Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bhopal, Nawab Shah Jehan, Begam of
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BHOPAL, NAWAB SHAH JEHAN, BEGAM OF (1838–1901)
Born July 3, 1838: proclaimed ruler of Bhopal, Jan. 10, 1847, her mother, Sikandar Begam (q.v.) being Regent: abdicated May 1, 1860, in favour of her mother, on whose death, Oct. 30, 1868, she succeeded to the government of the State: she married, first Bakshi Bahi Muhammad Khan, (who died 1867), and had one daughter, the present Nawab Sultan Jehan Begam: and second in 1871, her Prime Minister, Nawab Maulvi Muhammad Sadik Hussein, of a noble Bokhara family: she was made G.C.S.I, in 1872, and administered her State with ability, benevolence, and loyalty to the Government of India: Member of the Order of the Crown of India: died June 16, 1901.