BHOPAL, BEGUM OF, Nawab Sultan Jahan (1858-193o), was the third woman in succession to rule Bhopal, a State of about 7,000 sq.m. in central India. Sprung from an ancient stock of Afghan invaders, she was married in 1874, and succeeded in 1901. She was keenly interested in the education and medical care of women, and encouraged agricultural and industrial development. She visited Europe in 1911 and 1925, and secured the nomination of her son as her successor. She maintained a regiment of Imperial Service Cavalry, and was entitled to a salute of 21 guns within and 19 outside her own territory. On May 18 1926 the viceroy approved her decision to abdicate in favour of her son. She died on May 12, 1930.