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Amanullah Khan (1892–1960), amir of Afghanistan  

Ian Talbot

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Amanullah Khan (1892–1960), amir of Afghanistan, was born on 2 June 1892 at Paghman, Kabul. He was the third son of Amir (King) Habibullah (d. 1919), but his mother, Ulya Hazrat, was the ‘first queen’. She used her considerable skill and intelligence to prepare him for the throne. However, ...

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Anwar ud-Din Khan (1674?–1749)  

David Washbrook

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Asaf Jah VII [Osman Ali Khan] (1886–1967), nizam of Hyderabad  

Barbara N. Ramusack

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Asaf Jah VII [Osman Ali Khan] (1886–1967), nizam of Hyderabad, was born on 6 April 1886 at Hyderabad city, India, as Osman Ali Khan. He was the eldest son of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan (1866–1911), then the nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad as Asaf Jah VI...

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Hussein ibn Ali (1853–1931), emir of Mecca and founder of the Hashemite kingdom of the Hejaz  

Michael T. Thornhill

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Hussein ibn Ali (1853–1931), emir of Mecca and founder of the Hashemite kingdom of the Hejaz, was born in Constantinople in 1853, the first son of Ali ibn Muhammad (d. 1861) and Salha. His parents were descendants of the prophet Muhammad, as denoted by their titles sherif and sherifa respectively, and members of the ...

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Khan, Sir (Muhammad) Hamidullah (1894–1960), nawab of Bhopal  

Barbara N. Ramusack

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Khan, Sir (Muhammad) Hamidullah (1894–1960), nawab of Bhopal, was born on 9 September 1894 in the Sadar Manzir palace, Bhopal, the third son of Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum (1858–1930), the third successive woman to rule the princely state of Bhopal, and ...

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Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah (c. 1717–1795)  

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Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah (c. 1717–1795) by George Willison, c. 1774 The British Library

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Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah (c. 1717–1795), nawab of Arcot  

David Washbrook

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Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah (c. 1717–1795), nawab of Arcot, was born the third of five sons of Anwar ud-Din Khan Anwar ud-Din Khan (1674?–1749), whom Asaf Jah, the Mughal subahdar of the Deccan and first nizam of Hyderabad, appointed nawab (deputy) of his subordinate ...

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Omar Ali Saifuddin III (1914–1986), sultan of Brunei  

A. V. M. Horton

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Omar Ali Saifuddin III (1914–1986), sultan of Brunei, was born on 23 September 1914 at Istana Kota (Kota Palace), Kampong Sultan Lama, Brunei Town, the seventh of ten children of Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II (d. 1924) and Fatimah binti Pengiran Tua Omar Ali...

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Shakhbut ibn Sultan al-Nahayan, Sheikh (1905–1989), ruler of Abu Dhabi  

Michael T. Thornhill

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Shakhbut ibn Sultan al-Nahayan, Sheikh (1905–1989), ruler of Abu Dhabi, was born in Abu Dhabi, the son of Sheikh Sultan ibn Zayed (d. 1927) and his wife, Sheikha Salamah bint Buti (c.1885–1970). Shakhbut's grandfather was Sheikh Zayed ibn Khalifa (...