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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Nawab Shah Jehan
	Titles	Begam of Bhopal
	Year of Birth	1838
	Year of Death	1901
	Entry	Born July 3, 1838 : proclaimed ruler of Bhopal, Jan. 10, 1847, her mother, Sikandar Begam (q.v.) being Regent : abdicated May 1, 1860, in favour of her mother, on whose death, Oct. 30, 1868, she succeeded to the government of the State : she married, first Bakshi Bahi Muhammad Khan, (who died 1867), and had one daughter, the present Nawab Sultan Jehan Begam : and second in 1871, her Prime Minister, Nawab Maulvi Muhammad Sadik Hussein, of a noble Bokhara family : she was made G.C.S.I, in 1872, and administered her State with ability, benevolence, and loyalty to the Government of India : Member of the Order of the Crown of India : died June 16, 1901.

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