Draft:Bimlipatnam Eminent Families

Bimlipatnam, India

BRIEF HISTORY: A Zamindar estate, today a town, a municipality and mandal headquarters in Visakhapatnam District in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Bimlipatnam is the oldest municipal town in India after Surat. The founder of Bimlipatnam is a Muslim family. One branch of the family came from Hyderabad state as a jagir was given to them in Bimlipatnam by the Nizam of Hyderabad and the other branch of the family came from Nagapatnam as traders, and later on became the biggest zamindars of Bimlipatnam. The founders were the Jagirdars of Bimlipatnam and grew to a sizeable estate which is equivalent to a tiny princely state. The estate consisted of vast tracts of land consisting of several villages in the Bimlipatnam and the founding member was a II class magistrate who could fine up to Rs.500 in civil and criminal. The Bus Complex of Bheemunipatnam was donated by Darbar Malik Khader Shah Saheb Bahadur who was given a knighthood by the British government. The graveyard for Muslims and the only mosque in Bimlipatnam was donated by Darbar Malik Khader Shah Saheb Bahadur. The magistrate's legacy was hereditary hence the heirs were all ruling princes of the Zamindari estate. The famous Bollywood actress Zarina Wahab from "Chit Chor" fame married a famous Bollywood actor Aditya Panscholi belongs to the other branch of the family House of Bhimili. Since there was no primogeniture in the House of Bhimili hence there were Begums and the younger sons who had become the ruling princes and princesses. The place is also named Bheemunipatnam (official), Bhimunipattanam, Bimlipatam and Bheemili.

DYNASTY: Sheikh

QUALIFICATIONS AND TITLES:

Dynasty Head: The Darbar Sheikh of Bimlipatnam, Head of the Family Amir-e-Bhimili (Pce of Bhimili) and titular Nawab

DYNASTY HEAD: Darbar Sheikh Nawab Altaf Hussain, Darbar Sheikh of Bimlipatnam, PhD Swiss University, MBA Osmania University in Hyderabad, BBA Northwood University then Alabama A & M University USA, B.Com at Badruka Coll of Commerce (BCC), Sr Cambridge at St. George's Grammar School in Hyderabad, educ Saudi Arabia, SFS School in Seetammadhara, Visakhapatnam, °1971, X Begum Shabana Mirza Begum

CHILDREN:

1 Pcess Zaina Nihad, °2007

2 Pce Sheikh Ayaan Hussain, °2011

SISTER AND BROTHER:

1 Shahina Afsar

2 Sheikh Farooq

DYNASTY MEMBERS:

Children of Begum Khamarunnisa by Dr Syed Hussain:

1 Begum Jalalun Jahan Ara (see below, Predecessors)

2 Tajun Jahan Ara

Children of Darbar Malik Ibrahim by Begum Amina:

1 Mohammed Aziz

2 Begum Khamarunnisa (see below, Predecessors)

3 Abdul Rehman

Other:

1 Zarina Wahab, actress, model, educ Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), °Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 17/7/1959, X 1986 Aditya Pancholi, born Nirmal Pancholi, film actor, °Mumbai 12/9/1965, son of Rajan Pancholi, filmmaker, by Aruna

PREDECESSORS:

Darbar Malik Khader Shah Saheb Bahadur, X Begum Fatima. Parents of:

Darbar Malik Ibrahim, X Begum Amina. Parents of:

Begum Khamarunnisa, °1934, X Dr. Syed Hussain. Parents of:

Begum Jalalun Jahan Ara, °1954, X Sheikh Habibullah. Parents of:

Darbar Sheikh Nawab Altaf Hussain (see above, Dynasty Head)

The ruling prince

-Darbar Sheikh Nawab (Personal Name), Nawab of Bimlipatnam

The consort of the ruling prince

-Nawab (personal name) Begum Sahiba

The Heir Apparent

-Nawabzada (personal name), Wali Ahad Sahib

The younger sons of the ruling prince

-Nawabzada (personal name) Sahib

The daughters of the ruling prince

-Nawabzadi (personal name) Begum Sahiba

The male descendants of the ruling prince, in the male line

-Sahibzada (personal name) Sahib

The female descendants of the ruling prince, in the male line

-Sahibzadi (personal name) Begum

The more remote male descendants of the ruling prince

-Sardar (personal name) Sahib

The more remote female descendants of the ruling prince

-Sardar (personal name) Begum