Kalb Ali Khan

Hajji Nawab Kalb Ali Khan Bahadur (1832 – 23 March 1887) 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.

Nawab Kalb E Ali Khan Bahadur of Rampur
Nawab of Rampur Chief of the Rhohilla His Highness, ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Haji, Nawab Khuld Ashiyan
Rampur
Reign	1865-1887
Predecessor	Nawab Muhammad Yusef Ali Khan Bahadur
Successor	Nawab Muhammad Mushtaq Ali Khan Bahadur
Chief of the Rohilla
Reign	1865-1887
Predecessor	Nawab Muhammad Yusef Ali Khan
Successor	Nawab Mushtaq Ali Khan
Born	1834 Aonla
Died	23 March 1887 Qila-E-Mualla, Rampur
Burial	Mausoleum of Hafiz Jamalullah
Names Nawab Kalb E Ali Khan Bahadur Rohilla Regnal name His Highness, ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Haji Nawab Sir Muhammad Kalb-i-‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab Khuld Ashiyan, Nawab of Rampur, GCSI, CIE
House	Rohilla (by Adoption)
Father	Nawab Muhammad Yusef Ali Khan
Mother	Nawab Firuz Un Nisa Begum Sahiba
Religion	Islam

Sir Kalb Ali Khan, Nawab of Rampur.

He was also an Urdu-language writer and essayist and poet of ghazals.[1]

He was succeeded at his death in 1887, aged 55, by his son, Muhammad Mushtaq Ali Khan Bahadur.