by Admin | Jul 19, 2025 | Royalty
Princess Durre Shehvar was a remarkable figure of the 20th century, a royal who gracefully bridged the fading glory of the Ottoman Empire with the immense wealth and influence of the Nizams of Hyderabad. As an Ottoman princess, a princess of Hyderabad by marriage, and...
by Admin | Aug 11, 2025 | Royalty
Her Imperial Highness Princess Niloufer Khanum Farhat Begum Sahiba (born Nilüfer Hanımsultan; 4 January 1916 – 12 June 1989), affectionately known as the “Koh-i-Noor of Hyderabad” (Mountain of Light), was a prominent figure of the 20th...
by Admin | Jul 18, 2025 | Royalty
Qudsia Begum was a pioneering female ruler in 19th-century India, serving as the Nawab of Bhopal from 1819 to 1837. Her reign established a remarkable dynasty of female leadership that lasted for over a century. Born in 1801, Qudsia Begum married Nazar Mohammad Khan...
by Admin | Feb 12, 2026 | Royalty
Rani Harrabichi Kadavube Ali Raja Beevi was the first female ruler of the Arakkal dynasty, ascending to power in 1728 and reigning until 1732. As the head of Kerala’s only Muslim royal family, she led a kingdom that controlled the strategic port city of Kannur...
by Admin | Jul 23, 2025 | Education, Royalty
Shah Jahan Begum (1838-1901), the third Begum of Bhopal, ruled for 57 years across two reigns (1844-1860, 1868-1901) and transformed her state into a beacon of cultural and intellectual excellence while modernising its administration and infrastructure. Born in 1838...
by Admin | Jul 23, 2025 | Education, Royalty
Sikandar Begum (1817–1868), born on September 10, 1817, at Gauhar Mahal in Bhopal, was the daughter of Nawab Nasir Mohammad Khan and Qudsia Begum, the Nawab Begum of Bhopal. Raised in a lineage of female rulers, she defied gender norms by training in martial...
