BHOPAL. A cdv showing H. H. Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

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BHOPAL. H. H. Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal 1868-1901. The carte de visite, which has no phtographer’s credit, shows the seated, heavily bejewelled Begum three quarter length and probably dates from the late 1870s The line of Begums were the only female rulers in India at the time. The cdv is rather faded.   dec21/6

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