Personal Life
A man of regal charm with a large repertoire of jokes, Khan was a patron of Indian culture and the arts, favoured by royalty in the pre- independence days when British colonial India encompassed scores of princedoms and kingdoms.
In 1956, Sayyid Zulfikar Ali Khan Bahadur married Her Highness Nawab Mehtab Dulhan uz-Zamani Roshan Ara Noor Bano Begum Sahiba (11 November 1939-), the daughter of Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Nawab of Loharu. The couple had one son and two daughters:
1. Nawabzada Sayyid Muhammad Kazim 'Ali Khan Bahadur (16 October 1960-), who succeeded as Nawab of Rampur. Succeeded on the death of his father as head of the Royal House of Rampur, 5 April 1992. MLA for Swar Tanda Uttar Pradesh state assembly since 2002, Minister for Minority Welfare & Haj Affairs 2003, and Minister of State for Tourism since 2006. Chair Uttar Pradesh Tourism Development Corp since 2003, and Uttar Pradesh Minorities Financial & Development Corp. Convenor The Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) - Rohilkhand Chapter. Mbr Raza Library Brd 1993-2002. m. at Bangalore, 28 December 1987, H.H. Nawab Firda uz-Zamani Yaseen Sultan Jahan Begum Sahiba (b. at Hyderabad, 27 March 1968), younger daughter of Meherban Nawab ‘Abdu’l Rashid Khan Sahib Bahadur, Diler Jang, Nawab of Savanur, by his wife, Nawab Safinaz Jahan Begum Sahiba. He has two sons:
a) Nawabzada Sayyid Ali Muhammad Khan Bahadur (16th, February 1989-)
b) Nawabzada Sayyid Haider Ali Khan Bahadur (19th March, 1990-)
2.Kaniz-i-Rabab Nawabzadi Saman Begum Sahiba (17 November 1957-)(d/o Noor Bano Begum) married to Sahibzada Irfan 'Ali Khan, son of Nawabzada Yunus 'Ali Khan, of Najibabad. She has two sons:
a) Abbas Asadu'llah Khan (27th, July-)
b) Ahmad 'Abdu'llah Khan (26th, May 1993-)
3.Kaniz-i-Shaharbanu Nawabzadi Saba Begum Sahiba (2 February 1959-)(d/o Noor Bano Begum) married to Badar Durrez Ahmed (born at Shillong, 16th March 1956). Lecturer in Economics St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ 1977-1979, enrolled as an Advocate 1980, served in chambers of Siddhartha Shanker Ray 1980-1983, practised independently 1983-1986, partner "Lawyers Associated" 1986-2000, Judge of the Delhi High Court since 2002, Sec. Ghalib Institute, son of H.E. Dr Fakhruddin ‘Ali Ahmed, President of India (24 August 1974 - 11 February 1977) by his wife, Abida Begum, of Haldoi. She has one daughter and one son:
a) Zulnoor Ali Ahmed (15 November 1986-)
b) Mahira Ali Ahmed (Mahira Ali Soomar)(25 August 1981-) married to Murtaza Ali Soomar. She has one son- Aariz Ali Soomar (11 November 2011-)
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