Kalb Ali Khan
Hajji Nawab Kalb Ali Khan Bahadur was a Nawab of the princely state of Rampur from 1865 to 1887. Succeeding his father, Sir Nawab Yusef [Ali Khan Bahadur], he continued his father's good works, expanding the Rampur library, constructing the Jama Masjid costing Rs.3 lakhs and encouraging the spread of education, irrigation, architecture, literature and art in general. A gifted ruler, Sir Kalb Ali Khan was highly literate in Arabic and Persian and patronised scholars from across India and the Islamic world. He was a member of John Lawrence's governance council from 1878 to his death, attended the Delhi Durbar of Queen Victoria and was granted a personal salute of 17-guns.
He was also an Urdu-language writer and essayist and poet of ghazals.
He was succeeded at his death in 1887, aged 55, by his son, Muhammad [Mushtaq Ali Khan Bahadur].
Honours
- Knight Grand Commander of the [Order of the Star of India] -1875
- Prince of Wales's Gold Medal-1875
- Empress of [India Medal] in Gold-1877
- Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire -1878