Genealogy of Khandan-e-Shareefi

Genealogy of Khandan-e-Shareefi

Family Tree Khandan e Sharifi (Hakim Ajmal Khan)

Abdullah Ibn Abi Quhafa, universally known as

Abu Bakr Siddique

Companion of the Prophet (pbuh)

First of the Khulfa-e-Rashideen (Rightly Guided Caliphs)

1. 50 years before H / circa. 573, Makkah Mukarramah
2. 22 Jumadi II, 13 H / 23 August 634, Madinah Munawwarah

Khwaja Muhammad Al-Nami Baghdadi

Khwaja Tajuddin Rumi Shashi

(Tashkent was named Shash by the ancient Arabs)

Khwaja Muhammad Bash Shashi

Khwaja Imaduddin Shashi

Khwaja Shahabuddin Shashi

Agriculturist and merchant

Khwaja Shashi

Agriculturist and merchant

Nasiruddin Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar

1. Ramazan 806 H/ March 1404, Tashkent
2. Friday, 29 Rabi I, 895 / 27 February 1490, Samarqand

Grand Shaikh of the Sufi ()rder of Naqshband. Many rulers of Central Asia were his fervent disciples or

great-grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlan), the Great

his followers: Sultan Abu Saied of Samarqand

Conqueror; Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babar — the future founder of the Mughal Dynasty in India; Ottoman

Sultan Muhammad II, A1-Fateh — the conqueror of Constantinople; etc.

Shamsuddin Khwaja Muhammad Abdullah Khwajka

(also known as Khwaja Kalan)

1. 908 H/ 1502, Andejan, Uzbekistan [Year 908 H commenced from 13 July 1502]

Shaikh of Hadees, Exegesis and Arabic language

Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf

1. 14 safar 937 H/ 14 October 1530, Kashgar

Sufi, mystic

Khwaja Muhammad Sultan

1. Herat, Afghanistan

(most probably died in Deccan(?) around 1570 / 977 H(?))

Sufi

Nuruddin Khwaja Mullah Ali Qari Al-Hanafi A1-Haravi

1. Herat, Afghanistan
2. Shawwal 1014 H / February 1606, Makkah Mukarramah

Religious scholar, prolific writer, author of about 40 extant works; migrated from Hyderabad Deccan to

Agra in 963 H/ 1556. During the reign of Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Akbar, he held the position of Shaikh

Al-Mashaikh.

Khwaja Mullah Ali Daoud

1. around 1630 / 1039 H, Akbar Abad (Agra)

Sufi, religious scholar; during the reign of Mughal Emperor Saleemuddin Jahangir was Responsible for

Religious Affairs.

Hakeem Khwaja Muhammad Fazil Khan

1. around 167() / 1()80 H, Akbar Abad (Agra)

He was the first I-lakeelll (Oriental Doctor of Medicine) of the family in India; Royal Hakeem at the court

of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; along with his brother Hakeem Khwaja Muhammad Ajmal Khan l, was

ennobled with the heredity title of ‘Khan’. Both the brothers were the pioneers of the family in the field of

Unani (Greek) Medicine.

Hakeem Khwaja Muhammad Wasil Khan

1. 3 Shaban 1 131 H/ 19 June 1719, Shah Jahan Abad (Dehli)

Sufi of the Qadriya Order; migrated from Agra to Delhi in the beginning of the reign of Mughal Emperor

Aurangzeb Alatngir in whose court he was the Royal Hakeem; the first to start the compilation of medical

prescription; died in the beginning of the reign of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.

Hakeem Khwaja Muhammad Akmal Khan

1. 29 Raniazan 120() 11(?) (c/ Tazkirat) / 24 July 1786, Delhi [I would say, most probably around 17601

Royal Hakeem at the Court of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah; was given the title of Alana/ Al-

Muhaqqaqeen and Haziq A1-Mulk by the Emperor. The Crown Prince, Ahmad Shah, directed him to poison

the Emperor, which he refused. When Ahlnad Shah ascended to the throne in 1748, he banished Hakeem

Akmal Khan fronn the Court and confiscated all his properties. Though he regretted later, and offered to

appoint him again at the Court, Akmal Khan refused and continued practice in the public domain.

Hakeem Khwaja Muhammad Shareef Khan

1. 1 138 H/ 1725, Delhi [Year 1 138 H commenced from 7 September 17251
2. 7 Muharram 1222 / 15 March 1807, Delhi

Royal Hakeem at the Court of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II; was given the title of Ashraf A1-Hu/una by

the Ennperor. He wrote seven books on medicine of which the most famous is llqj A1-Imraz – still

considered an authority in the field. He was a renowned Muhaddis and Faqih and translated the Holy

Quran in Persian and Urdu languages. His translation of the Quran in Urdu is considered to be the first in

this language. The Family is named after him: Khandan-e-Shareefi (The House of Shareef).

Hakeem Khwaja Muhammad Sadiq Ali Khan

1. 1 184 H/ 1770, Delhi [Year 1 184 H commenced from 24 April 17701
2. 29 safar 1264 H / 2 Febl 848, Delhi

It was the epoch when the power of East India Company was on the rise; Hakeem Sadiq Ali Khan was,

therefore, more a Hakeem of the people than a Royal Hakeem. He authored several books on medicine,

theology, grammar and education.

Hakeem Khwaja Ghulam Mahmood Khan

1. 1235 H/ 1820, Delhi [Year 1235 H commenced from 18 October 18191
2. 1309 H/ 1892, Delhi [Year 1309 H commenced from 4 August 18911

Great Hakeem, known for his grace and dignity; considered as the Philanthropist of Delhi; called the

Saviour of Delhi by its citizens for his actions during the 1857 Revolt. In addition to authoring two books

on medicine, he wrote Qanoon-e-ShareeJi — a history of the family.

Maseeh-ul-Mulk Hakeem Hafiz Khwaja Muhammad Ajmal Khan

1. 17 Shawwal 1284 H / 9 February 1868, Delhi
2. 29 December 1927 / 5 Rajab 1346, Rampur

Hakeem of legendary reputation, renowned politician, philanthropist, poet, grammarian and calligraphist.

He was amongst the founding metnber of All-India Muslim League in 19()6. The only politician in British

India to have presided sessions of All-India Muslim League and the Indian Congress. In protest against the

policies of the Government, he returned his official title of Haziq-ul-Mulk and in return the Indian people gave him the title of Maseeh-ul-Mulk, proposed by Khvvuia Hasan Nizami – and the title became a part of

his naine. Along with his brothers, Hakeeln Abdul Majeed Khan and Hakeem Wasil Khan, he founded the

Madrassa Tibbiya, Delhi in 1890 and which became the Medical College, Delhi with the laying of the

foundation stone by the Viceroy Lord Hardinge in 1916, and inaugurated in 1921.

Hakeem Khwaja Muhammad Jameel Khan

1. 15 May 1898 / 27 Zilhij 1315, Delhi
2. 24 September 1970 / 23 Rajab 1390, Lahore

Hakeem, botanist and poet. Author of several books of which the well-known Kitab Al-Mufardat.

Hakeem Muhammad Nabi Khan     Zobaida Begum     Rehana Begum   Hakeem Ahmad Nabi Khan

Compilation:

Mustayeen Ahmed Khan

Brumath