FORMER RULERS OF THE STATE OF BAHAWALPUR

NAWAB MUHAMMAD BAHAWAL KHAN ABBASSI (I)

   

Founder of the State of Bahawalpur

Year of Birth: 1715

Year of Accession: 1746

Year of Death: 1749

Years of Governance: 4

Buried at: Maluk Shah Bahawalpur

His Highness Suggested to make his Capital three miles away from the border of the Sutlej River. He put up a strong wall around the city and took shelter. In 1748 he suggested Bahawalpur as the name of the city.

NAWAB MUHAMMAD ABBASS KHAN ABBASSI

 

 First Aamir of Bahawalpur

Date of Birth: March 22, 1924

Date of Death: April 14, 1988

He was the Governor of Punjab in 1974 during the Government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. During the Government of Zia-Ul-Haq He was the Federal Minister of religious affairs. After the Death of Abbass Khan Abbassi the Abbassi clan from Hazrat Abbass the uncle of Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) to thousands of years started its downfall.

NAWAB MUHAMMAD MUBARIK KHAN ABBASSI

    

Third Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Year of Death: 1772

Year of Accession: 1749

Years of Governance: 24

Buried at: Maluk Shah Bahawalpur

His Highness laid the foundation of Mubarikpur City in 1757 and Ahmapur East in 1858. In 1762 he militated and conquered Gerhi Ikhtiyar Khan. He put up a canal for the people of that area and announced that the person who has never left his prayer of TAHAJUD will inaugurate it. But His Highness inaugurated it himself because no one was found.

NAWAB MUHAMMAD BAHAWAL KHAN ABBASSI

Fourth Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Year of Birth: 1752

Year of Death: 1809

Year of Accession: 1772

Years of Governance: 37

During the governance of Sikhs the circumstances of Punjab were going towards war. Bahawalpur was also attacked by its native governments. In 1779 King Taimur attacked against Bahawalpur and Derawar Fort.

NAWAB SADIQ MUHAMMAD KHAN ABBASSI

Fifth Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Year of Birth: 1780

Year of Death: 1825

Year of Accession: 1805

Years of Governance: 17

In 1816 Shah Shujah was extruded by his brothers from Kabul and King Ranjeet Singh tried to fallacy. But Shah Shujah arrived at Bahawalpur and desired help from His Highness. Nawab sent a tidy squad of Army with him and with the help of Bahawalpur Shujah-Ul-Mulk again conquered Dera Ghazi Khan.

NAWAB MUHAMMAD BAHAWAL KHAN ABBASSI

Sixth Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Year of Birth: 1797

Year of Death: 1852

Year of Accession: 1825

Years of Governance: 28

King Ranjeet Singh accredited General Mentora to attack on Bahawalpur and the Belongings of Bahawalpur including Sahiwal, Multan, Muzzafargerh and Dera Ghazi Khan were occupied by King Ranjeet Singh. Governor General Hind Lord warned Ranjeet Singh to avoid military attack against Bahawalpur.

NAWAB SADIQ MUHAMMAD KHAN ABBASSI

Seventh Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Also Famous by the Name: Saadat Yar Khan Abbassi

Year of Death: 1853

Date of Accession: OCT 9, 1852

Months Of Governance: 4

Due to the danger of insurgence He captivated his brother Hajji Khan in Fatihgerh Fort. The people were displeased Because of this step of Nawab. Behram Khan Chandiyo and Khuda Bakhsh Balani arrived at Fatihgerh Fort on eighth of February 1853 and got him out of there in darkness on a camel.

NAWAB RAHIM YAR KHAN ABBASSI (IV)

Ninth Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Year of Birth: 1873

Date of Death: March 25, 1866

Date of Accession: OCT 13, 1858

Immediately after his death insurgence started. Nawab was suspecting that a servant of the palace was planning and dreaming the death of Nawab Gull Muhammad Khan. His Highness took the advice of Makhdom Syed Rajan Baksh and ordered him to leave the State through Behram Khan in 1961.

NAWAB SADIQ MUHAMMAD KHAN ABBASSI (IV)

Tenth Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Date of Birth: NOV 11, 1861

Date of Death: Feb 14, 1899

Age: 37 years

Accession: 1879

Years of Governance: 18

Buried at: Derawar Fort

During His Governance Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbassi put up kingly buildings in Bahawalpur including Dolat Khana, Sadiq Gerh Palace, Noor Mahal and Gulzar Mahal. Local people say (Peer ho tu Ghulam Fareed Jesa or Mureed ho to Sadiq Jesa).

NAWAB MUHAMMAD BAHAWAL KHAN ABBASSI (V)

Eleventh Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Date of Birth: Oct 22, 1883

Date of Death: Feb 15, 1907

Age: 25 Years

Years of Governance: 3 Years

During his studies in Aitcheson College Lahore He gifted the college with a beautiful Mosque. In 1903 he bought his first car who’s worth was 4 thousands 3 hundreds and 25 rupees. He felt ill after returning from Hajj. His last words were, my time is near a few breaths are left. He died at the port of Aden.

NAWAB SIR SADIQ MUHAMMAD KHAN ABBASSI (V)

Twelveth Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Date of Birth: Sep 30, 1904

Date of Death: May 24, 1966

Date of Accession: March 8, 1924

Moments of his life.

Total years: 60 Years 7 Months 24 Days.

Total Days: 22,137 Thousands.

Total Hours: 5, 77,288 Hours.

Total Minutes: 3, 18, 77000 Minutes.

NAWAB HAJJI KHAN

Eighteen Ruler of the State of Bahawalpur

Date of Death: OCT 21, 1858

Years of Governance: 5

Year of Accession: 1853

During the independence War of 1857 His Highness aided with a reasonable amount of money and Army also. In the independence war of May 1857 northern Hindustan was on fire. His Highness accommodated himself in Derawar Fort. He died at Derawar Fort and was buried there also.

HISTORY OF NAWAB OF BAHAWALPUR

Information:
Title: Nawab                            Race: Daudputra
Religion: Islam                         Area Size: 15,000 Sqm
Gun Salute: 17

Bahawalpur City, is located in southeastern Punjab province, Pakistan. Bahawalpur is 889 kms from Karachi.

Saraiki is the local language of the area. Urdu, Punjabi and English are also spoken and understood by most of the people.
Bahawalpur originally was a vassal of the great Sikh empire built by Maharajah Ranjeet Singh. In 1936 Bahawalpur stopped paying tribute and openly declared independence. In the Anglo Sikh wars Bahawalpur supported the British and this gurantedd its survival.The founder of the

State of Bahawalpur was Nawab Bahawal Khan Abbasi I. The Abbasi family ruled over the State for more than 200 years (1748 to 1954). During the rule of the last Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V, Bahawalpur State was merged with Pakistan. During the 1960's (1954) the Nawab agreed (Agreement Dated 3rd October, 1947) for Bahawalpur to be absorbed into modern Pakistan. He was however given special priveledges including the right to import several cars duty free each year. Bahawalpur was formerly the capital of the state and now is the District and Divisional Headquarters of Bahawalpur Division.
The Nawabs of Bahawalpur originally came from Sindh; they formed a princely state and assumed independence in 1802.

The City, which lies just south of the Sutlej River, was founded in 1748 by Muhammad Bahawal Khan and was incorporated as a municipality in 1874. It is the site of the Adamwahan (Empress) Bridge, the only Railway Bridge over the Sutlej River in Pakistan, and has rail links with Peshawar and Karachi.

The region surrounding Bahawalpur to the west, called the Sindh, is a fertile alluvial tract in the Sutlej River valley that is irrigated by floodwaters, planted with groves of date palms, and thickly populated. The chief crops are wheat, gram, cotton, sugarcane, and dates. Sheep and cattle are raised for export of wool and hides. East of Bahawalpur is the Pat, or Bar, a tract of land considerably higher than the adjoining valley. It is chiefly desert irrigated by the Sutlej inundation canals and yields crops of wheat, cotton, and sugarcane. Farther east, the Rohi, or Cholistan, is a barren desert tract, bounded on the north and west by the Hakra depression with mound ruins of old settlements along its high banks; it is still inhabited by nomads. The principal inhabitants of the region surrounding Bahawalpur are Jat and Baluchi peoples. There are many historical sites in the area, including Uch, southwest of Bahawalpur, an ancient town dating from Indo-Scythian (Yüeh-chih) settlement (c. 128 BC to AD 450). Pop. (1981) City, 180,263; (1981 prelim.) metropolitan area, 695,000.

Bahawalpur is also an important agricultural training and educational center. Soapmaking and cotton ginning are important enterprises; cotton, silk, embroidery, carpets, and extraordinarily delicate pottery are produced. Factories producing cottonseed oil and cottonseed cake were built in the 1970s. It is an important marketing center for the surrounding areas and is located on the crossroads between Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta and Karachi. Bahawalpur is also known for its distinctly embroidered slippers and shoes and the filigree pottery which is made here.

The City is located favorably for commerce, lying at the junction of trade routes from the east, south-east, and south. It is a center for trade in wheat, cotton, millet, and rice grown in the surrounding region. Dates and mangoes are also grown here. Canals supply water for irrigation. The principal industries are cotton ginning, rice and flour milling, and the handweaving of textiles.

Sutlej (Chinese, Langqên Zangbo or Xiangquan He; Indian, Satlej), chief tributary of the Indus River. It rises in Tibet, flows south-west through Himachal Pradesh State, India, and then passes through the great arid plains of Punjab Province, Pakistan, joining the Indus after a course of about 1,450 km (900 mi.). The Sutlej is the south-easternmost of the five rivers of the Punjab, the other four being its two main tributaries, the Beâs and the Chenab, together with two branches of the latter. Below the confluence of the Beâs, the river is sometimes called the Ghara, and its lowest course, after receiving the Chenab, is called the Panjnad ("five rivers").