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{{about|the Indian ruler of Bhopal| captive|Hamidullah Khan (Bagram captive)|the Bangladeshi politician|Muhammad Hamidullah Khan}}
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{{Infobox royalty
|name = Hamidullah Khan
|image = File:Nawab hmidulla khan.jpg
|image_size = 200px
|caption = Nawab Hamidullah Khan, Last Ruler of Bhopal
|succession = [[Nawab of Bhopal]]
|reign = 20 April 1926 – 1 June 1949
|coronation = 9 June 1926
|predecessor = [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Kaikhusrau Jahan]]
|successor = Monarchy abolished, [[Bhopal State (1949–56)|Bhopal State]] created.
|succession1 = [[Nawab of Bhopal|Titular Nawab of Bhopal]]
|reign1 = 1 June 1949 – 4 February 1960
|reign-type1 = Pretendence
|successor1 = [[Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal|Sajida Sultan]]
|spouse =
|issue =
|full name =
|house =
|father =
|mother = [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Kaikhusrau Jahan]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|09|09|df=y}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|02|04|1894|09|09|df=y}}
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[[Hajji]] [[Nawab]] [[Hafiz (Qur'an)|Hafiz]] '''Sir Hamidullah Khan''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCSI|GCIE|CVO|KStJ}} (9 September 1894 – 4 February 1960) was the last ruling [[Nawab of Bhopal]], which merged with the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] in 1956. He ruled from 1926 when his mother, Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum, abdicated in his favor, until 1949 and held the honorific title until his death in 1960. A delegate to the [[Round Table Conference]] in [[London]], he served as Chancellor of the [[Chamber of Princes]] from 1944–1947, when India became independent. During the Second World War, Nawab Hamidullah Khan was present at the [[Battle of Keren]] and the [[Second Battle of El Alamein|Battle of El Alamein]]. Nawab Hamidullah, as he was popularly known was very close to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. He also had very good terms with [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]], Viceroy and Governor General of India. In spite of pressure from Jinnah, he reluctantly agreed to have Bhopal as a part of the Indian Union.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Guha|first1=Ramchandra|title=India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy|date=12 August 2008|isbn=978-0-06-095858-9|page=46,47}}</ref> At his death, he left no sons and so was succeeded by his second daughter, [[Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal]].<ref>Nawab Hameedullah Khan by [[Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman]], Fikr-o-Nazar, Namwaran-i Aligarh, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 1986. p., 431-39</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Bhopal Royal Family.jpg|thumb|Bhopal Royal Family: From left to right - Nawab Hamidullah Khan, his wife Maimoona Sultan, their daughters - Rabia Sultan, [[Abida Sultan]], [[Sajida Sultan]] in London]]
[[File:Nawab Hamidullah Khan.jpg|thumb|Image inside Golghar Bhopal]]
Nawab Hamidullah Khan attended MAO college (now [[Aligarh Muslim University]]) graduating in 1905 and Allahabad University (BA Law 1915).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhopal.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-date=7 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607125302/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhopal.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 5 September 1925 at Peshawar, Nawab Hamidullah Khan married Maimoona Sultan Shah Banu Begum Sahiba (1900–1982), the great-great-granddaughter of [[Shuja Shah Durrani|Shah Shuja]] of Afghanistan. The couple had three daughters:
*1. Suraya Jah, Nawab Gowhar-i-Taj, [[Abida Sultan]] Begum Sahiba
*2. HH Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Nawab Mehr-i-Taj [[Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal|Sajida Sultan]] Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal
*3. Nawabzadi Qamar-i-Taj Dulhan Rabia Sultan Begum Sahiba (1916–2001). Married twice and had one son and one daughter.

In 1947, he married Aftab Jahan Begum Sahiba (1919–2002), the daughter of a Bhopali Muslim Local Family. The couple had one daughter:
*4. Farzana Begum Sahiba (1948)

He remained the Chancellor of [[Aligarh Muslim University]] from September 1930 to April 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muslimissues.com/amus-chancellors-a-brief-about-glorious-history/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603004918/http://www.muslimissues.com/amus-chancellors-a-brief-about-glorious-history/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Inside golghar Bhopal (2).jpg|thumb|Inside golghar Bhopal]]

==Titles==
[[File:Nawab bhopal.jpg|thumb|A young Nawab Hamidullah Khan]]
*'''1894 - 1903''': [[Nawabzada]] Muhammad Hamidu'llah [[Khan Bahadur]]
*'''1903 - 1907''': [[Hajji]] Nawabzada Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur
*'''1907 - 1921''': Hajji Nawabzada [[Hafiz (Qur'an)|Hafiz]] Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur
*'''1921 - 1922''': Hajji Nawabzada Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]]
*'''1922 - 1923''': Hajji Nawabzada Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, CSI, [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]]
*'''1923 - 1926''': [[Lieutenant]] Hajji Nawabzada Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, CSI, CVO
*'''1926 - 1927''': Lieutenant [[His Highness]] Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji [[Nawab]] Hafiz Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, [[Nawab]] of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-[[Bhopal]], CSI, CVO
*'''1927 - 1929''': [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz [[Sir]] Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, [[GCIE]], CSI, CVO, [[KStJ]]
*'''1929 - 1932''': Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCIE, CSI, CVO, KStJ
*'''1932 - 1939''': Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, [[GCSI]], GCIE, CVO, KStJ
*'''1939 - 1943''': [[Colonel]] His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ
*'''1943 - 1945''': [[Air Commodore]] His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ
*'''1945 - 1946''': [[Air Vice-Marshal]] His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ
*'''1946 - 1960''': [[Major-General]] & Air Vice-Marshal His Highness Sikander Saulat, Iftikhar ul-Mulk, Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Hamidu'llah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI, GCIE, CVO, KStJ

==Honours==

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(ribbon bar, as it would look today; incomplete)

[[File:Ord.Stella.India.jpg|100px]]
[[File:Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon.svg|100px]]
[[File:Royal Victorian Order ribbon sm.jpg|100px]]

[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|100px]]
[[File:39-45 Star BAR.svg|100px]]
[[File:Africa Star BAR.svg|100px]]
[[File:Burma Star BAR.svg|100px]]

[[File:Defence Medal BAR.svg|100px]]
[[File:War Medal 39-45 BAR.svg|100px]]
[[File:India Service Medal BAR.svg|100px]]
[[File:King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.png|100px]]

[[File:GeorgeVSilverJubileum-ribbon.png|100px]]
[[File:GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png|100px]]
[[File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|100px]]
[[File:Indian Independence medal 1947.svg|100px]]

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{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

*Delhi Durbar Gold Medal, ''1903''
*Delhi Durbar Gold Medal, ''1911''
*Prince of Wales Visit Medal, ''1922''
*[[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO), ''1922''
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE), ''1929''
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI), ''1932'' (CSI - ''1921'')
*[[Knight of the Order of St John]] (KStJ)
*[[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]], ''1935''
*[[King George VI Coronation Medal]], ''1937''
*[[1939-1945 Star]], ''1945''
*[[Africa Star]], ''1945''
*[[Burma Star]], ''1945''
*[[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]], ''1945''
*India Service Medal, ''1945''
*Indian Independence Medal, ''1947''
*[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]], ''1953''

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/bhopal.html Genealogy of Bhopal] [[Queensland University]]
* [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho000000099u00037000.html Muhammad Hamid-ullah Khan, Nawab of Bhopal (1894-1949)- 1900 childhood image] [[British Library]]

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