NOTICE

THIS Edition of The Golden Book of India is up to date. It contains the Honours conferred in January 1893-including fifty-four new Titles, and nine appointments to, or promotions in, the Orders of the Star of India and the Indian Empire, gazetted in Calcutta on 2nd January 1893.

Communications relating to the Second Edition should be addressed to

ABAJI BALWANT BHISE, Rao Bahádur.

The title is personal, and was conferred on 11th September 1884.
Residence.-Bombay.

ABBAS ALI walad MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir.

The title is hereditary. The Mir is a descendant of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the annexation.

Residence.-Sind.

The Mirza was created a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, 1st January 1882.

Residence.

ABDUL ALI, Khán Bahadur.

The Khán Bahádur was born in 1863, and is a descendant of the old Nawabs of the Carnatic, being the son of Muazzaz-ud-daulá, and grandson of His late Highness Azim Jah, first titular Prince of Arcot. He was granted the personal title of Khán Bahádur in 1876.

Residence.-Madras.

ABDUL ALI, MIR, Khán Bahádur, and Sardár.

The titles are personal, and were conferred, the first on 22nd January 1873, and the second on 31st May 1891.

Residence.-Bombay.

ABDUL FATEH, MAULAVI, SAYYID, Khán Bahádur. The title is personal, and was conferred on 1st January 1887. Residence.-Násik, Bombay.

ABDUL FIROZ KHAN (of Sávanur), Nawab.

The Nawab is the uncle of the ruling Nawáb of Sávanur in the Dharwar district.

Residence.-Dharwar, Bombay.

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ABDUL FIROZ KHAN, Khán Saheb.

The title is personal, and was conferred on 16th February 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.

Residence.-Bhusáwal, Bombay.

ABDUL GHANI, KHWAJA SIR, K.C.S.I., Nawáb (of Dacca).

Born about the year 1813. The title is hereditary, and was conferred on 1st January 1877. The Nawáb, who is famous throughout Bengal for his great wealth, liberality, and public spirit, is descended from the Bonda family, of Kashmiri origin. The Maulavi Abdullah, who was the son of the Maulavi Abdul Kadir, and was born in Kashmir, came to Bengal in the reign of the Emperor Mahmud Sháh, and established himself in Sylhet. His grandson was the Khwaja Alimullah, who was the father of the subject of this notice. The Nawab Abdul Ghani first distinguished himself for his loyalty during the Mutinies of 1857, assisting the Government with information, advice, and funds. Placed his steamer, The Star of Dacca, at the disposal of Government during the famine of 1874, and after the cyclone of October 1876, for relief work. Has contributed largely to works of public utility, and on all occasions of distress. He has been a great benefactor to the city of Dacca, where he has supplied many public buildings, and maintains a Free School, a Madrasa for Muhammadan students, an almshouse, etc. He was created C.S.I. in 1871; Nawáb (personal) in 1875; hereditary Nawab on the occasion of the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress, 1st January 1877; K.C.S.I., 1886. His son is the Hon. Nawab Ahsanulla (q.v.), born 1846.

Residence. Dacca, Bengal.

ABDUL GHANI, MAULÁVI, Khán Bahidur.

An Extra Assistant Commissioner of the Punjab. Created a Khán Bahadur, as a personal distinction, 2nd January 1893.

Residence.-Punjab.

ABDUL HAKIM, MUNSHI, Khán Saheb.

Granted the title, as a personal distinction, 2nd January 1893, for eminent services at Gilgit.

Residence.-Gilgit, Kashmir.

ABDUL HAKK, SAYYID, C.I.E., Sardár Diler Jang Bahádur.

The Sardár, who is a descendant of the Karnal family, was in early life in the British service, and obtained the Companionship of the Indian Empire for distinguished service in the Police. He was lent by the British Government to the Government of His Highness the Nizám, attained very high office in the latter service, and was rewarded by the titles of Sardár

Diler Jang Bahádur, and subsequently of Sardár Diler-ud-daulá Bahádur; and the former of these titles was recognised by the British Government as a personal distinction.

Residence.-Hyderabad and Bombay.

ABDUL HAKK, MAULAVI, Shams-ul-Ulama.

The title is personal, and was conferred on 16th February 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty. It entitles the Maulavi to take rank in Darbár immediately after titular Nawabs. Residence.-Cawnpur, North-Western Provinces.

ABDUL HAKK, MAULAVI (of Khairabad), Shams-ul-Ulama.

The title is personal, and was conferred on 16th February 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty. It entitles the Maulavi to take rank in Darbár immediately after titular Nawabs. Residence.-Sitapur, Oudh.

ABDUL HUSAIN KHAN, MIR (of Tando Mir), His Highness.

Born 13th May 1850. The title is personal, and was conferred in recognition of his position as grandson of the Amir, who was the ruler of Sind at the time of the annexation.

Residence.-Hyderabad, Sind.

ABDUL ISLAM BIN ADAM, Khán Bahadur.

The title is personal, and was conferred on 1st May 1880.
Residence.-Násik, Bombay.

ABDUL JABBAR, MAULAVI, Khán Bahádur.

The Khán Bahádur is a Deputy Magistrate of the 24-Parganás at Calcutta, and having rendered excellent service in that capacity, received the title as a personal distinction on 25th May 1892.

Residence.-Calcutta.

ABDUL KADIR, SAYYID, Khán Bahá dur.

As the term Sayyid implies, this gentleman claims to be descended from the Prophet. He is a descendant of the old Nawabs of the Carnatic; and his title of Khán Bahadur was recognised by the Government in December 1890.

Residence.-Madras.

ABDUL KADIR, HAFIZ, Khán.

The Khán is sometimes styled Wajih-ulla-Khán-i-Hal; his title, which is personal, was conferred by the Carnatic Nawáb, but was recognised by Government in 1890.

Residence.-Madras.

ABDUL KADIR KHAN walad ALI GAUHAR KHAN, MIR.

The title is hereditary, the Mir being a representative of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the annexation (see Khairpur).

Residence. Shikarpur, Sind.

ABDUL KARIM, SHAIKH HAFIZ, C.I.E, Khán Bahadur.

Born 1838. The title was conferred on 24th May 1884, for services rendered by his ancestors, and for his own acts of public generosity. His father was present at the battles of Bharatpur, Kamon, and Shekhawati in the first Kabul campaign; and his brother was rewarded by a khilat for his services in the first and second Punjab campaigns. The Khán Bahadur is a large landed proprietor in the district of Meerut, North-Western Provinces; and has been created a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, 21st May 1890.

Residence.-Meerut, North-Western Provinces.

ABDUL LATIF, C.I.E., Nawáb Bahádur.

The Nawáb Bahádur was born in March 1828. He traces his descent from the celebrated Generalissimo of Islam, Khalid Ibn Walid, entitled the "Sword of God," who died in the twenty-first year of the Hijrah. Sháh Ain-ud-din of Baghdad was the first member of the family to settle in India. His descendant, Kazi Abdur Rasul, was made Kazi by the Emperor of Delhi, and sent to Faridpur in Bengal, where the family settled. A descendant, Kazi Fakir Muhammad, was a leading pleader of the Sadar Diwáni and Nizámat Adálat at Calcutta ; and was a great oriental scholar, being the author of several works, of which the chief was the Persian Jámiut-Tawarikh or "Universal History." He was the father of the subject of the present notice; who entered the Government service in 1846, and after some service in the Educational Department in the Dacca College and the Calcutta Madrasa, became a Deputy Magistrate of the 24-Parganas in 1849. Was appointed J.P. for Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, 1852. Acted for a short time as Police Magistrate of Calcutta, and has served three times as a Member of the Bengal Legislative Council. Has been a Member of the Board of Examiners since 1860; has also been Member of the Central Examination Committee. One of the Income-Tax Commissioners for

Calcutta, 1861-65. Fellow of the Calcutta University, 1863. In 1867 received from Government a gold medal, and a set of the new edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, with an autograph inscription by the Viceroy: "In recognition of his services in promoting native education, especially the education of those who like himself belong to the Muhammadan religion." In 1869 appointed one of the Commissioners to enquire into the state of the Calcutta and Hughli Madrasas, and received the thanks of Government for this work. Is a J.P. and Municipal Commissioner for Calcutta, and also for the suburbs; Member of the Board of Management of the Reformatory, and of the District School Committee, 24-Parganás. Founder and Secretary of the Muhammadan Literary Society of Calcutta, established April 1863;