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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Mahmudabad    
First Name(s)  Muhammad Amir Hasan Khan    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Raja Sir Khan Bahadur, Khanzada of    
Birth Year  1849    
Death Year  1902    
Entry  A Siddiki Sheikh of a famous old Oudh family : son of Nawab Ali Khan, a younger brother of Ibad Ali Khan, Raja of Paintipur : adopted son of Musahib Ali Khan of Mahmudabad : the father, Nawab Ali Khan, died in 1858, while the son was a minor : educated at the Sitapur talukdars' school, afterwards at the Benares and Canning (Lucknow) Colleges : at Lord Lawrence's darbar at Lucknow, he was presented with a sword : elected, 1871, Vice-President of the British Indian Association in Oudh, an Hon. Magistrate and Hony. Munsif and a member of the Legislative Council, N.W.P. In 1877 he obtained recognition of the hereditary title of Raja : made, in 1883, Khan Bahadur : this title was made hereditary in 1884 : his other honorific titles were granted in 18 1, in recognition of his public services : K.C.I.E.     
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