Nawab Begum of Bhopal
Nawab
Begum
Sajida Sultan Ali Khan Pataudi
(4 August 1915 ? 5 September 1995) was the daughter of the
Nawab of Bhopal
,
Hamidullah Khan
, and the wife and
Begum
Consort
of
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
, the 8th
Nawab of Pataudi
, and in her own right, the 12th
Nawab Begum of Bhopal
.
[1]
Biography
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Sajida Sultan was born on 4 August 1915 in the Qasr-e-Sultani Palace,
Bhopal
, to
Nawab
Hamidullah Khan
, last ruling
Nawab of Bhopal
and his wife, Begum Maimoona Sultan.
[1]
She was the second of three children; she had an older sister,
Abida Sultan
, and a younger sister, Rabia Sultan.
[2]
Sultan Jahan
, the
Begum of Bhopal
, was her grandmother, and her predecessor
Shah Jahan Begum
was her great-grandmother. The Pakistani diplomat
Shahryar Khan
, is her nephew through her sister Abida.
On 23 April 1939, Sajida married Nawab
Iftikhar Ali Khan
, 8th
Nawab of Pataudi
.
[3]
Together they had three daughters ? Saleha, Sabiha, and Qudsia ? and a son, the cricketer
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
.
[4]
Sher Ali Khan Pataudi
, the major general in the
Pakistan Army
was her brother-in-law by marriage. The actors
Saif Ali Khan
and
Soha Ali Khan
, the jewelry designer
Saba Ali Khan
and the cricketer
Saad Bin Jung
are her grandsons and granddaughters.
Sara Ali Khan
, an actress in the
Hindi film industry
is her great-granddaughter.
On 5 January 1952, Iftikhar Ali Khan died and Mansoor succeeded his father as the 9th titular
Nawab of Pataudi
.
[5]
In 1960, upon the death of her father, she became the titular ruler of Bhopal.
[6]
Her older sister, Abida, was the
heiress apparent
to the title but had emigrated to
Pakistan
in 1950 and declined to return to Bhopal permanently; her son declined also.
[6]
Sajida was formally recognised as the Nawab Begum of Bhopal in 1962, with recognition being effective from 1960.
[6]
[7]
She died on 5 September 1995 at the age of 80. Mansoor Ali Khan subsequently became the
mutawalli
of the Auqaf-e-Shahi of Bhopal, a title which is currently held by her granddaughter Saba Ali Khan.
[8]
Issue
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See also
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References
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a
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d
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Subhan and I: My Adventures with Angling Legend of India
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.
Dawn
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Archived
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. Retrieved
4 July
2019
.
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Pataudi, Sher Ali Khan
(1989).
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(2004). "Manjkul".
Memoirs of a Rebel Princess
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.
ISBN
9780195799583
.
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a
b
c
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(20 October 2000).
The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal
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ISBN
9781860645280
.
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.
Hindustan Times
.
HT Media
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
8 January
2019
.
- ^
"Saif Ali Khan anointed Nawab of Pataudi"
.
The Hindu
.
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.
PTI
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Archived
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. Retrieved
12 January
2019
.
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Gupta, Ameeta (28 August 2007).
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.
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Archived
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. Retrieved
12 January
2019
.
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Ayub, Jamal (14 April 2014).
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.
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Archived
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. Retrieved
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2019
.
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Riaz, Ghulam Fariduddin (1991).
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