Mian Family Baghbanpura
The Shalimar Gardens in Baghbanpura, Lahore.
The Mian family of Baghbanpura is a prominent noble family of Lahore, Pakistan.[1]
Belonging to the Arain tribe of Punjab region, they originally owned the land near Baghbanpura on which the Shalimar Gardens were built. The land was handed to the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan and in return custodianship of the Shalimar Gardens was granted to the family in 1641.[2] The Mian family ceased to be custodians of the site in 1962, after the imposition of martial law in Pakistan by General Muhammad Ayub Khan.
Descendants of the Baghbanpura family now live in new localities of Lahore but still own large lands and the family graveyard in Baghbanpura.
Notable family members
- Mian Muhammad Yusaf Mehr Menga (Received title of Mian from emperor Shah Jahan)[3]
- Justice Mian Shah Din (1868–1918)[4] – First Muslim Judge in British India, Poet and Writer.
- Mian Mohammad Shafi (1869–1932) – Member Viceroy's Executive Council.
- Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz[5] – A Prominent Politician of Punjab in the 1920s.
- Justice Sir Mian Abdul Rashid – First Chief Justice of Pakistan (1947).
- Mian Iftikhar ud Din – (A Prominent Politician, owner of Pakistan Times and Daily Imroz, 1947–1962)
- Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz (1896) [6] – Founder All India Women Muslim League in 1935.
References
- ↑ The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947 by Tan Tai Yong pg.263
- ↑ Islam & Empire by David Gilmartin, published by University of California press, 1988
- ↑ Shalamar Bagh, World Heritage Series published by UNESCO
- ↑ Justice Shah Din: A Biography by Bashir Ahmad – Pub. 1962
- ↑ The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947 by Tan Tai Yong pg.263
- ↑ Father and Daughter: A Political Autobiography by Jahan Ara Shahnawaz – 1971 – 304 pages
Further reading
- History of Lahore, by Muhammad Latif, published in 1892