Nawab
Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian,
Punjabi ,
Sindhi,
Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...
Begum
Begum (also begüm, bagum, begom, begam, baigum or beygum) is a royal and aristocratic title from Central and South Asia. It is the feminine equivalent of the title ''baig'' or '' bey'', which in Turkic languages means "higher official". It us ...
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
Begum (also begüm, bagum, begom, begam, baigum or beygum) is a royal and aristocratic title from Central and South Asia. It is the feminine equivalent of the title ''baig'' or '' bey'', which in Turkic languages means "higher official". It us ...
Consort __NOTOC__
Consort may refer to:
Music
* "The Consort" (Rufus Wainwright song), from the 2000 album ''Poses''
* Consort of instruments, term for instrumental ensembles
* Consort song (musical), a characteristic English song form, late 16th–earl ...
of
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the 8th
Nawab of Pataudi
The term Nawab of Pataudi refers to the lineage of rulers of the former princely Pataudi State in Northern India. Pataudi was established in 1804 by the British East India Company, when Faiz Talab Khan, an Afghan Muslim Pashtun of the Barech ...
, and in her own right, the 12th
Nawab Begum of Bhopal.
Biography
Sajida Sultan was born on 4 August 1915 in the Qasr-e-Sultani Palace,
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...
, to
Nawab
Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian,
Punjabi ,
Sindhi,
Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...
Hamidullah Khan, last ruling
Nawab of Bhopal and his wife, Begum Maimoona Sultan.
She was the second of three children; she had an older sister,
Abida Sultan, and a younger sister, Rabia Sultan.
Sultan Jahan, the
Begum of Bhopal
The Nawabs of Bhopal were the Muslim rulers of Bhopal, now part of Madhya Pradesh, India. The nawabs first ruled under the Mughal Empire from 1707 to 1737, under the Maratha Empire from 1737 to 1818, then under British rule from 1818 to 1947, a ...
, was her grandmother, and her predecessor
Shah Jahan Begum was her great-grandmother. The Pakistani diplomat
Shahryar Khan
Shahryar Mohammad Khan ( ur, شہریار محمد خان; born 12 March 1934) is a former career Pakistan diplomat who became Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so until his retirement from service in 1994. He later served as ...
, is her nephew through her sister Abida.
On 23 April 1939, Sajida married Nawab
Iftikhar Ali Khan
Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952), was an Indian prince and cricket player.
He was the captain of the India's national cricket team during its tour of England in 1 ...
, 8th
Nawab of Pataudi
The term Nawab of Pataudi refers to the lineage of rulers of the former princely Pataudi State in Northern India. Pataudi was established in 1804 by the British East India Company, when Faiz Talab Khan, an Afghan Muslim Pashtun of the Barech ...
. Together they had three daughters – Saleha, Sabiha, and Qudsia – and a son, the cricketer
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also known as Mansur Ali Khan, or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
Pataudi was a ...
.
Sher Ali Khan Pataudi
Major General Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan of Pataudi ( ur, ) HJ (13 May 1913 – 29 May 2002) was a Major General in Pakistan. Born into the Pataudi family, He was the second son of Nawab Ibrahim Ali Khan, in Pataudi and his wife Shahar Bano Begu ...
, the major general in the
Pakistan Army was her brother-in-law by marriage. The actors
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
Khan ...
and
Soha Ali Khan
Soha Ali Khan Pataudi Khemu (born 4 October 1978) is an Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and English films. She is the daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and t ...
, 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
The term Nawab of Pataudi refers to the lineage of rulers of the former princely Pataudi State in Northern India. Pataudi was established in 1804 by the British East India Company, when Faiz Talab Khan, an Afghan Muslim Pashtun of the Barech ...
.
In 1960, upon the death of her father, she became titular ruler of Bhopal.
Her older sister, Abida, was the
heiress apparent to the title but had emigrated to
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
in 1950 and declined to return to Bhopal permanently; her son declined also.
Sajida was formally recognised as the Nawab Begum of Bhopal in 1962, with recognition being effective from 1960.
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.
Issue
See also
*
Pataudi family
References
1915 births
1995 deaths
Begums of Bhopal
20th-century Indian Muslims
Muslim rulers
Indian people of Pashtun descent
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
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