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Historical Periods & Dynasties
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- Qudsia Begum — Person · Regent of Bhopal, 1819 – 1837 · Bhopal BegumsWidow of a nawab shot dead by a child, named Regent for her infant daughter in 1819, and the first of the four women who governed Bhopal for a century — removed in 1837 by an arrangement that gave her an estate and gave her son-in-law the throne.
- Sikandar Begum — Person · Regent from 1847; proclaimed Ruler c. 1860; d. 1868 · Bhopal BegumsRegent of Bhopal from 1847 and its proclaimed Ruler from 1859/60, Sikandar Begum was the only child of Nawab Nazar Mahomed and Qudsia Begum; her own daughter Shah Jahan Begum stood aside from the throne in her favour before eventually succeeding her.
- Shah Jahan Begum — Person · r. 1868 – 1901 · Bhopal BegumsThe only child of Sikandar Begum, Shah Jahan Begum was recognized as heir in infancy, briefly waived her claim to her mother in 1859, and was installed as Ruler of Bhopal in November 1868, reigning for thirty-three years until her death on 16 June 1901.
- Sultan Jahan Begum — Person · r. 1901 – 1926 · Bhopal BegumsThe only surviving child of Shah Jahan Begum, Sultan Jahan Begum succeeded on her mother's death on 16 June 1901 and was formally installed at a durbar at the Sadar Manzil palace on 4 July 1901; her own account of the accession, and of her mother's death, survives in her memoir An Account of My Life.