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Abida Sultan Begum

Her Highness Suraiya Jah, Nawab Gowhar-i-Taj, Abida Sultan Begum Sahiba (1913–2002) was a towering figure of South Asian royalty, the eldest daughter and heir apparent of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal. A woman of fierce independence and...

Akhtar al-Nisa Begum, Nawab Sarbuland Jung

Akhtar al-Nisa Begum, Nawab Sarbuland Jung (1875–1956) was a pioneering literary figure and social reformer from one of colonial India’s most distinguished aristocratic families. Born into Mughal nobility, her life and work represent a unique intersection...