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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Pahasu    
First Name(s)  Muhammad Paiz Ali Khan    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir Nawab Bahadur of    
Birth Year  1821    
Death Year  1894    
Entry  Born Aug. 26, 1821 : of the great Lalkani family of Muhammadan Rajputs, of the Bargujar clan : son of Murad Ali Khan (died 1858) : educated privately : in his father's lifetime became Paymaster and C. in C. of the Jaipur forces : during the mutiny, both his father and he behaved well : he marched with a force to aid the British at Delhi, but the force proved disloyal : he rescued the Customs officers and their families in Gurgaon. Faiz Ali Khan rendered good service in guarding the ferries over the Ganges and keeping the jail at Bulandshahr : rewarded with a large grant of land on favourable terms, and title of Khan Bahadur : was given a jagir by Jaipur : Prime Minister of Jaipur, 1863 : received, in 1869, titles, made hereditary in 1881 : C.S.I., 1870 : K.C.S.I., in 1876 : Member of the Baroda Commission, 1874 : Superintendent of the Kotah State : Attache to the Foreign Office, 1877 : Fellow of the Allahabad University : Member of the Provincial Legislative Council, and, 1877, representative of the Muhammadans in the Governor-General's Legislative Council : died Aug. 5, 1894.     
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