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{{Infobox nobility title
| name = Nawab of Bhopal
| image = Bhopal State CoA.png
| caption = '''Coat of arms of Bhopal'''
| creation_date = 1707
| first_holder = [[Dost Mohammad of Bhopal|Dost Mohammad Khan]] (1707–1728)
| last_holder = [[Hamidullah Khan]] (1926–1949)
| status = Title abolished
| extinction_date = 1 June 1949
| footnotes = {{Infobox family
|name = Mirazi Khel dynasty
|parent_family=[[Orakzai dynasty]]
|origin= Tirah
|country = [[Bhopal State]]
|founder = [[Dost Mohammad of Bhopal|Dost Mohammad Khan]]
|traditions = [[Sunni]] [[Islam]]
|motto = ''Nasr min Allah''<br>(God Givith Victory)
|other_families={{Collapsible list|[[Pataudi family]]|[[Paigah family]]|[[Tagore family]]|[[Barua|Barua family]]|[[Kapoor family]]|[[List of Hindi film families#Singh-Virk family|Singh-Virk family]]}}
|current_head=[[Saif Ali Khan]]{{cn|date=August 2021}}
}}
}}

The '''Nawabs of Bhopal''' were the [[Muslim]] rulers of [[Bhopal (state)|Bhopal]], now part of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. The [[nawab]]s first ruled under the [[Mughal Empire]] from 1707 to 1737, under the [[Maratha Empire]] from 1737 to 1818, then under [[British Raj|British rule]] from 1818 to 1947, and independently thereafter until it was [[Instrument of Accession|acceded]] to the Union of India in 1949.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kumāra |first1=Braja B. |title=Small States Syndrome in India |year=1998 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=9788170226918 |page=42 |chapter=Declaration of Sovereignty}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Śāha |first1=Aśoka |last2=Subherwal |first2=Gita |title=Vintage Bhopal |year=2011 |publisher=[[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Archaeology, Archives, and Museums, Government of Madhya Pradesh]] |location=Bhopal |isbn=9788189660161 |page=188}}</ref> The female nawabs of Bhopal held the title Nawab Begum of Bhopal.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Birdwood |first1=George |authorlink1=George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood |title=Kaisar-i-Hind |journal=[[The Athenaeum (British magazine)|The Athenaeum]] |date=25 November 1876 |issue=2562 |page=723 |publisher=John Francis |location=London}}</ref>

[[File:Dost Mohammad Khan Bhopal (cropped).jpg|thumb|Dost Mohammad Khan Bhopal founder of the Dynasty]]

==List of rulers of Bhopal==
===Nawabs of Bhopal===
[[File:Bhopali Ragini c. 1630-40 43182009.jpg|thumb|right|Nawabs of bhopal, c. 1630-1640]]
[[File:Bhopali Ragini, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) LACMA AC1999.127.31.jpg|thumb|A Nawab of Bhopal, 17-18th century]]
[[File:Bhopal Royal Family.jpg|thumb|Bhopal Royal Family: From left to right - Nawab [[Hamidullah Khan]], his wife Maimoona Sultan, their daughters - Rabia Sultan, [[Abida Sultan]], [[Sajida Sultan]] in London, 1932]]
# Nawab [[Dost Mohammad of Bhopal|Dost Muhammad Khan]] (circa 1672-1728); founded the [[Bhopal State|state of Bhopal]] in 1707 and ruled it until 1728. He also founded the city of [[Islamnagar, Bhopal|Islamnagar]], founded by Dost Mohammad Khan in 1716 and early 1720s.
# Nawab Sultan Muhammad (1720-?); ruled from 1728 to 1742.
#* Nawab Yar Muhammad Khan (1709-1742), Regent of Bhopal; 1728-1742.
# Nawab [[Faiz Mohammad Khan]] (1731-1777); ruled from 1742 to 1777.
# Nawab Hayat Muhammad Khan (1736-1807); ruled from 1777 to 1807.
# Nawab Ghaus Muhammad Khan (1767-1826); ruled from 1807 to 1826.
# Nawab Muiz Muhammad Khan (circa 1795-1869); ruled from 1826 to 1837.
# Nawab Jahangir Muhammad Khan (1816-1844); ruled from 1837 to 1844.

===Nawab Begums of Bhopal===

# Qudsia Begum, (ruler from 1819 to 1837) - In 1819, 18-year-old Qudsia Begum (also known as Gohar Begum) took over the reins after the assassination of her husband. She was the first female ruler of Bhopal. She declared that her 2-year old daughter Sikander will follow her as the ruler. None of the male family members dared to challenge her decision. She ruled till 1837 when she died having adequately prepared her daughter for ruling the state.
# [[Sikandar Begum|Nawab Sikandar Begum]] (ruled from 1860 to 1868)
# [[Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Begum Sultan Shah Jehan]] (ruled from 1844 to 1860 and 1868 to 1901) - Shahjahan was the only surviving child of Sikandar Begum, sometime Nawab of Bhopal by correct title, and her husband Jahangir Mohammed Khan. She was recognised as ruler of Bhopal in 1844 at the age of six; her mother wielded power as regent during her minority. However, in 1860, her mother Sikandar Begum was recognised by the British as ruler of Bhopal in her own right, and Shahjahan was set aside. During her reign the first postage stamps of the Bhopal state were issued. In 1876 and 1878 there were issues of half and quarter anna stamps. Those of 1876 have text "HH Nawab Shahjahan Begam" in an octagonal frame; the 1878 stamps the same text in a round frame and the Urdu form of the Begum's title. The last stamps bearing her name were issued in 1902 with inscription: "H.H. Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam".<ref>Stanley Gibbons Ltd. ''Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue''; 24th ed., 1959. London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd.' p. 153</ref>
# [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan]] (ruled from 1901 to 1926, died 1930)

===Titular rulers===

# [[Al-Haj]] [[Nawab]] [[Sir]] Hafiz Muhammad [[Hamidullah Khan]] Bahadur [[GCSI]], [[GCIE]], [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] (1894-1960); ruled from 1926-1947, serving as nominal ruler to his death in 1960. Last of the sovereign Nawabs of Bhopal.
#[[Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal]] (1915 - 1995); ruled from (1960-1971), titular Begum of Bhopal until 1971 when India abolished royal entitlements through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India.<ref>[http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm The 26th amendment of the Indian constitution]</ref>

====Family tree====

The family tree of the ruling dynasty is given below:{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

{{Tree list}}
*Sardar Khair Muhammad Khan [[Orakzai]] of the Mirazi Khel branch of the Orakzais of Tirah
**Mir Quli Khan siddiqui
***{{Tree list/final branch}} Mir Hazar Khan siddiqui
****{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Muhammad Jalal Khan Lohari (d. 1717)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Muhammad Yar Khan
******{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Dilawar 'Ali Khan
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Iman 'Ali Khan
********{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Hasan 'Ali Khan
*********{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Mansur Khan
**********{{Tree list/final branch}} Baqi Muhammad Khan (d. 1860s)
***********{{Tree list/final branch}} ''Nawab'' Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab Consort of Bhopal (1854-1902) m. 1874. [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''X. Nawab Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Order of the Crown of India|CI]], [[Order of the British Empire|GBE]] (1858-1930; r. 1901-1926, when she abdicated in favour of her son)
************{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XI. Hajji Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] (1894-1960; r. 1926-1949; titular Nawab and family head: 1949-1960)
*************{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XII. Mehr-i-Taj Sajida Sultan Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1915-1995; titular Nawab Begum and family head: 1960-1995 (legal status and recognition as Nawab Begum revoked December 1971). m. ''Nawab'' Muhammad Iftikhar 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Pataudi (1910-1952)
**************{{Tree list/final branch}} '''XIII. Sahela Sultan, titular Nawab Begum of Bhopal (1940 - 2020), Head of Royal House of Bhopal, m. Bashir Yar Jung and Muhammad Mansur 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Pataudi, ''' (1941-2011; titular Nawab of Pataudi: 1952-2011 (derecognised 1971);
***************{{Tree list/final branch}} '''XIV. Muhammad [[Saif Ali Khan]], Nawab of Pataudi''' (b. 1970; titular Nawab of Pataudi: 2011–present
****************{{Tree list/final branch}} ''Sahibzada'' Muhammad Ibrahim 'Ali Khan (b. 2001.)
**{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Khan Muhammad Khan
***{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Jan Muhammad Khan
****{{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Nur Muhammad Khan (d. 1714)
*****''Sardar'' Aqil Muhammad Khan (d. 1742) ''Wazir'' to Nawab Dost Muhammad Khan. Joint Nawab Regent of Bhopal: 1728-1742
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''I. Dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1672-1728; Nawab of Bhopal: 1723; r. 1723-1728)
******''Nawab'' Yar Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab Regent of Bhopal (1709-1742). Joint Nawab Regent of Bhopal: 1728-1742
*******[[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''III. Faiz Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1731-1777; r. 1742-1777)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''IV. Hayat Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1736-1807; r. 1777-1807)
********{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''V. Ghaus Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1767-1826; r. 1807-1826)
*********[[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''VI. Muiz Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (c. 1795?-1869; r. 1826-1837)
*********{{Tree list/final branch}} ''Nawab Begum'' Qudsia Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum Regent of Bhopal [[Order of the Crown of India|CI]] (1801-1881; Nawab Begum Regent of Bhopal: 1819-1837). m. ''Nawab'' Nasir Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab Regent of Bhopal (1793-1819; Regent of Bhopal: 1816-1819) and had issue - see below.
******[[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''II. Sultan Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1720-after 1742; r. 1728-1742)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} ''Nawabzada'' Fazil Muhammad Khan
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} ''Mian'' Sharif Muhammad Khan (d. 1787)
********{{Tree list/final branch}} ''Nawab'' Wazir Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab Regent of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal (1766-1816; Regent of Bhopal: 1808-1816)
*********''Mian'' Amir Muhammad Khan (d. 1854)
**********{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''VII. Jahangir Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1816-1844; r. 1837-1844). m. [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''VIII. Sikander Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' (1817-1868; Nawab Begum Regent of Bhopal: 1847-1860; Nawab Begum of Bhopal: 1860-1868)
***********{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''IX. Nawab Sultan Shah Jahan Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Crown of India|CI]] (1838-1901; r. 1844-1860, 1868-1901)
************{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''X. Nawab Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Order of the Crown of India|CI]], [[Order of the British Empire|GBE]] (1858-1930; r. 1901-1926, when she abdicated in favour of her son) m. ''Nawab'' Ahmad 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab Consort of Bhopal (1854-1902) - see above
*********{{Tree list/final branch}} ''Nawab'' Nasir Muhammad Khan Bahadur, Nawab Regent of Bhopal (1793-1819; Regent of Bhopal: 1816-1819). m. ''Nawab Begum'' Qudsia Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum Regent of Bhopal (1801-1881; Nawab Begum Regent of Bhopal: 1819-1837). and had issue:
**********{{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''VIII. Sikander Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal''' [[Order of the Star of India|GCSI]] (1817-1868; Nawab Begum Regent of Bhopal: 1847-1860; Nawab Begum of Bhopal: 1860-1868)
{{Tree list/end}}
[[File:Bhopal postage - HH Nawab Shahjahan Begam.png|thumb|1876 stamp issued during the reign of Nawab Begum Shahjahan]]
[[File:Bhopal Stage Postage and Revenue - 1 anna.png|1908 one anna stamp of Bhopal State|thumb]]

==See also==

* [[List of Sunni Muslim dynasties]]
* [[Pathans of Madhya Pradesh]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://apps.engr.utexas.edu/ethics/standards/bhopal/The%20Begums%20of%20Bhopal.pdf The Begums of Bhopal]

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