Prithimpassa family

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Prithimpassa
পৃথিমপাশা
Zamindars of Monraj
Estate(s)Prithimpassa Nawab Estate
Monraj Saheb Estate
Prithimpassa Suto Saheb Estate

The Prithimpassa family, also known as the Nawabs of Longla,

Sylhet referendum in 1947, and the Bangladesh Liberation War
of 1971.

Shia Mosque at Prithimpassa Estate

Origin

The family was founded by Sakhi Salamat, a

Hindu prince of the Ita royal family in Rajnagar mouza
.

History

Dev Bhallav, a

Shiqdar of Longla, was on a pilgrimage when he needed money, and so he borrowed fifteen gold coins from Salamat. On another occasion, Salamat visited Bhallav's home and Bhallav's daughter appeared in front of them out of curiosity. Salamat arbitrarily spat and the saliva fell on Bhallav's daughters body. In reaction, Bhallav deemed that both of their Brahmin status had been lost and thus married her off to Salamat, and then migrated to Kashidham.[3]

Orissa. The title Khan-e-Jahan was later conferred on him by Daud Khan too. He married the daughter of Daud Khan. Ismail Khan Lodi partook in the Battle of Rajmahal which was against the Mughal Empire. After Akbar saw Ismail's bravery he took the aid of his general Shaikh Alauddin Chisti and made Ismail Khan Lodi the local Nawab and provided him assurance over his rule. Ismail had a son named Nawab Shams ad-Din Muhammad Khan (1624-1682).[4]

Ismail's grandson was Muhammad Rabi Khan (d. 1774), who grew to become a respected

Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan in Murshidabad as well as the Naib Nazim of Dhaka. He became a teacher to several children of the ruling Nawab family which included Sarfaraz Khan, Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan and Nawazish Muhammad Khan. On one occasion, a scorpion entered into his jama without Rabi noticing, whilst he was assembled at the Nawab's court. A while later, the scorpion bit into Rabi, burning his skin and turning him red-faced. Intending to maintain his professionalism at the court, Rabi strived to keep his posture and not react loudly. However, those close to him including Nawab Alivardi Khan noticed something was wrong and asked him what the problem was to which Rabi explained. Impressed by how much respect Rabi showed to him, Alivardi Khan subsequently granted him the title of Danishmand (learned one in Persian) for his wisdom as well as large jagirs. Rabi returned to Prithimpassa after Alivardi's death and also received land-grants from the likes of Nawab Mir Qasim and Emperor Alamgir II. There was even a calendar in his honour at the palaces of the Nawabs in Murshidabad.[5] In 1756, he founded a bazaar near the family estate known as Rabir Bazar (Rabi's market) which remains in existence today in the Kulaura Upazila.[6]

Rabi Khan's son was Muhammad Ali Khan. Muhammad served as the

Nawabzada by birth and classed as a Zamindar
. His established family is currently headed by his descendants.

Gaus Ali Khan was Muhammad's elder son and he was notable for sheltering 300 insurgent

Sylhet town along the banks of the Surma River. In 1872, he constructed a clock tower in Sylhet which would be completed and named after his son, Ali Amjad Khan. Ahmad's wife was Umara an-Nisa Khatun and they also had a daughter named Latifa Banu.[citation needed
]

Sylhet town
.

Calcutta, he got typhoid fever and died. Amjad's wife was Syeda Fatima Banu, daughter of Syed Aminuddin Hasan of the Narpati Haveli Bari in Chunarughat, Habiganj.[11]
They had two sons; Ali Haider and Ali Asghar.

Khwaja Nazimuddin at his estate for four days and went hunting with them. He married Husna Ara Begum, the daughter of Nawab Wasif Ali Mirza of Murshidabad and had four children; Ali Safdar Khan, Syedatunnisa Begum and Ali Sarwar Khan.[citation needed
]

Ali Asghar Khan (1898-1984) was a member of the Assam Legislative Council from 1937 to 1946. He had a son called Ali Yeawar Khan who was born in Calcutta in 1925. Yeawar was a Member of the Provincial Assembly from 1958 to 1968 and was the first chairman of Prithimpasha Union.[citation needed]

Ali Safdar Khan (1919-1974), popularly known as Raja Saheb, was the eldest son of Haider and born in the

Union Parishad.[5]

Syedatunnisa Begum (1923- 6 December 1999), daughter of Haider, was born in Calcutta. She married Wahid Ali Mirza, grandson of Prince Kamar Kadar and great grandson of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah. They had a son named Asif Ali Mirza. Wahid later died, and Begum then married Syed Amanat Husayn, superintendent of the Special Police Department of East Pakistan. With Amanat she had 4 children (two sons and two daughters)[citation needed]

Ali Sarwar Khan (1924-1995), He was the youngest child of Nawab Ali Haider Khan. Wife: Sahebzadi Syedatunnessa Begum, the eldest daughter of Nawab of Patna, India MLA Nawabzada Syed Mohammad Mehdi. He was twice MLA during his political tenure. They got married in 1948, October in Patna India in Bawli the Mansion of Nawabzada Syed Mohammad Mehdi. He had his education from St. Edmonds, Shillong and Aligarh University, India. He was a very conscientious and disciplined man and was a very good sportsman. In school he earned his name in boxing. In his father’s Estate he played a prominent and constructive role. He was an accomplished hunter and was a consummate tea planter. During his early years he worked in Etah Tea Estate in 1951. He was twice Member of Constituent Assembly. The first time in 1970, December 9. and again in 1973. He was a freedom fighter and was in charge of the Tripura front. He set up the Muraicherra Tea Estate tea manufacturing factory at the Tea Estate. He died on 21 July 1995 in Dhaka. His son Ali Hamid Khan was a Historian and Social Worker. His other son Ali Wajid Khan was the Senior vice president of Kulaura Upazila Awami League.

Genealogy

Member of the Jatiya Sangsad, Nawab Ali Abbas Khan.

The 12 Prithimpassa Nawab's are:

Name Birth Ascension Children Death Claim
Sakhī Salāmat
سخی سلامتی
সখী সলামৎ
? 1499 Ismail Khan Lodi ? Jagir grant from Lodi Sultans of Delhi
Amīr-al-Umarā Nawāb Ismaʿīl Khān-e-Jahān Khān Lodī
نواب اسماعیل خان جهان خان امیر الامراء لودی
নবাব ইসমাঈল খাঞ্জা খাঁন আমীরুল উমারা লোদী
? ? Shams ad-Din Muhammad 1624 First son
Nawāb Shams ad-Dīn Muḥammad
نواب شمس الدین محمد
নবাব শমস উদ্দীন মুহম্মদ
? 1624 Rabi Khan 1682 First son
Nawāb Dānishmand Mawlawī Muḥammad Rabīʿ Khān
نواب دانشمند مولوی محمد ربیع خان
নবাব দানিশমন্দ মৌলভী মুহম্মদ রবী খাঁন
? 1682 Muhammad Ali Khan 1774 First son
Nawāb Qāḍī Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān
نواب قاضی محمد علی خان
নবাব কাজী মুহম্মদ আলী খাঁন
? ? Gaus Ali and Ali Zafar ? First son
Nawāb Ghaus ʿAlī Khān
نواب غوث علی خان
নবাব গৌছ আলী খাঁন
? ? Ali Ahmed Khan ? First son
Nawāb Mawlawī ʿAlī Aḥmad Khān
نواب مولوی علی احمد خان
নবাব মৌলভী আলী আহমদ খাঁন
1842 ? Ali Amjad Khan 1874 First son
Nawāb Mawlawī ʿAlī Amjad Khān
نواب مولوی علی امجد خان
নবাব মৌলভী আলী আমজদ খাঁন
1871 1874 Ali Haider and Ali Asghar 1905 First son
Nawāb ʿAlī Ḥaydar Khān

نواب علی حیدر خان
নবাব আলী হায়দর খাঁন
1896 1905 Safdar, Syedunnesa, Sarwar, Dawar 1963 First son of Amjad
Nawāb ʿAlī Aṣghar Khān
نواب علی اصغر خان
নবাব আলী আসগর খাঁন
1898 1963 Ali Yeawar Khan 1984 Second son of Amjad
Nawāb ʿAlī Ṣafdar Khān
نواب علی صفدر خان
নবাব আলী সফদর খাঁন
1919 1963 Ali Abbas Khan 1974 First Son of
Ali Haider
Nawāb ʿAlī Sarwār Khan
نواب علی سروار خان
নবাব আলী সরওয়ার খাঁন
1924 1974 1995 Second Son of
Ali Haider
Manônīyô Shôngshôd Shôdosshô Nawāb ʿAlī ʿAbbās Khān
ماننیه سنگسد سدسیه نواب علی عباس خان
মাননীয় সংসদ সদস্য নবাব আলী আব্বাস খাঁন
1956 1995 Present Son of Nawab Ali Safdar

Zamindars of Monraj

The Zamindars of Monraj (

Shia's.[14] Some of the family have migrated to Overseas.[15]

Origin

The Monraj Saheb family was founded by

Sylhet, where he was granted land in the Prithimpassa mouza (located in the pargana
of Longla).

History

The Zamindars of Monraj held a lot of land in

Kulaura, Shillong, Manipur, Assam, Tripura and other parts of India. One of the most notable assets owned was the Coal mine in Nagaland. The family held all these properties until the East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950.[13]

Prithimpassa's Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan. Ali Zafar married into the Ghagtia Chowdhury Bari of Kulaura, and had two sons the youngest being Ali Gohor Khan.[13]

Kulaura and had two sons named Ali Akthar Khan and Ali Afsar Khan. Due to his marriage into Koula he became related to the Kanihati Chaudhury family[13]

Nawabzada Ali Zafar through his first child. Ali Ashjad had 4 daughters but no sons. One daughter married Abdul Jabbar Chowdhury of the Bizli Chowdhury family. Another married Syed Shamsuddin Hussain of Tarpi Saheb Bari. Another married Zamindar Syed Ali Akthar of Pallakandi Saheb Bari and another married Zamindar
Ali Ather Khan of Prithimpassa Chhoto Saheb Bari.

Zamindar Ali Akthar Khan born in 1893 was the last Zaminder of Monraj. He was the final Zamindar up until the East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950. During his tenure he purchased a lot of land and started a partnership business in Kailashahar and Shillong. He studied at the Presidency University, Kolkata. Ali Akthar married Syeda Nadira Banu from Narapati West Haveli, Habiganj. Through this marriage he became the brother-in-law of Syed Gaziul Haque the grandson of Nawab Faizunnesa. His wife Nadira Banu was the direct descendant of Syed Nasiruddin, hence the Monraj Shaheb Family became related to the Syeds of Taraf. Ali Akthar had two sons, Anwar and Zafar. Ali Akthar died in 1971.[13]

Ali Anwar Khan was the Saheb of Monraj. He studied at Shillong. Ali Anwar married Pirzadi Syeda Sanwara Akther from Nasirpur Saheb Bari Brahmanbaria. Syeda Sanwara Akther was also a direct descendant of Syed Nasiruddin. Anwar had 2 sons named Ali Azhar Khan and Ali Asrar Khan and 2 daughters. Ali Anwar died in 2016.[13]

Ali Zafar Khan (Kona Shaheb) was the second son of Ali Akthar. He was the Headmaster of Champa Ray Tea Estate in

Chunarughat
until his death in 2023.

Ali Imam Khan (Bason Shaheb) was the only son of Ali Afsar. He lived in Monraj his entire life until his death. He has 4 sons named Ali Raja Khan, Ali Khan, Ali Sabbir Khan, Ali Manjil Khan and 2 daughters.

Ali Asrar Khan is second son of Ali Anwar Khan and the current Joint Head of the Monraj Shaheb Family. He resides in London.[13]

Zaminder's

The 5 Monraj Zamindar's are:

Name Birth Ascension Children Death Claim
Nawabzada
Ali Zafar Khan

نوابزاده علی ظفر خان
নবাবজ়াদা আলী জ়ফর খাঁন
? ? Ali Gohor Khan ? Jagir from his father, Nawab Qazi Muhammad Ali Khan of Prithimpassa
Zamindar Ali Gohor Khan
زامیندار علی گوهر خان
জ়মিদার আলী গহর খাঁন
1855 ? Ali Akhtar Khan 1915 Second son of Zafar
Zamindar Ali Akhtar Khan
زامیندار علی أختر خان
জ়মিদার আলী আক্তার খাঁন
1893 1915 Ali Anwar Khan 1971 First son of Gohor
Nawab Ali Anwar Khan
علی أنور خان
আলী আনোয়ার খাঁন
1943 1970 Ali Haider Khan 2016 First son of Akthar
Nawab Ali Asrar Khan
علی حیدر خان
আলী হায়দর খাঁন
? 2016 Present Second son of Anwar
Other Members
Ali Azhar Khan
Ali Akhil Khan
Ali Arman Khan
Ali Ikram Khan
Ali Afraz Khan
Ali Zafar Khan
Ali Ashraf Khan
Ali Imran Khan
Ali Imam Khan (Bason)
Ali Raja Khan
Ali Sabbir Khan
Ali Monjil Khan
Aqib Khan
Naffes Rahman
Foysal Chowdhury
Present

References

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Further reading

  • Choudhury, Achyut Charan (2006) [1917], Srihatter Itibritta: Uttarrangsho (in Bengali), Kolkata: Basanti Press
  • The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760. Richard M. Eaton.
  • History of Bengal, Blochman, Akbarnama pg 177.
  • Riyaz-ul-Salatin pg 180.
  • Ain-I-Akbari pg 520.
  • Tazak-I-Jahangiri pg 104.