Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum (1853–1930) was a prominent writer and feminist activists of the colonial era. She is considered to be the fourth-most successful woman ruler of Bhopal state. She established many institutions for the welfare and development of her state as well as for the welfare of women. Nawab Sultan Jahan was very fond of writing and compiling. She was the most prolific Indian woman and became the first woman chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. Nawab Begum was awarded many honors by the British Empire for her services. She had good relations with the British Empire. Which benefited the state of Bhopal. In this research paper, Nawab Sultan Begum’s travel book “Safar-e-Kishwar-e-Hijaz” has been studied.

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6.    Edward Said, Saqafat Aur Samraj, Trans by: Yasir Javvad (Islamabad: Muqtadirah Qaumi Zaban, 2010), 20.

7.    Mohammad Ameen Zubairi Marhrvi, Hayat e Sultani (Agra: Azizi Press, 1939), 1.

8.    Nawab Sultan Jahan, Tuzk Sultani (Hissa Awal) (Bhopal: Matba Sultani, 1328 H), 45.

9.    Razia Hameed, Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum (Bhopal: Babul Ilm Publications, 2011), 82.

10.   Mohammad Ameen Zubairi Marhrvi, Hayat Sultani, 18.

11.   W.A. Sahiba, Tazkira Begamat e Bhopal (Lahore: Darul Isha'at Punjab, 1932), 40.

12.   Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Raozatur Riyahin (Hissa Awal) (Bhopal: Matba Sultani, 1904), 5.

13.   Ibid, 4.

14.   Ibid.

15.   Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Raozdatur-Riyahin, Hissa Awal, 7.

16.   Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Raozdatur-Riyahin, Hissa Dowom, 26.

17.   Ibid, 65.

18.   Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Raozdatur-Riyahin, 94.

19.   Ibid, 106.

20.  Mohammad Ameen Zubairi Marhrvi, Hayat Sultani, 234.

21.  Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Raozatur Riyahin, Hissa Awal, 2.

22.  Ibid, 2.