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

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

• Baghatur
• Nawab
• Rao Bahadur

References

1. 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 6 June 2025.
2. Islam, K. Z. (2012-07-11). "Nawab Bahadur Abdul Latif". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
3. Bradley-Birt, Francis Bradley (1910). Twelve Men of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century. S. K. Lahiri & Company.
4. 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 6 June 2025.
5. 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 6 June 2025.