Fateh Ali Khan Qizilbash (1917)

Fateh Ali Khan Qizilbash

20^th September 1911, 10^th July 1912, 21^st May 1913.

Fateh Ali Khan, Kazilbash, C.I.E., Nawab. ― Head of the well-known Turkish family of the Kazilbash¹ tribe which first migrated from the west coast of Caspian (now part of the Russian territories) with Nadir Shah, the famous invader of India and settled in Kabul where they exercised considerable influence and authority and were in possession of hereditary estates.

Some of the members of the family, while being under their Oriental Master, rendered most valuable services to Government during the First Afghan Campaign.

In 1839, when the British Army first entered Kabul, one of the ancestors of the present Nawab ― Ali Raza Khan ― endered invaluable services to Government in connection with commissariat supply, &c., and later in 1857 in raising a large force with great sacrifice. In recognition of these services he was granted a talukdari of one hundred and forty-seven villages, worth about Rs. 15,000 per annum, and was created a hereditary Nawab in 1864, and settled in Lahore.

Fateh Ali Khan succeeded his uncle Sir Nawazish Ali Khan, K.C.I.E., who rendered excellent military services in 1890 and inherited his estates and the title of “Nawab” and became the representative of the family with a high seat in Provincial Durbars. The Nawab has followed good examples of his predecessors and worthily maintained the reputation of the family. In 1897 he was nominated a Member of the Punjab Legislative Council and a Fellow of the University. In 1902 he proceeded to England as one of the representatives of the Punjab for the Coronation of His Majesty the King, and in 1903 was invited as an official guest to the Delhi Durbar, at which he was invested as a C.I.E. In 1904 he was made an Additional Member of the Government is unflinching. He is a liberal subscriber to all charitable causes and has earned the respect of all classes both as a public-spirited citizen and as one of the leading Mahommedan noblemen of the Punjab. He was one of those who were presented to the Prince of Wales in 1906.

He had an interview with Lord Minto in January 1906.

He was one of those presented to the Princes of Wales in 1906.

¹Kazilbash or “red-head” is a Turkish derivation said to have arisen from red caps worn by the tribe. Massey.

Interviews With Lord Hardinge [1911-16] (1917)