Mahmudabad Estate
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Shaikh Siddiqui (Khanzada) Raja & Taluqdar of Mahmudabad Awadh |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ethnicity |
Shaikh Shia Islam (since 1838) |
Mahmudabad Estate or Mahmoodabad Estate, governed from Mahmudabad, was one of the largest feudal estates in the erstwhile Kingdom of Oudh. The rulers are generally referred to as Raja of Mahmudabad or Raja of Mahmoodabad.
The Mahmudabad Estate was founded in 1677 by Raja Mahmud Khan.
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 Delhi Sultanate court of Shahib-ud-din Omar Khilji who ruled for a brief period in 1316 AD. His descendant became commander for Muhammad bin Tughluq 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 Akbar as a reward for winning a battle against the short-lived Emperor Hemu. Rulers and immediate family were:
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. 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.
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