Nawab Bahadur
Nawab Bahadur was a title of honour bestowed during Mughal Empire and later during British Raj to Indian Muslim individuals for faithful service or acts of public welfare.[1]
Selected recipients
[edit]By the Mughal Empire:
- 1748: Javed Khan Nawab Bahadur (1695–1754), Chief Eunuch under Mughal Emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
By the British Raj:
- 1886: Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886–1967), ruler of Hyderabad during 1911–1948.
- 1887: Nawab Abdul Latif (1828–1893), Bengal reformer, was bestowed the title by Viceroy Lord Dufferin on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.[2]
- 1892: Khwaja Ahsanullah (1846–1901) Nawab of Dhaka.
- 1896: Syed Walayet Ali Khan (1818–1899)[3]: 214
- 1903: Khwaja Salimullah (1871–1915), Nawab of Dhaka.[4]
- 1924: Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury (1863–1929), Bengali aristocrat, politician, and philanthropist.[5]
- Bahadur Yar Jung (1905–1944), Hyderabadi politician.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sirajul Islam (2012). "Order of the Star of India". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Islam, K. Z. (2012-07-11). "Nawab Bahadur Abdul Latif". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
- ^ Bradley-Birt, Francis Bradley (1910). Twelve Men of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century. S. K. Lahiri & Company.
- ^ Mohammad Alamgir (2012). "Salimullah, Khwaja". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Muhammad Abdus Salam (2012). "Chowdhury, Nawab Ali". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 22 November 2024.