Kurwai is a town in Vidisha District of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Vidisha District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ...

Kurwai was formerly a Muslim princely state of British India. The state was 368 sq km in area and in 1892 boasted a population of 24,631. The state, which came under British sovereignty in the early nineteenth century, was founded in 1730 by Mohammed Dalair Khan, an Afghan rising trough merit in the Mughal army. His descendants ruled the state until June 15, 1948, when the last ruling Nawab acceded to the Indian Government. Kurwai became part of the newly-created state of Madhya Bharat, and was added to Vidisha District. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 1956. A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince, both terms being taken in the broad sense. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... A Nawab or Nabob was originally the subadar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. ... Madhya Bharat is former state in west-central India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sarwar Ali Khan, son of the last Nawab of Kurwai, married Abida Sultan of Bhopal, eldest daughter and heiress presumptive of the Nawab of Bhopal. They had one son named Shahryar Khan. Abida Sultan gave up her right to the throne of Bhopal and opted for the Muslim nation Pakistan in 1950, eventually entering that country's Foreign service. Abida Sultan arrived in the newly created Pakistan when she was 37 and a mother of a young son. She was to spend the greater part of her life in Pakistan. She died in 2002. Shaharyar Khan was to become the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and then the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Bhopāl (भोपाल) is a city in central India. ... Bhopāl (भोपाल) is a city in central India. ... Bhopāl (भोपाल) is a city in central India. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Nawab Sarwar Ali Khan's second wife was Princess Ayesha, daughter of the Nawab of Wai. They had three children, Kaiser Zaman, Zafar Ali Khan and Munawar Ali Khan.

Kaiser Zaman studied English at Somerville College, Oxford University and later founded All Saints School Bhopal.

Kaiser Zaman popularly known as Kaiser Bia studied English at Somerville College, Oxford University and later founded All Saints School Bhopal.

External links

• RoyalArk- History and Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Kurwai's Firoz Khel dynasty linking to other dynasties, e.g.:
• Genealogy of Abida Sultan, wife of the last ruling Nawab of Kurwai