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Khan Bahadur Nawab Syed Nejat Hussain Khan "Ashki" of Azeemabad

Nawab Syed Nejat Hussain Khan belonged to the Royal Family of Azeemabad, who got awarded with the title of "Khan Bahadur" by the British Government of India in 1860.

Nawab Sahab belonged to the Rizvi lineage, tracing of the family origin gets connected to the family tree of Prophet Muhammad.

He was from the family of 9th Shia Imam, Muhammad-al-Jawwad.

Family Background

The Rizvis arrived in India during the Mughal Period, Nawab Sahab's family came here as traders, during the reign of Nur-ud-din Mohammad Salim, popularly known by his emperial name "Jahangir" and settled here at the bank of river Ganges in the city of Patna, The city was vacant, after the decline of the Sur Empire, and since, the Syeds were considered reliable and trustworthy, they family choosed the land at the bank of river Ganga, and continued the Jewel trade. Since the family was a reputed one, and had a great historical significance the members got placed as high ranked officials in the Mughal army and were awarded with jaagirs in mongheyr, (nowadays a district in Bihar), the family comprised of scholars, intellectuals and marvelous swordsmen there for they had a place in the empirical functioning and proceedings. As the time passed, the family turned up as the Jaagirdar.