This is what Colonel Sleeman has written in his wonderful book, "A Tour in Oude Col Sleeman " After 1860
In the year 1860 the British reorganized the province and they created a new Taluqa with the name Miyanganj and Maulvi Habib ur Rahman was enlisted as the Taluqdar of Miyanganj is a populated town about 18 miles north east of Unnao district centre, upon a road from Lucknow to Safipur. Formerly it was called Bhopatpur and was named “MIYANGANJ” by Miyan Almas Ali Khan, a eunuch and finance minister under Asaf ud daulah in 1771 A.D. A fine bridge was built by him here over Sai river. The uprising was crushed here in 1857. After Maulvi Sahib was enlisted as the Taluqdar of Miyanganj , he continued to stay at his headquarters Asiwan and most of his landed properties were in Safipur , Mohan, Purwa, Fatehpur Chaurasi area.
Later life & Death
Maulvi Habib ur Rahman did not have any child for a very long time therefore in order to clarify on the issue of succession as per the norms, he had to adopt & nominate a successor for himself. His choice fell on a young guy who was a son of his dedicated servant Lal Khan. The boy Wasi uz Zaman, son of Lal Khan ,a servant of Maulvi Sahib was adopted and nominated as “Khalaf” (Successor) of Maulvi Sahib in case of his death. Now as the luck would have it, few years before the death of Maulvi Habib ur Rahman in around 1870 his wife bore him two sons one after another and both were named , Khalil-ur-rahman and Jalil-ul-Rahman. Unfortunately when both were toddlers, their father Maulvi Habib-ur-Rahman passed away on 27 September 1875 leaving them orphan. The cause of death has also been shrouded in mystery so far. Anyway their courageous mother Fasulan Bibi did not lose heart and asked Wasi uz Zaman to manage the estate whereas she supervised the whole affairs behind the veil. Since both the rightful successors were minors, the Taluka went into the court of wards
Sir,
ReplyDeleteIt is submitted for all the general public that some 2 1/2 years back i.,e. in May/June,2010, the 04th Generation of family members of Sir Col. Henry Sleeman do visited to our Jabalpur City, situated in the Midst India - Madhya Pradesh State- by doing a small camping of two days.
In this course, they paid a visit to all the historical places like the renowned Christ Church Senior Secondary School and also the place of Sir Sleeman i.e. the renowned Sleemanabad where the everlasting Memorial of his highness can be seen even today marking it as a remarkable history of those traditional anglo days.
During this visit, a good publicity as well was given for the honour of Col Sleeman in all the renowned local newspapers in Jabalpur with all courtesy and hospitality for the kind visit of the 04th Generation of Lord Sleeman.
Submitted with best regards.
Shekher Iyer - Jabalpur( M.P.)
Mo No. 0/99816 89134