My Elders
41 Photots
1902 Masonic Lodge Ferozpur
Syed Maratib Ali 1883-1961 (Father)
1925 Farewell Party to 2nd Bn. The Northamptonshire Regiment, on their transfer to Karachi from Lahore
1927 Deputation of The All India Army Contractors Association, Simla
1927 Farewell Party given to Major General Alexander Wadrop, District Commander, Lahore
1927 Wedding of Syed Amjad Ali
Syeda Mubarik Begum 1888-1969 (Mother)
1930 Canteen Contractors Syndicate meeting in Simla
1930 Chief Guest General Claude Auchinleck in Peshawar
Faqir Syed Iftikharuddin, maternal grandfather (1868-1914)
1930 Garden Party at Nasheman on Davies Road, Lahore
1930 Syed Ahsan Ali
Syed Wajid Ali 1911-2008 (Brother)
1932 Finals of Durand Football Tournament in Simla hosted by Syed Maratib Ali; Guest of Honour Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India
1932 Guests entertained at a Luncheon Party given by K.B. Syed Maratib Ali at Hotel Cecil Simla
Syed Amjad Ali 1906-1997 (Brother)
1933 Farewell Tea Party given to Lieut-General Sir Alexander E. Wardrop KCB, CMG,Quarter Master General in India by All India Army Contractors Association at Davico’s Ballroom Simla
1935 Syed Maratib Ali after investiture by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London
1937 The Governor, Deputy Governors and Directors of the Central Board of The Reserve Bank of India with guests at a Tea Party given by Syed Maratib Ali at Delhi
1941 Syed Amjad Ali’s house in Srinagar, Kashmir
1946 Lahore, Dinner by Syed Maratib Ali in honour of Justice Sir Syed Fazle Ali of Patna
1948 Bahujee and Khala Mahbub (Mother & ‘Khala’)
1950 Mr. Zahid Hussain, Governor State Bank with Syed Maratib Ali in Lahore
1955 Syed Akhtar Ahsan
1960 Syed & Mrs. Maratib Ali in Nasheman Gulberg
1960 Syed Wajid Ali with Pandit Nehru on his visit to Karachi
1960 U.N. Secretary General U. Thant at lunch at Lahore residence of Syed Wajid Ali
1965 With mother at 70 FCC
1990 Family gathering at Eid at Syed Amjad Ali’s residence in Lahore
Captain Rahat Saeed Chhatari, Major Faqir Syed Ehtashamuddin and Captain F.S. Salimuddin
Delhi 1942 Reception in honour of Field Marshall Auchinleck, Commander in Chief , India.
Faqir Syed Iftikharuddin
Faqir Syed Jalaluddin, my mother’s uncle
Field Marshall Auchinleck’s portrait presented to Sir Syed Maratib Ali
Graves of my parents
March 4, 1959 – Nasheman, Lahore – 55th Wedding Anniversary of Syed & Begum Maratib Ali; Syed & Begum Asad Ali who were married on February 27, 1959 appear prominently in this family photograph
Maulana Syed Zafar Mehdi (buried next to )
Nawab Ahmad Saeed Chhatari
Syed Afzal Ali 1909-1969 (Brother)
Wedding of Syed Wajid Ali 1940 L to R Syed Amjad Ali, Syed Maratib Ali, Syed Wajid Ali, Syed Ahsan Ali, Governor Punjab Sir Henry Craik and Mr. Haswari (Father-in-law of Syed Wajid Ali)