Jahangirabad Raj

Jahangirabad Estate was one of the largest feudal estates in the erstwhile kingdom of Awadh. Jahangirabad was part of Oudh State (अवध रियासत) during British India. The ta'alluqdar of Jahangirabad is a Qidwai whose ancestors originally founded this estate in the name of Emperor Jahangir. During the time of Shahabuddin Ghori about AD 1197, Qazi Qidwat-ud-din , son of Sultan of Rum Mirak Shah., and the kingdom's qazi, had a conflict with brother the Sultan of Rum and was drove into exile which his wife and son. He wandered across many lands before coming to the saint of Ajmer, Sufi Saint Khwaja Mu'in al-Din Chishti AD (1142–1236). The Khwaja's influence won him preferment in the Delhi Sultanate , and Shahab-ud-din Ghori received him with fuIl honours on the outskirts of Delhi. 'Qazi Qidwa, as Qidwat-ud-din had come to be called, led an expedition to Oudh against refractory Bhar chieftains. In 1201, he attacked the Bhar raja of Jagdeopur (modern Jaggaur), seizing a large tract of fifty-two villages, which was granted to him as jagir by the Sultan of Delhi. This region was subsequently known as Qidwara, of which Masauli and Bhayara are the major villages.' Qazi Qidwai reached Fyzabad (Ayodhya) in AD 1205, and converted several Hindu groups to Islam, and settled in a locality later designated as Qidwai Mohalla. He died three years later; his tomb, now destroyed, stood close to Aurangzeb's mosque. His descendants took advantage of Qazi Qidwai's reputation, and used their connections to rise to high positions in the service of Delhi Sultans. Qazi Qidwai's son Qazi Aziz-ud-din married Qazi Fakhrul Islam's daughter at the court of Qutb-ud-din Aibak AD (1206–10). Buried in Satrikh, an area Aziz-ud-din administered, his tomb still exists in the mango grove known as Qazi Ashraf's Bagh. During the reign of Sultan Iltutmish AD (1210–36), Qidwai Sheikhs of Jaggaur began to move into Barabanki, occupied Dewa and other places in the west and acquired estates, due to their administrative skill and knowledge, enhanced their property and multiplied in the Qidwara region comprising fifty-two villages (for further details, see ta'alluqa Gadia). Qidwara contains some of the most ancient and cultured Muslim families and the Raja of Jahangirabad was the largest ta'alluqdar of Qidwara. The resilience and staying power of Qidwai Sheikh ta'alluqdars was amazing. While many of their fellow ta'alluqdars declined for one reason or another, the Qidwara ta'alluqdars managed to retain most of their estates until the abolition of zamindari in free India. During the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir , Hussain Khan of Bhayara was rewarded with the Jagir of this region along with the title of Raja, and also Mughal Emperor Jahangir spent couples of day's in Jahangirabad Fort (Kila Jahangirabad), Raja Hussain Khan successors were Raja Zabar Khan, Raja Inayat Khan, Raja Mangul Khan, Raja Jayadullah Khan, Raja Imam Baksh Khan, Raja Khuda Baksh Khan and Raja Razzak Baksh Khan. Raja Razzak Baksh supported the cause of the mutineers in the Revolt of 1857, but the British government was not able to get any clue. On 22 April 1858. Sir Hope Grant took a force and marched to the fort of Jahangirabad, which was surrounded by a thick forest. He camped near the jungle and was met by Raja Razzak Baksh Khan. According to Sir Hope Grant, the Raja showed faithfulness towards the British government and was willing to surrender three cannons which were in the fort. Sir Hope Grant took two attachments of troops with him and entered the fort through the jungle. There he told the British officer that the three cannons have been sent to the commissioner's custody. Suddenly, one of the Sikh soldiers discovered two cannons, which were a nine-pounder and a six-pounder respectively. Sir Hope Grant ordered the gate of the fort to be dismantled and confiscated the two cannons. When bulls were asked for to draw the cannons, the British soldiers found that the bulls were government animals stolen by the raja. By the same time, soldiers discovered another cannon which could fire both grapeshot and roundshots. This cannon was secretly placed in a position to fire in the direction the British forces had arrived from; it was loaded and was already triggered by a slow mechanism. In the fort, the British soldiers also discovered some anti-British seditious documents related to mutineers. The fort was razed to the ground and the bamboo jungle was put to fire. Raja Razzak Baksh was thrown by the British troops along with eighty men into that fire.! Raja Razzak Baksh Khan, having no heir of his own, had made a gift of the ta'alluqa in 1842 to Farzand Ali Khan, his son-in law.

Raja Farzand Ali Khan was the darogah in charge of the Sikandarbagh at Lucknow., He was Son of Raja Lutf Ali Khan of Maila Raiganj (Modern Nawabganj, Barabanki ) The origin of this ta'aluqa dates from Raja Ghulam Amir Khan, who in AD 1756, received from Nawab of Awadh, Shuja-ud-Daula, as a Jagir, he also fought Third Battle of Panipat under the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula.,

The Qidwai were recruited in the household cavalry of Shuja-ud-Daula, which was mainly composed of the Sheikhzadi., the villages of Maila Raiganj, Rasoolpur, Bhainsaria, Durjanpur, etc. To these additions and improvements were made by a subsequent descendant, Raja Lutf Ali Khan of Maila Raiganj., later belong to his son's Raja Sahib Ali Khan, Raja Mardan Ali Khan, Raja Farzand Ali Khan, Raja Haidar Ali Khan., Raja Sahib Ali Khan born in c. AD 1786 he was a Naib, Subedar in the Reign of 5th Nawab of Awadh Saadat Ali Khan II, and contiue served until his death in 1855 in the Reign of Last Nawab of Oudh Wajid Ali Shah., after Sahib Ali's death his brother Haidar Ali Khan takeover his position title obtained the recognition of Government sanad, later Monarchy Collapsed in 1858 and he died c.1860., in British India

Raja Nawab Ali Khan became Ta'alluqdar of Maila Raiganj Estate, in 1860., under the British Raj the Estate has 4 Villages and 9 Pattis in Zila Barabanki. Government Revenue, Rs. 6,268. The gaddi Custum of succession Holds in this Family., This ta'alluqdar is Nephew of Raja Farzand Ali Khan Ta'alluqdar of Jahangirabad Raj and son of Raja Mardan Ali Khan and elder brother of Raja Sir Tassaduq Rasul Khan., On one occasion the last Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah visiting his garden at Sikandarbagh, On one occasion the last Nawab of Awadh visiting Sikandarbagh his garden, he was struck with the appearance of this young man and presenting him with a Khilat, directed him to attend at the palace. With such a signal mark of the royal favour, Farzand Ali Khan's advancement was rapid, and under the interest of the influential eunuch, Bashir-ud-daula, he obtained a farman designating him the Raja of Jahangirabad in AD 1854 . Following the annexation of Awadh in 1856, he accompanied the deposed King to Calcutta, where he remained for quite some time. He had endowed two scholarships in Honor of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria: one for the study of Sanskrit and another for Arabic or Persian. A decade later, he rewrote the endowment deed to stipulate that one scholarship should be awarded to a Hindu and the other to a Muslim, and was there during the mutiny. Raja Farzand Ali Khan was intelligent, and was able to manage his estates with prudence and circumspection. Subsequent to the late thirty years settlement, he made considerable addition to the estate by acquiring the zamindari of Usmanpur, Simrawan and others, which were not included in the sanad granted to him by the Government., He died on 7 April 1881." He was succeeded by his daughter Rani Zeb-un-nissa Begum who married Raja Sir Tassaduq Rasul Khan

(a cousin), son of Raja Mardan Ali Khan of Maila Raiganj. Born in 1851, Tassadduq Rasul Khan was granted the title of Raja as a personal distinction on 2 January 1893, which was made hereditary in 1897; awarded the Sword of Honour in 1919. He was the Vice President of the British-Indian Association 1900 to 1911, and died in 1921. For his welfare activities during the famine of 1896–97, he was conferred K.C.S.I., C.S.I., and made hereditary Raja in AD 1908., King George's Medical College (University) was founded on the initiative of H.H. Raja Sir Tassaduq Rasul Khan, KCSI CSI, the Taluqdar of Jahangirabad Raj to commemorate the 1905 visit to India of Emperor King George V. The foundation stone was laid by George V in 1906; the first session started in October 1911, and the hospital's construction was completed in 1913 at a total cost of 30 lakhs. The first batch of students qualified as doctors in 1916, and the college remained affiliated with Allahabad University until 1921, after which it was attached to Lucknow University. and He helped founding the Aligarh Muslim University. He was a liberal supporter of AMU and was elected a trustee in 1904. There was a strong rivalry between him and the Raja of Mahmudabad and they competed for positions within Muslim organizations and the British India Association. They were usually to be found on opposite sides of any issue, although as ta'alluqdars both avoided the meeting in Lucknow of 16 September 1906, which passed the resolution for the foundation of Muslim League. Nevertheless, he became a vice-president of the Muslim League and in 1909 and was involved in the agitation for separate electorates. From 1909 to 1912, he was a member of provincial legislative council for the Fyzabad division seat; he was elected from a general constituency as a result of his successful manipulation of a Kayasth/Muslim/landlord alliance. In the 1913-16 Provincial Council he was nominated by government and achieved particular fame by introducing the amendment to UP Municipalities Bill which contained the Hindu-Muslim compromise over communal proportions in municipal boards. In 1913, he joined the Lucknow South Africa protest and was involved in the Cawnpore Mosque deputation to Meston, ¹³⁵ He was succeeded by his nephew

Maharaja Sir Ejaz Rasul Khan KCIE Kt CSI, the Taluqdar of Jahangirabad Raj., was the son of Raja Mardan Ali Khan’s younger son Raja Fida Rasul Khan. and elder brother of

Raja Capt. Imtiaz Rasul Khan of Rasoolpur, Nawabganj, Barabanki , who was born on 28 June 1886 and educated at Colvin Ta'alluqdars' College, Lucknow. Member, U. P. Legislative Assembly since 1937; Member, U. P. Legislative Council since 1921; Member, Central Legis- lative Assembly for one term; First Non-official Chairman of District Board, Barabankı, for one full term; Honorary Magistrate and Honorary Munsiff; Life Vice-Patron of Red Cross Society; Vice-President, British Indian Association, Oudh, India; Elected President, British Member of Court and Executive Committee of Lucknow University; Member of Court of Aligarh Muslim University; President of the Art and Craft School for 6 years; Member of the Advisory Board of Court of Wards for about 15 years; Member of the Managing Committee of the Lucknow Zoological Garden; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pioneer Ltd. Lucknow: a Steward of the Race Course of Lucknow now a Patron. Awarded a Sanad for services in connection with War Loans: has contributed generously to appeals for works of public or philanthropic interest the chief among which are: To the Prince of Wales Memorial, Lucknow; Sir Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Cawnpore; The Lucknow University: Lady Reading Child Welfare Fund one lakh rupees; Aligarh University for Marris Scholarship; Endowed a Hospital at Jehangirabad; Öffered relief to the tenants of his Estate involving a reduction in rentals since 1932; Donation to the Takmil-ul-Tib (Unani) College, Lucknow; To His late Majesty's Thanksgiving Fund; Established Arabic School at Jehangirabad; To Dufferın Hospital Fund; To the Behar Earthquake Relief Fund; To His late Majesty's Silver Jubilee Fund (general) and made large remissions to his tenants; To the Quetta Earthquake Relief Fund. Recreations Tennis, Polo and Shooting. Addess. PO Jehangirabad, District Barabankı, and Jehangirabad Palace, Lucknow, Up, India Telephone Lucknow Exchange 37 Club United Service Club War Contributions. War Purposes Fund Rs 18,506; Red Cross Rs 1,000; St. John Ambulance Rs 1,000; Lord Mavot fund of London's for Relief of Air Raid Victims Rs 3,000, Lucknow Spitfire Fund Rs 2,000, Mine Sweopers Fund Rs 600; Lady Hallett's Work Party I und Rs 600, Defence fund Rs 1,00,000, Lady Hallett's Silver Trinket Fund Two bars of silver weighing 1187 tolas; Steel Roller weighing 12 tons, Gramophone with Phillips machinery for loud speakers, Cinematograph michine with full equipment Radio Set., He played a key role to make Lucknow as the capital of United Province and foundation of Lucknow University and was the founder-member of university in 1920. The idea of starting a University at Lucknow was first mooted by Raja of Mahmudabad, who contributed an article to the columns of "The Pioneer" urging the foundation of a University of Lucknow. He and the Raja of Mahmudabad both donated one lakh rupees each for the purpose of founding university in 1919 conference held by Sir Harcourt Butler, Governor of United Province, thus leading to foundation of University. he was also Member of the Court and Executive Council of Lucknow University and Member of the Court of Aligarh Muslim University,. He gave a generous donation of One Lakh rupees to College fund. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). His refined taste for architecture is reflected in the Jahangirabad Palace at Hazratganj, Lucknow, which was designed by Sir Walterburley Griffin, who was the architect of the city of Canberra, Australia. The present representative of the house is

Raja Jamal Rasul Khan ( Jimmy ) who is residing at Jahangirabad Palace, Lucknow.

The village is located at 26°35′N 81°08′E / 26.58°N 81.14°E / 26.58; 81.14.