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Hamidullah Khan
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Nawab Hamidullah Khan, Last Ruler of Bhopal
Preceded by Kaikhusrau Jahan
Succeeded by Monarchy abolished, Bhopal State created.
Succeeded by Sajida Sultan
Personal details
Born (1894-09-09)9 September 1894
Died 4 February 1960(1960-02-04) (aged 65)

Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Hamidullah Khan GCSI GCIE CVO KStJ (9 September 1894 – 4 February 1960) was the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal, which merged with the state of Madhya Pradesh in 1956. He ruled from 1926 when his mother, Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum, abdicated in his favor, until 1949 and held the honorific title until his death in 1960. A delegate to the Round Table Conference in London, he served as Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes from 1944–1947, when India became independent. During the Second World War, Nawab Hamidullah Khan was present at the Battle of Keren and the Battle of El Alamein. Nawab Hamidullah, as he was popularly known was very close to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. He also had very good terms with Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy and Governor General of India. In spite of pressure from Jinnah, he reluctantly agreed to have Bhopal as a part of Indian Union.[1] At his death, he left no sons and so was succeeded by his second daughter, Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal.[2]

Personal life[]

Bhopal Royal Family

Bhopal Royal Family: From left to right - Nawab Hamidullah Khan, his wife Maimoona Sultan, their daughters - Rabia Sultan, Abida Sultan, Sajida Sultan in London

Nawab Hamidullah Khan

Image inside Golghar Bhopal

Nawab Hamidullah Khan attended MAO college (now Aligarh Muslim University) graduating in 1905 and Allahabad University (BA Law 1915).[3]

On 5 September 1925 at Peshawar, Nawab Hamidullah Khan married Maimoona Sultan Shah Banu Begum Sahiba (1900–1982), the great-great-granddaughter of Shah Shuja of Afghanistan. The couple had three daughters:

  • 1. Suraya Jah, Nawab Gowhar-i-Taj, Abida Sultan Begum Sahiba
  • 2. HH Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Nawab Mehr-i-Taj Sajida Sultan Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal
  • 3. Nawabzadi Qamar-i-Taj Dulhan Rabia Sultan Begum Sahiba (1916–2001). Married twice and had one son and one daughter.

In 1947, he married Aftab Jahan Begum Sahiba (1919–2002), the daughter of a Bhopali Muslim Local Family. The couple had one daughter:

  • 4. Farzana Begum Sahiba (1948)

He remained the Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from September 1930 to April 1935.[4]

Inside golghar Bhopal (2)

Inside golghar Bhopal

Titles[]

Nawab bhopal

A young Nawab Hamidullah Khan

  • 1894 - 1903: Nawabzada Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur
  • 1903 - 1907: Hajji Nawabzada Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur
  • 1907 - 1921: Hajji Nawabzada Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur
  • 1921 - 1922: Hajji Nawabzada Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, CSI
  • 1922 - 1923: Hajji Nawabzada Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, CSI, CVO
  • 1923 - 1926: Lieutenant Hajji Nawabzada Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, CSI, CVO
  • 1926 - 1927: Lieutenant His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, CSI, CVO
  • 1927 - 1929: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCIE, CSI, CVO, KStJ
  • 1929 - 1932: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCIE, CSI, CVO, KStJ
  • 1932 - 1939: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ
  • 1939 - 1943: Colonel His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ
  • 1943 - 1945: Air Commodore His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ
  • 1945 - 1946: Air Vice-Marshal His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ
  • 1946 - 1960: Major-General & Air Vice-Marshal His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ

Honours[]

(ribbon bar, as it would look today; incomplete)

Ord.Stella.India Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon Royal Victorian Order ribbon sm

Order of St John (UK) ribbon 39-45 Star BAR Africa Star BAR Burma Star BAR

Defence Medal BAR War Medal 39-45 BAR India Service Medal BAR King George V Coronation Medal ribbon

GeorgeVSilverJubileum-ribbon GeorgeVICoronationRibbon UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon Indian Independence medal 1947

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References[]

  1. ↑ Guha, Ramchandra. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. p. 46,47. ISBN 978-0-06-095858-9. 
  2. ↑ Nawab Hameedullah Khan by Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Fikr-o-Nazar, Namwaran-i Aligarh, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 1986. p., 431-39
  3. ↑ http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhopal.html
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.muslimissues.com/amus-chancellors-a-brief-about-glorious-history/. 

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