Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 10
10 As can be seen from this family tree, Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail's father was Ḥaḍrat Mir Nasir Nawab ra , his grandfather was Sayyed Muhammad Nasir Ameer, and great grandfather was Mir Hashim Ali. The f ather of Mir Hashim Ali was Mir Ihtisham Ali, and Mir Ihtisham Ali's father was Khwaja Muhammad Aasim (died 1738), who was a decorated army general in the Mughal A rmy and had earned the military title of "Nawab Khan - e - Dauran" on account of his meritorious services. Mir Hashim Ali married Bi Naseera Begum, who was the daughter of Shah Muhammad Naseer Ranj, who in turn, was the grandson of Ḥaḍrat Khwaja Mir Dard (1720 - 1785), an eminent saint of his time and a renowned poet as well. The marriage of Mir Hashim Ali and Bi Naseera Begum brought together two prominent fa milies of the Husaini Sayyeds settled in Delhi, the family of Khwaja Muhammad Aasim and the family of Khwaja Mir Dard. Khwaja Muhammad Aasim was a descendant of Ḥaḍrat Sayyed Muhammad Alauddin Attar (1319 - 1400), a renowned saint and Khwaja Mir Dard was a descendant of Ḥaḍrat Sayyed Muhammad Bahauddin Naqshband (1317 - 1389), another notable saint who was also the founder of the Naqshband Order of Islamic M ysticism. Both of these sages are ranked among the great est Muslim saints of Bukhara, both were descendants of Ḥaḍrat Imam Husain and both were spiritual leaders of the Naqshband Ṣūf ī Order. Ḥaḍrat Khwaja Mir Dard ra was the m aternal grandfather of the maternal grandfather of the p aternal grandfather of Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra. Khwaja Mir Dard's father, Ḥaḍrat Khwaja Muhammad Nasir ra was another