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The city of Lahore, now in Pakistan, has had many notable families in its history, who have contributed significantly to politics, society, the creative arts, sports and other fields. Notable individuals are listed elsewhere. ==List== * The ''Fakir Khana'' Family, who own and run the famous Fakir Khana Museum in the Old City. * The ''Hakim Khana'' Family which has produced Hakim Ahmad Shuja, the writer and poet who chronicled the life of the Bhati Gate area of Old Lahore, and his son Anwar Kamal Pasha, the noted early film director of Pakistan who married the actress Shamim Bano. American feminist Islamic scholar Dr Riffat Hassan, Pakistani jurist and legal expert Syed Afzal Haider, Pakistan Television Corporation's former director-producer Yawar Hayat Khan and renowned Pakistani poet and scholar Omer Tarin are also related from their maternal side to this family. * The Family of Hakeem Syed Buzurg Shah (after whom Mohalla Buzurg Shah and Kucha Buzurg Shah are named around Moti Bazar), his son, Barrister, and later Justice, Syed Abbas Ali Shah (Downing College, Cambridge University 1908) who were neighbours of Hakeem Ahmad Shuja. * The family of Hakeem Hakeem Syed Alim Shah after whom is the Imambara Hakeem Alim Shah inside Mochi Darwaza. He was survived by a daughter who was married to Justice Abbas Ali Shah, see above. * The family of Khan Sahib Dr Syed Muhammad Hussain founder of Muslim Town and Syed Muhammad Hussain TB Sanatorium at Samli, Murree. He was Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal's neighbour in the walled city and then founded and moved to Muslim Town. His brother in law Khan Bahadur Syed Mahmud Shah and son Col. BH Sayed are also well known. His father Khan Bahadur Syed Alim Shah, CIE of Gurdaspur was founding member of the Anjuman e Himayat e Islam when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan raised the call. * The family of Maulana Syed Mohsin Ali Shah Sabzwari, Mujtahid Najafi, Qummi, of Mochi Darwaza, who is buried inside Karbala Gamay Shah; and his son Maulana Syed Altaf Ali Shah who were prominent Shia scholars. * The Family of Pir Syed Sadiq Ali Shah of Sanda Kalaan, and his sons Col. Syed Fida Hussain Naqvi and Col. Syed Azhar Hussain Naqvi. His home is called Imambargah Col. Fida Hussain Shah. * * The family of Masih ul Mulk Hakim Ajmal Khan renowned physician, healer, philanthropist and an advocate of social harmony. He belonged to Khandan e Sharifi who were Physicians at the Mughal Court. * The ''Syed Maratib Ali'' Family,〔Also related to the Fakir Khana and Hakim Khana families, above〕 of businessmen, diplomats and philanthropists, including Syed Amjad Ali, Syed Babar Ali, Syed Wajid Ali and others. Founders, among other things, of the Lahore University of Management Sciences. * The Ansari family, of Wazir Khan〔Also related to the Hakim Khana and Fakir Khana families, above, present in Lahore since at least the 11th-12th centuries AD〕 the Mughal minister who made the famous Wazir Khan Mosque. * The famous Nawab Arain Mian Family Baghbanpura, Lahore, traditional custodians of the famed Shalimar Gardens, which produced many important figures from Mughal to British times. * The ''Chughtai'' Mughal family of exquisite craftsmen, who have long lived in the Old/Walled City of Lahore and gave the world a painter and artist of the calibre of Abdur Rahman Chughtai. * The Qizilbash family, of Nawab Fateh Ali Khan Qizilbash, Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash and others, including Shahtaj Qizilbash in more recent times. *The "Sheikh family" of one of the great philanthropists and a saint of the pre-partition times, Maulvi Sultan Muhammad (alias Notan Wala Baba) and his nephew- a well-known publisher (late)Sheikh Muhammad Bashir (Sheikh Muhammad Bashir and Sons Urdu Bazar Lahore). * The very notable ''Shaikh/Qadir'' family, of Sir Abdul Qadir and his son, Justice Manzur Qadir. * The ''Mian'' (Barood Khana) family,.〔See relations also with the Sialkoti-Kashmiri family of Allama Iqbal, above〕 The Kashmiri family owners of the Haveli Barood Khana. Including former Lord Mayor of Lahore Mian Amiruddin, his brother ex-Governor Mian Aminuddin and Lahore's very popular socialite and cultural figure, Mian Yousuf Salahuddin. * The ''Majithia Sardars'', the family of the valiant Sikh Khalsa Army general Sardar Lehna Singh, whose son Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia was later a big banker/financier of Lahore and a social reformer, establishing and donating generously to such projects as the Dayal Singh College, Lahore and the Dyal Singh Memorial Public Library, and who was a disciple of Raja Rammohun Roy and follower of the Brahmo Samaj. * The ''Mangtanwala/Doulat Ram Family'', which produced the famous engineer and philanthropist, Sir Ganga Ram—designer of the General Post Office, Lahore, the present Lahore Museum,〔Completed 1894. Rudyard Kiplings father John Lockwood Kipling was curator at an earlier building, immortalized in ''Kim'' (1901); see ''Murray's Handbook of the Punjab'' 1883〕 Aitchison College, the present National College of Arts and others; and he also established the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, as a charitable cause. * Famous Kashmiri families of three Khwajgaan, Khan Bahadur Khwaja Rahim Bakhsh, Khwaja Karim Bakhsh and Khwaja Amir Bakhsh. They resided in their famous house, Lily Lodge in Bhatti Gate. Renowned Lawyer Khwaja Ferozuddin Ahmad, Bar-at-Law, his sons legendary Composer Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, legendary English journalist and Chief Editor of The Pakistan Times Khwaja M.Asif, legendary lawyer Khwaja Sultan Ahmad and Khwaja M.Afzal, lawyer Khwaja Haris Ahmed, English Poet Khwaja Waqas Ahmad. * The Sialkoti Kashmiri family of Pakistan's national poet, ''Allama'' Dr Sir Muhammad Iqbal, and his son former Justice Javid Iqbal. * The ''Faiz-Hashmi'' family, to which belong such celebrities as poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Alys Faiz, Salima Hashmi, Shoaib Hashmi and Adeel Hashmi. * The Zoroastrian ''Bhandara Family'', originally from village Bhandara in Maharashtra, India, and owners of the Murree Brewery, Pakistan, including the late Peshton Bhandara, Minocher Bhandara, Isphanyar Bhandara and the renowned Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa (née Bhandara). * The Najmuddin family of prominent Pakistani Christian educationalists, who run the famous Joan McDonald School in Lahore and Islamabad, and a lady from which family was one of the early principals/administrators of the Kinnaird College. Former Pakistani Inspector-general of Police Dr Dilshad Najmuddin also belongs to this family. * The ''Kapur Family'', including Indian filmmaker J.K. Kapur and Shekhar Kapur, acclaimed Indian film director and producer. * The ''Saigol'' Family of businessmen and industrialists, owners of the Saigol Group. * The ''Sharif family'' of businessmen-politicians, who own and run the Sharif Group and Ittefaq Group. * The ''Kardar'' Arain family which produced the actor and director Abdur Rashid Kardar and the cricketer Abdul Hafeez Kardar. * The ''Mian Saeed'' Arain family which also produced notable cricketers Muhammad Saeed and Yawar Saeed, also related to cricketer Fazal Mahmood. * Members of the famed musical Patiala gharana, some of whom such as ''Ustads'' Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amanat Ali Khan, Asad Amanat Ali Khan, Fateh Ali Khan, Hamid Ali Khan and others, have long graced this city with their classical virtuosity. * The Butt Kashmiri family of ''Pehlwans'', famed for their Pehlwani wrestling skills, which includes The Great Gama, Zubair alias ''Jhara'' and others; originally from Amritsar, Punjab, British India. * The Kashmiri Muslim ''Manto'' family, migrants from Ludhiana, of the writer Saadat Hasan Manto, and also his niece the historian Ayesha Jalal. * The ''Cornelius'' family, Christian settlers originally from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, British India, the most famous member of which was Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius. * The ''Nevile'' family, once residents of Lahore who migrated to India, and one of whom is the well-known Indian author, scholar and expert on Lahore's pre-1947 history, Pran Nevile, whose book 'Lahore – A Sentimental Journey' (1992) is a sympathetic and loving memoir to his ancestral home. * The Syed ''Kazim'' family, which includes well-known lawyer Syed Raza Kazim and Juggan Kazim, actress. * The 'Sheikh' family of Kucha Chabaksawaran Mochi Gate, produced Editor of 'The Civil and Military Gazette' and 'The Pakistan Times' Hamid Sheikh and his son daily 'Dawn' columnist Majid Sheikh. * The Mian Family in Salamat Pura . Mian M Nafees Bashir, grand son of Mian Ghulam Muhammad noted in Medical and Banking industries along with Business. * The ''Mir'' Kashmiri family of popular columnist and journalist 'Zeno' (Safdar Mir) and actor Asif Raza Mir. * The Roman Catholic ''Chaudhrys'' who came from the Salt Range area of the Punjab and settled in Lahore, where Elmer Chaudhry remained the chief photographer of ''The Times'', and his son Cecil Chaudhry was an officer of the Pakistan Air Force, and later a distinguished educational administrator. * The ''Taseer family'' of former governor of the Punjab, Salman Taseer. * The ''Mufti family'' headed by Azhaz ud din Mufti, which was prominent in business and has a street named after them. ==See also== * Lahore * Punjab region * Punjabi people * History of Punjab 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of families of Lahore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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