Further Reading


Princess Abida Sultaan's gripping life story, Memoirs of a Rebel Princess (Oxford University Press) was published in 2004 and recounts many of the episodes and events covered in this interview plus much more.

Bhopal: Past and Present: A Brief History of Bhopal from the Hoary Past up to the Present Time, by Syed Ashfaq Ali. Bhopal, Jai Bharat Pub. House, [Distributor: Lyall Book Depot], 1969.

History of Bhopal State, by Kamla Mittal. Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 1990.

The Life and Works of Muhammad Siddiq Hasan Khan, Nawab of Bhopal, 1248-1307 (1832-1890), by Saeedullah, with a Foreword by M. Abd al-Quddus Qasmi. Lahore, Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1973.

The Taj-ul Ikbal Tarikh Bhopal, or, The History of Bhopal, by Her Highness the Nawab Shahjahan, Begam of Bhopal, translated by H.C. Barstow. Calcutta, Thacker & Spink, 1876.

An Account of My Life (Gohur-i-Ikbal) by Her Highness Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam, translated by C. H. Payne. London, J. Murray, 1912.

The Freedom Struggle in the Bhopal State : A Gambit in the Transfer of Power, by Rajendra Verma. New Delhi, Intellectual Pub. House, 1984 [Series Title: Freedom Struggle in Princely States, Vol. 1].

Archaeology of Bhopal Region by R. K. Sharma and Rahman Ali, with a foreword by H. D. Sankalia. Delhi, Agam Kala Prakashan on behalf of Prachya Niketan, Centre of Advance Studies in Indology & Museology, Bhopal, 1980.



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