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{{Short description|Nawab of Cambay from 1880 to 1915}}
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{{infobox royalty
| name = Jafar Ali Khan
| title =
| succession = [[Nawab]] of [[Cambay State|Cambay]]
| reign = April 1880{{Sndash}}{{Avoid wrap|21 January 1915}}
| coronation = 11 June 1880
| predecessor = [[Husain Yawar Khan I]]
| successor = Husain Yawar Khan II
| birth_date = {{birth date|1848|08|26|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1915|01|21|1848|08|26|df=yes}}
| issue = Husain Yawar Khan II
| father = [[Husain Yawar Khan I]]
| spouse 2 = {{Marriage|Khurshid Jahan|1882}}
| spouse 1 = {{Marriage|Gauhar Khanum|1876}}
| dynasty = [[Najm-i-Sani dynasty|Najm-i-Sani]]
}}
'''Jafar Ali Khan''' (or '''Momin Khan VI'''; 26 August 1848{{Sndash}}21 January 1915) was [[Nawab]] of [[Cambay State|Cambay]] from April 1880 until his death in 1915.

== Early life, family, and education ==
He was born on 26 August 1848 to [[Husain Yawar Khan I]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=CAMBAY |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/cambay.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807203027/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/cambay.html |archive-date=2016-08-07 |access-date=2026-04-14 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vadivelu |first=A. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ruling_Chiefs_Nobles_Zamindars_of_In/PeeRRf0EhnIC |title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India |date=1915 |publisher=G.C. Loganadham |pages=282–283 |language=en}}</ref> He was educated privately in [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/aclarch0000269a296 |title=Indian Princes and the Crown: A brief historical record of the Indian Princes who attended the Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1912; together with description of their territories and methods of administration," |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. |location=Bombay |publication-date=1912 |pages=168}}</ref> He married, firstly, in 1876, to Gauhar Khanum, daughter of a [[Maulvi]] of [[Masulipatam]], and, secondly, in 1882, to Khurshid Jahan.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Roper |author-link=Roper Lethbridge |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofindi00lethgoldenrich |title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire Roper Lethbridge |date=1893 |publisher=Macmillan and Co. |others=University of California Libraries |pages=95}}</ref> Khurshid Jahan was a granddaughter of Mobee Khan, son of Kallel Khan, who was sent by [[Fath-Ali Shah Qajar]], the [[Shah of Iran]], as his ambassador to India in 1802.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Khosla Bros |first= |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03014 |title=The Imperial Coronation Durbar (Illustrated) |date=1911 |publisher=The Imperial Publishing Co. |year=1911 |volume=I |location=Lahore |pages=306–307}}</ref> He had issue: a son, Husain Yawar Khan II, and daughters.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Khosla |first=K.R. |url=http://archive.org/details/TwiK_his-imperial-majesty-king-george-5-and-the-princes-of-india-and-the-indian-empir |title=His Imperial Majesty King George V and the princes of India and the Indian Empire (Historical-Biographical) |last2=Chatterjee |first2=R.P. |publisher=The Imperial Publishing Co. |year=1937 |location=Lahore |pages=102–103}}</ref>

== Reign ==
On the death of his father in April 1880, he immediately became the Nawab of Cambay, but it was not until 11 June 1880 that he formally ascended the throne.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Dept |first=India Foreign and Political |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Treaties_Engagements_and/Xz1eQIW2c9gC |title=A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries |date=1909 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India |pages=60–61,78–82 |language=en}}</ref> In 1881, he signed an agreement with the [[British government of India|British government]] whereby he agreed to stop growing [[poppy]] and manufacturing [[opium]] in his state, to control all opium imports and sales according to British rules, and to report opium imports, sales, proceeds, and remaining stock to the British every six months.<ref name=":6" /> In return, the British government agreed to pay him a duty of 650 rupees per chest of opium consumed in his state.<ref name=":6" /> In the same year, he entered into another agreement with the British government.<ref name=":6" /> By this one, he permanently closed and flooded his salt works, stopped all salt manufacturing and natural salt collection, and banned the import or export of any salt except British duty-paid salt in his state.<ref name=":6" /> In return, the British promised to pay him 40,000 rupees yearly and to give him 500 maunds of free salt.<ref name=":6" /> However, if he were ever to reopen the salt works, these payments would stop and his original salt rights would return.<ref name=":6" /> In 1897, he signed another agreement with the British government and by it he gave up all poppy cultivation and local opium manufacture, agreed to import all opium only from British depots, sell only through licensed vendors at prices no lower than [[Kheda district|Kaira]], enforce British opium laws, and submit half-yearly accounts.<ref name=":6" /> In return, he got the full duty (650 rupees per chest) refunded on all opium legally imported into Cambay for consumption.<ref name=":6" /> From 1882 to 1890, Cambay saw serious disturbances because his subjects opposed the new administrative methods and because the ministers of the state were injudicious.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last=Mauji |first=Purushottama Viṣrama |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03015 |title=Imperial Durbar Album |date=1911 |publisher=Lakshmi Arts, Bombay |pages=170}}</ref> To combat this, he asked the British government to intervene and help him introduce order in his state.<ref name=":8" /> The British government then appointed a special political agent and lent him the services of three well-trained British officers to conduct the administration of the state: one as Diwan, and the other two as the heads of the revenue and police departments.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> Three years later, this political agent was withdrawn, and the full ruling and administrative powers were given back to him.<ref name=":7" /> He took the keenest interest in the cause of education. The total number of educational institutions in Cambay at the time of his accession was two, and by 1912 their number had risen to 42, of which four were for girls.<ref name=":7" /> He set up scholarships for students wanting to study further abroad or take technical exams.<ref name=":7" /> Similarly, at the time of his accession, there were no institutions in Cambay to give proper medical relief to the sick, and little attention was paid to sanitation.<ref name=":7" /> He built hospitals for people and a veterinary dispensary for animals, and he improved the sanitary conditions in Cambay.<ref name=":7" /> Beside that, he built a market, a library called Lord Ray Library, Jafar Ali Khan Water Works, new roads, a garden called Neja, a zoo and a [[savings bank]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gujarat (India) |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gujarat_State_Gazetteers_Kheda_District/ZCYbAAAAIAAJ? |title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Kheda District |date=1977 |publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State |pages=106 |language=en}}</ref>.

He attended the [[Delhi Durbar|Delhi Durbars]] of 1903 and 1911.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.102210 |title=Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911 |date=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India |year=1911 |location=Calcutta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wheeler |first=Stephen |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207683 |title=History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar Held on the First of January 1903 to Celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII, Emperor of India |date=1904 |publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] |year=1904 |location=London |pages=27,79,303}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died on 21 January 1915 and was succeeded by Husain Yawar Khan II to his title, rank and dignity.<ref name=":2" />

== Titles and styles ==
Following his accession, his complete title and style was: ''[[His Highness]] Najib-ud-Daula Mumtaz-ul-Mulk Sardar Nawab Mirza Jafar Ali Khan Momin Khan Sahib Bahadur Dilawar Jang Dawe Iqbalu, the Nawab of Cambay''.<ref name=":5" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Nawabs of India]]
[[Category:Indian people of Iranian descent]]
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