Babi dynasty

Babi dynasty
CountryJunagadh State
Radhanpur State
Balasinor State
Bantva Manavadar
Sardargarh Bantva
Founded1554
FounderSherkhanji Babi
Current headNawab Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi (Balasinor)
Final rulerMuhammad Mahabat Khan III (Junagadh)
Mortaza Khan (Radhanpur)
Muhammad Salabat Khan (Balasinor)
Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji )(Manavadar)
TitlesNawab of Junagadh
Nawab of Radhanpur
Nawab of Balasinor
Nawab of Bantva Manavadar
Nawab of Sardargarh Bantva

The Babi dynasty[1] was a Pashtun dynasty that formed the ruling royal houses of various kingdoms and later princely states.[2] The Babai community, originally of Afghan descent, largely resides in India and some parts of Pakistan.[3] The community traces its royal origins to the dynasty founded by Sherkhanji Babi in 1654, who was himself a ruler from the dynasty's founding until 1690.[4] The last Nawab of the British Indian princely state of Junagadh, Sir Muhammad Khanji, signed an Instrument of Accession and acceded his princely state of Junagadh, as well as its vassal state of sardargadh, Bantva Manavadar, to the Dominion of Pakistan after the Partition of British India in 1947. However, the Dominion of India did not recognize the accession and annexed the princely state shortly afterwards.

  1. ^ "Babi royal family brings their cuisine to Ahmedabad". The Indian Express. 2019-04-01. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. ^ Indian Journal of Secularism. Centre for Study of Society & Secularism (Mumbai, India). 2002. p. 31.
  3. ^ "AfghanTribes". afghantribes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  4. ^ Henry Soszynski. "Junagadh". Members.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2016-08-07.