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Sultan Jahan GCSI GCIE GBE GCStJ CI (9 July 1858 – 12 May 1930) was the ruling Begum of Bhopal between 1901 and 1926. [1] [2] [3] Biography. Early life. Sarkar Amman [4] known better as Sultan Jahan, was born at Bhopal, the elder and only surviving child of Nawab Begum Sultan Shah Jahan and her husband Baqi Muhammad Khan Bahadur (1823–1867).
May 27, 2021 · Begum Sultan Jahan died on May 12, 1930 at the age of 71. She was known for ruling in the present with her eyes set on the future. Her progressive policies for women, at a time when they were shackled by the forces of patriarchy, have made her a feminist icon even today.
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- Qudsia Begum (1819-1837) Qudsia’s reign began when she stood up in front of the congregation at her husband’s soyem (post-death ritual) and addressed the gathering by stating how the legacy of their family must be maintained, thus declaring her 15-month-old daughter Sikandar as the rightful heir.
- Sikandar Begum (1847-1868) Sikandar Begum ruled as regent for the first 13 years of her reign, standing in for her nine-year-old daughter Shahjehan and then as a fully-fledged ruler for the last eight years.
- Shahjehan Begum (1868-1901) 17 days after her mother Sikandar Begum’s death, Shahjehan became the next Begum of Bhopal and her then ten-year-old daughter, Sultan Jahan, became the heir.
- Sultan Jahan Begum (1901-1926) At 43-years-old, Sultan Jahan was the oldest Begum of Bhopal. Her years as the heir were spent in immense difficulty due to the tension between her and her mother.
Sep 5, 2014 · Shah Jahan Begum was known for commencing the construction of the Taj-ul-Masjid mosque in Bhopal and for other public work projects such as subsidising the cost of a railway to be constructed between Hoshangabad and Bhopal. In 1872 she was created a Grand commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.
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Mar 2, 2017 · Nawab Shah Jahan Begum (Wife of Baqi Mohammad Khan) built the largest mosque in India, the Taj-ul-Masajid, at Bhopal. Unfortunately, her mammoth structure, following Hanafi Deobandi tradition of Islam did not see completion during her life time.
Shahjahan Begum GCSI CI (29 July 1838 – 16 June 1901) was the Nawab Begum of Bhopal (the ruler of the Islamic principality of Bhopal in central India) for two periods: 1844–60 (her mother acting as regent), and secondly during 1868–1901.
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Feb 23, 2018 · Begum of Bhopal at the 1911 Delhi Durbar. In this photograph, by Bourne and Shepherd, Begum of Bhopal Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan (1858-1930) walks in full niqab at the Delhi Durbar. She ruled the Indian state of Bhopal, now part of Madhya Pradesh, from 1901 to 1926.
