• Mughal Empire...........................................1526 - 1802
• Banu'l - ABBAS or DAUDPUTRA  (Emirs, full title from 05 Jan 1740 Nawab Amir)
• The Royal House of Bahawalpur is said to be of Arabic origin and claims descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, progenitor of the Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad and Cairo. Sultan Ahmad II, son of Shah Muzammil of Egypt left that country and arrived in Sindh with a large following of Arabs ca. 1370. He married a daughter of Raja Rai Dhorang Sahta, receiving a third of the country in dowry. Amir Fathu'llah Khan Abbasi, is the recognized ancestor of the dynasty. He conquered the Bhangarh territory from Raja Dallu, of Alor and Bhamanabad, renaming it Qahir Bela. Amir Muhammad Chani Khan Abbasi entered the imperial service and gained appointment as a Panchhazari in 1583. At his death, the leadership of the tribe was contested between two branches of the family, the Daudputras and the Kalhoras. Amir Bahadur Khan Abbasi abandoned Tarai and settled near Bhakkar, founding the town of Shikarpur in 1690. Daud Khan, the first of his family to rule Bahawalpur, originated from Scind where he had opposed the Afghan Governor of that province and was forced to flee. Later they assumed independence during the decline of the Durrani Empire and founded Bahawalpur state in 1802.
• Bahadur Khan II.........................................1690 - 1702
• Mubarak Khan I..........................................1702 - 1723 d. 1726
• Sadiq Mohammed Khan I...................................1723 - 11 Apr 1746
• Mohammed Bahawal Khan I..........................11 Apr 1746 - 12 Jun 1750
• Mubarak Khan II..................................12 Jun 1750 - 04 Jun 1772
• Mohammed Bahawal Khan II.........................04 Jun 1772 - 13 Aug 1809
• The mint at Bahawalpur was opened in 1802 by Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan II with the permission of Shah Mahmud of Kabul. On the rise of Ranjit Singh, the Nawab, Muhammad Bahawal Khan III, made several unsuccessful appeals to the British for protection.
• Sadiq Mohammed Khan II...........................13 Aug 1809 - 17 Apr 1826
• However as part of the 1809 Treaty of Lahore, Ranjit Singh was confined to the right bank of the Sutlej.
• Mohammad Bahawal III.............................17 Apr 1826 - 19 Oct 1852
• The first treaty with Bahawalpur was negotiated in 1833, the year after the treaty with Ranjit Singh for regulating traffic on the Indus. It secured the independence of the Nawab within his own territories, and opened up the traffic on the Indus and Sutlej. On 22 February 1833, Mohammad Bahawal III entered into subsidiary alliance with the British by which Bahawalpur was admitted as a princely state of British India. The political relations of Bahawalpur with the paramount power, as at present existing, are regulated by a treaty made in October, 1838, when arrangements were in progress for the restoration of Shah Shuja to the Kabul throne. During the first Afghan War, the Nawab assisted the British with supplies and allowing passage and in 1847-1848 he co-operated actively with Sir Herbert Edwardes in the expedition against Multan. For these services he was rewarded by the grant of the districts of Sabzalkot and Bhung, together with a life-pension of a lakh. On his death a dispute arose regarding the succession. He was succeeded by his third son, whom he had nominated for the throne in place of his eldest son.
• Sadiq Mohammed Khan III S/o M. Bahawal III.......19 Oct 1852 - 20 Feb 1853 d.1862
• The new ruler was, however, deposed by his elder brother, and obtained asylum in British territory, with a pension from the Bahawalpur revenues; he broke his promise to abandon his claims, and was confined in the Lahore fort, where he died in 1862.
• Fateh Mohammed Khan S/o M. Bahawal III...........20 Feb 1853 - 03 Oct 1858
• Mohammad Bahawal Khan IV.........................03 Oct 1858 - 25 Mar 1866
• In 1863 and 1866 insurrections broke out against the Nawab, caused by cruelty and misgovernment. The Nawab successfully crushed the rebellions; but in March, 1866, he died suddenly, not without suspicion of having been poisoned, and was succeeded by his son, Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan IV, a boy of four.
• Sadiq Mohammed Khan IV S/o M. Bahawal Khan IV...25 Mar 1866 - 14 Feb 1899
• Sadiq Muhammad Khan Bahadur was born in 1862. He became Nawab of Bahawalpur on 25 March 1866, after the death of his father Bahawal Khan IV. As he was still a minor, the British temporarily administered the region. After several endeavours to arrange for the administration of the country without active interference on the part of Government, it was found necessary, on account of disorganization and disaffection, to place the principality in British hands during his minority. The Nawab attained his majority in 1879, and was invested with full powers, with the advice and assistance of a council of six members. During the Afghan campaigns (1878-80) the Nawab placed the entire resources of his State at the disposal of the British Government, and a contingent of his troops was employed in keeping open communications, and in guarding the Dera Ghazi Khan frontier. He was invested with full ruling powers at Derawar Fort on 28th November 1879. During his governance, he ordered for construction of many buildings in Bahawalpur including Daulat Khana, Sadiq Garh Palace, Noor Mahal and Gulzar Mahal. On his death in 1899, he was succeeded by Muhammad Bahawal Khan V, who attained his majority in 1900, and was invested with full powers in 1903. The Nawab of Bahawalpur was entitled to a salute of 17 guns.
  • Begum Sahiba (female, Regent)...............25 Mar 1866 - 12 Feb 1879
  • Unknown Regent..............................14 Feb 1879 - 28 Nov 1879
• Mohammed Bahawal Khan V..........................14 Feb 1899 - 15 Feb 1907
• Full title: H.H. Rukn ud-Daula, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Al-Haj Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi V Bahadur.
  Mohammad Bahawal Khan V was the second son by the second wife of Nawab Amir Sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan Abbasi IV Bahadur. In 1899, when he was only fifteen, Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan V ascended the throne of Bahawalpur following his father's death. He reigned under a Council of Superintendence until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers in a ceremony attended by the Viceroy, Lord Curzon himself, at Derawar Fort on 12 November 1903. As Nawab of Bahawalpur he was entitled to a 17-gun salute.
  In 1902 Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan V was invited to London to attend the Coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra at Westminster Abbey. He set out from Karachi, but on the preliminary voyage to Bombay he suffered so severely from sea sickness that on landing there he cancelled the visit.
  On 15 February 1907 Mohammad Bahawal Khan V died of illness on a ship while sailing off the coast of Aden. He was succeeded by his only male heir, Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, who was then only 3 years old.
  • Leopold John Herbert Grey (Regent)..........14 Feb 1899 - 12 Nov 1903
  • He worked as a superintendent.
• Sadiq Mohammed Khan V............................15 Feb 1907 - 14 Oct 1955
• Full title: General His Highness Jalalat ul-Mulk, Rukn ud-Daula, Saif ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Mukhlis ud-Daula wa Muin ud-Daula, Al-Haji Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V Bahadur, Nusrat-i-Jung, Amir of the God-gifted Kingdom of Bahawalpur, GCSI, GCIE, KCVO.
• Born at Derawar on 29 September 1904, the only son and heir of Haji Nawab Muhammad Khan Abbasi V, Nawab of the state of Bahawalpur. When only two and a half, his father fell ill and died while at sea off the Aden coast, on 15 February 1907, leaving Sadiq as ruler of Bahawalpur. A Council of Regency, with Sir Rahim Bakhsh as its President, ruled on his behalf until 1922. At the age of 15, Sadeq fought in the Third Afghan War in 1919, was knighted in 1922 when he reached his majority and was invested with the throne two years later by Lord Reading. Sir Sadiq continued his military career in the British Indian Army, which he had begun as a Lieutenant in 1921; by 1932 he was a Major, by 1941 a Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding troops in the Middle East during the Second World War. Since 1933, he had also been a Member of the Chamber of Princes, and since 1940, a member of the Indian Defence Council. Promoted to Major-General in 1946, the following year, on 15 August 1947, Sir Sadiq was promoted to the title of Amir of Bahawalpur. He acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan a month later. In 1953, Sir Sadiq represented Pakistan at the installation of Faisal II of Iraq and at the coronation of Elizabeth II. Two years later, Sir Sadiq was promoted to General in the Pakistani Army, and the same year, he merged his state into West Pakistan while continuing to hold ruling powers. He died in London on 24 May 1966, aged 61, following a reign of 59 years and was succeeded by his eldest son, Haji Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi Bahadur.
  • Maulvi Rahim Baksh (Regent).................15 Feb 1907 - 01 Oct 1922
  • He was president of the council regency.
• Pakistan from 1948; Meditated 1955.
• Pretenders
• Sadiq Mohammed Khan V (continued)................14 Oct 1955 - 24 May 1966
• HH Nawab Amir Muhammed Abbas Khan Abbasi.........24 May 1966 - 14 Apr 1988
• Son of Sadiq Mohammad Khan V, born on 22nd March 1924 in Sadiqgarh Palace, Bahawalpur Distt. He got married with the daughter of Maulvi Shamsuddin.
• HH Nawab Amir Salauddin Ahmad Khan Abbasi........14 Apr 1988 - date
• Son of Muhammed Abbas Khan, born on 27th July 1946 at Al-Hilal, Kangra Valley. He has been elected five times as Member of National Assembly (MNA) from the city Ahmadpur East till 2012. Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi is also a strong campaigner of restoration of Bahawalpur province. He is married to HH Nawab Moniba Abbasi Begum and has two children: Nawabzadi Aneeza Abbasi (daughter) and Nawabzada Bahawal Abbasi (son).

• Prime Minister
• Richard Marsh Croften...................................1942 - 1947 d.1955
• Born in 1891. From 1945 onwards known as Sir Richard Marsh Croften.
• John Dring..............................................1948 - 1952 (b.1902 - d.1991)
• A. R. Khan..............................................1952 - 14 Oct 1955

Obverse: Date AH 1343 at the top. Toughra "Sadiq Muhammad Khan Khamas" in the center within double lined square. Design on both sides outside the center square. Value "یک پیسہ" (Yak Paisa) [One Paisa] written in Persian at the bottom.

Reverse:  "ضرب مملکت خداداد بهاولپور" (Zarb Mumlakat Khudadad Bahawalpur) [Struck at Allah's protected State of Bahawalpur] written outside the center square in four words starting from right side anti-clockwise. Four flowers above three branches within double lined square. Mintage: N/A. Minted Years: One year type. Ruler: Sadiq Mohammed Khan V Abbasi (1907-1955).

Note: This coin exists in both Copper and Bronze metals.

Obverse: Portrait of Sadiq Mohammed V facing left in the center. "Al-Haj Sadiq Mohammed V Abbasi" written around the portrait. Date "1940" written at the bottom with design on both sides.

Obverse: Portrait of Sadiq Mohammed V facing left in the center. "Al-Haj Sadiq Mohammed V Abbasi" written around the portrait. Date "1940" written at the bottom with design on both sides.

Obverse: Toughra "Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Khamas" in the center. Star and Crescent facing right on the right side of Toughra. 18 stars around the edge.

Reverse: "ضرب مملکت خداداد بهاولپور" (Zarb Mumlakat Khudadad Bahawalpur) [Struck at Allah's protected State of Bahawalpur] written at the top section. Star and Crescent facing upwards in the center. "یک روپیہ" (Yak Rupiya) [One Rupee] written in Persian at the bottom. Mintage: N/A. Minted Years: One year type. Ruler: Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V (1907-1955).

Note: This coin is possibly known to be a pattern. Krause publication mentions this coin as 6.50 grams. Some coin experts believe this issue as a modern concoction / recent fabrications, therefore must be regarded as fake. Varieties exist, both in thick and thin legends.