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THE FAMILY TREE OF KHAZ'AL IBN JABIR

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1897 - 1925 H.H. Shaikh Khaz’al Khan ibn Jabir Khan, the Emir of Arabistan, the Sheikh of Mohammerah, the Sheikh of Sheikhs of Bani Ka'ab, the Sheikh of Sheikhs of the Muhaisin Confederation, Ruler of the Shatt Al Arab and the Marshes. born 18th August 1863, youngest son of Shaikh Jabir Khan ibn Mirdao, Emir of Mohammerah, by his wife, Noura, daughter of Shaikh Talal al-Rabi’ah, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 2nd June 1897 (confirmed by the tribal elders, 3rd July 1897). m. (first)  Zahra, a lady from Hilla. m. (second) H.H. Shahzadi Hamdam Khanum, Jamil us-Sultana (d. at Basra, 17th March 1909) daughter of H.H. Shahzada Jalil ud-Daula, sometime Governor of Qaradah, by whom he had issue one daughter. m. (third) at Mohammerah, ca. 1923, Batul Khanum, Fakhr-i-Sultana, daughter of H.S.H. Mirza Husain Quli Khan, Nizam us-Sultana, sometime Prime Minister of Persia, Governor-General of Arabistan and Governor of Bushire and the Gulf Ports. m. (fourth) Malika, daughter of Nasir. m. (fifth) Shuaya, daughter of Unaizal, of Bawiya. m. (sixth) Shaikha Sa’ada bint Jarrah, daughter of Shaikh Jarrah al-Bawiya. m. (seventh) Khatum bint Mard. m. (eighth) Nazifa, daughter of Mir ‘Abdu’llah bin Mir Mohenna, of Jarrah. m. (ninth) Baigum. m. (tenth) Mashqa, daughter of Yusuf. m. (eleventh) Gariya, daughter of ‘Ali. m. (twelfth) Muzakhaya. m. (thirteenth) … m. (fourteenth) Harina, daughter of Abbas. m. (fifteenth) Fatima. m. (sixteenth) Nashmiya. m. (seventeenth) Hamdan as-Safawi. m. (eighteenth) Aliya [Lahiya], daughter of Ustaid Ahmad. m. (nineteenth) Nasra, daughter of Wawai (Ma’aidiya). m. (twentieth) Rubabah, daughter of Rajat. m. (twenty-first) June 1909, a daughter of Asad Khan, of the Beni Saleh tribe of Hawizet. m. (twenty-second) at Kuwait, 1917, Amina [Umm Saud], widow of H.E. Shaikh Mubarak Pasha bin Sabah as-Sabah, the Great, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies a former Circassian slave. m. a lady who d. of shock at Zayn, when his house was shelled by Turkish forces, 25th April 1910. He was murdered, while under house arrest in Teheran, during the night of 24th May 1936. He had seventeen sons and eighteen daughters:

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  • 1) Shaikh Aun Bin Shaikh Khaz’al.

  • 2) H.H Shaikh Kasib Bin Khaz’al, Nusrat ul-Mulk. b. 1891. Appointed as Crown Prince by his father, 3rd October 1907. Deputy Governor of Ahwaz until 1915. Head of the Arab opposition to Reza Shah for many years, and was instrumental in instigating the al-Ghajriyyah rebellion in 1943 which the Iranian Army managed to suppress only after suffering very heavy losses.

  • 3) Shaikh Hachim Bin Khaz’al.

  • 4) H.H Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Hamid Bin Khaz’al. b. 1897, Crown Prince of Mohammerah (1921 - 1925). Kidnapped alongisde his father during the night of 19th April 1925 and taken to Tehran.

  • 5) H.H Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Aziz Bin Shaikh Khaz’al. b. 1899 (s/o Zahra).​

  • 6) H.H Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Majid Bin Shaikh Khaz’al. b. 1899 (s/o Sa’ada).​

  • 7) H.H Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Karim bin Shaikh Khaz’al. b. 1899 (s/o Khatum).

  • 9) H.H Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Khaz’al. b. at Mohammerah, 1903 (s/o Nazifa). The Emir of Arabistan (1925), the Emir of Mohammerah (1925), the Head of the family of Sheikh Khaz'al (1936) and Head of the ruling house of Al-Merdaw (1936), the Sheikh of Sheikhs of Bani Ka'ab (1925) and the Sheikh of Sheikhs of the Muhsaisin Confederation (1925). Captured by Reza Shah Pahlavi 1929. He led an abortive attack on Mohammerah (later Khoramshahr) from Iraqi territory in 1946, then fled to Kuwait when it failed.​

  • 10) Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Muhsin bin Khaz’al. b. 20th January 1906 (s/o Princess Jamil us-Sultana).

  • 11) H.H Shaikh Muhammad Said bin Shaikh Khaz’al. b. 1st January 1912 (s/o Baigum). ​

  • 12) H.H Shaikh Mansur bin Khaz’al. b. 1917 (s/o Harina).

  • 13) H.H Shaikh Mustafa bin Khaz’al. b. 1921 (s/o Harina).

  • 14) H.H Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Jalil bin Khaz’al. b. at the Al-Failiyah Palace, 12th August 1918 (s/o Hamadan as-Safawi).

  • 15) H.H Shaikh Saleh bin Khaz’al. b. 1922 (s/o Aliya). m. H.H. Shahzadi Anis ul-Mulk

  • 16) H.H Shaikh Nizam ud-din bin Shaikh Khaz’al. b. at the Al-Failiyah Palace, 15th August 1926 (twin with his sister Nur ul-Huda) (s/o Batul),

  • 17) H.H Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Amir bin Khaz’al. b. 1930 (s/o Nasra)

  • 1) Shaikha Khayriya bint Khaz’al. b. 1893 (d/o Zahra).

  • 2) Shaikha Zina bint Khaz’al. b. 1894 (d/o Shuaya). 

  • 3) Shaikha Asiya bint Khaz’al. b. 1894 (d/o Malika).

  • 4) Shaikha Nasra bint Khaz’al. b. 1896 (d/o Malika).

  • 5) Shaikha Sara bint Khaz’al. b. 1897 (d/o Zahra). She d. before 1937.

  • 6) Shaikha Badriya bint Khaz’al. b. 1905 (d/o Shuaya)

  • 7) Shaikha Bilqis bint Khaz’al. b. 1915 (d/o Nazifa).

  • 8) Shaikha Najma bint Khaz’al. b. 1915 (d/o Mashqa).

  • 9) Shaikha Masura bint Khaz’al. b. 1916 (d/o Gariya).

  • 10) Shaikha Zahra bint Khaz’al. b. 1917 (d/o Muzakhaya).

  • 11) Shaikha Masuda bint Khaz’al. b. 1917 (d/o the thirteenth wife).

  • 12) Shaikha Zulaikha bint Khaz’al. b. 1918 (d/o Fatima). She had issue, one daughter.

  • 13) Shaikha Haya bint Khaz’al. b. 1918 (d/o Nashimiya).

  • 14) Shaikha Rafia bint Khaz’al. b. 1922 (d/o Gariya).

  • 15) Shaikha Nur ul-Huda bint Khaz’al. b. at the Al-Failiyah Palace, 15th August 1926 (twin with her brother Nizam ud-din) (d/o Batul). She d. at Teheran, 1933.

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