow, the Metropole Hotel in Nainital and much of Sitapur town.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Lethbridge, Roper (1893). The golden book of India : a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated of the Indian empire (illustrated, reprint ed.). Delhi: Aakar Books. p. 331. ISBN 9788187879541. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. "KOTHI, QILA MAHMUDABAD". Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. "MAHMUDABAD (Taluq)". Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  4. "Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad". Pioneers of Freedom. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  5. "Enemy Property Bill: A Raja's Lost Legacy". NDTV. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

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