Rahimabad

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Rahimabad is a village in Pakistan approx. 24 kilometres west of Sadiqabad in Rahimyar Khan District. It was founded by Sardar Mir Alam Khan Leghari and brothers, sons and heirs of Sardar Mohammad Rahim Khan Leghari (I) Leghari Sardar and Tumandar, around 1860. (See also Leghari)

The Leghari Estate of Rahimabad was awarded to the sons of Sardar Mohammad Rahim Khan Leghari by the Amir of Bahawalpur: H.H. Hafiz ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nawab Amir Muhammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi IV Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Nawab of Bahawalpur.

Sardar Noor Mohammad Khan Leghari(I) was the architect behind the development of Rahimabad and the rise to prominence of the Leghari family in the area. Sardar Allah Buksh Khan Leghari was his cousin, & Sardar Mohammad Rahim Khan Leghari(II) was his elder brother.

[edit] Sons,Grandsons & heirs of Sardar Noor Mohammad Khan Leghari

  • Sardar Qadir Baksh Khan Leghari,Police Officer & Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Mohammad Afzal Khan Leghari,Revenue Minister, Bahawalpur State
  • Sardar Mohammad Rahim Khan Leghari(III),Police Commissioner of Bahawalpur State & DIG Pakistan Police
  • Sardar Mohammad Akbar Khan Laghari Government Official, Bahawalpur State
  • Sardar Mohammad Ajmal Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Mohammad Amin Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Mohammad Akmal Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist & Industrialist
  • Sardar Allahdad Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Mir Alam Khan Leghari(II),Notable Agriculturist & Industrialist
  • Sardar Majeed Khalid Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist & Industrialist
  • Sardar Noor Illahi Khan Leghari,Inspector General of Police, Director Intelligence Bureau, Chairman PIAC,Mananging Director Pakistan minting corporation (elder of Rahimabad)
  • Sardar Fazal Illahi Khan Leghari,Barrister,Notable Agriculturist & entrepreneur
  • Sardar Mushtaq Ahmed Khan LaghariAir Vice Marshal (Pakistan Air Force), Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates
  • Sardar Noor Mohammed Khan Leghari(II),Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Abdul Hameed Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Abdul Samad Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Nur-ul-Amin Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Moin Akmal Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist & Industrialist
  • Sardar Nadir Akmal Khan Leghari,Member of the Provincial Assembly, Sindh - Minister for Irrigation, Sec. General PML (Q)(Sind)
  • Sardar Abdullah Khalid Khan Leghari, Civil Aviation Authority
  • Sardar Zafar Elahi Khan Leghari,Educational Professional,Regional Director of The City School
  • Sardar Ali Afzal Khan Leghari, TCS Pakistan

[edit] Sons,Grandsons & heirs of Sardar Mohammad Rahim Khan Leghari(II)

  • Sardar Mehmood Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Allah Wasaya Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Mureed Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Saleem Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist & Industrialist
  • Sardar Shah Nawaz Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Haq Nawaz Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist(HAQ FARM)
  • Sardar Mehboob Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Saifullah Khan Leghari,Government official Bahawalpur State & Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Nazir Ahmad Khan Leghari, DG Local Government and retired as Joint Director Industries
  • Sardar Aurangzeb Khan Leghari,TV Star
  • Sardar Sala-ud-Din Khan Leghari,Civil Services Officer govt. of Pakistan (foreign affairs)
  • Sardar Iqbal Ahmad Khan Leghari,Education Professional
  • Sardar Liaquat Ali Khan Leghari,Commissioner Income Tax
  • Sardar Shaukat Ali Khan Leghari,Naib Nazim of Rahimabad (2005-08),Nazim of Rahimabad(2008)
  • Sardar Muhammad Haroon Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist & Enterpreneur
  • Sardar Muhammed Ahmed Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Abdul Ghaffar Khan Leghari,Religious Scholar
  • Dr. Sardar Shehzad Nazir Khan Leghari, Enterpreneur

[edit] Sons,Grandsons & heirs of Sardar Allah Buksh Khan Leghari

  • Sardar Ghulam Haider Khan leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Ghulam Safder Khan Leghari,Notable Agriculturist
  • Sardar Ghulam Asghar khan leghari, Bahawalpur State Police & DIG Pakistan Police
  • Sardar Sikander Hayat Khan Leghari, Former nazim of Rahimabad
  • Sardar Rafiq Haider Khan Leghari, Current District Nazim of Rahimyar Khan, Ex-Minister for Excise & Taxation, Punjab
  • Sardar Muhammad Aslam khan Leghari, well known personality of Rahimabad
  • Sardar Muhammad Azhar Khan Leghari, 3 time Member of the Provincial Assembly, Punjab
  • Sardar Mohammad Arshad khan Leghari, Nazim of Rahimabad (2005-08),Member National Assembly of Pakistan MNA 2008
  • Capt. (Retd.)Sardar Umer khan Leghari, former chairman and naib chairman of rahimabad (1987-1990)
  • Sardar Hafeez Khan Leghari