Saif Ali Khan is the heir of the Pataudi royal dynasty, the whilom rulers of Bhopal. The city of lakes is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and, even after decades, holds indelible marks of the Pataudis. However, among the former rulers of Bhopal, one name is often overlooked as it remains lost in time. The name was of the historic empress of Bhopal, Begum Sultan Jahan.
Who was Begum Sultan Jahan?
Sarkar Amman, who was later known and remembered as Sultan Jahan, was born in Bhopal on July 9, 1858. She was the daughter of Nawab Begum Sultan Shah Jahan and her husband, Baqi Muhammad Khan Bahadur. As the only surviving child of Nawab of Bhopal, she was named the proclaimed heiress apparent to the musnaid of Bhopal. Sultan Jahan was the sole heir after her mother succeeded the throne in 1866 after the death of her grandmother, Sikander Begum.
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