Nawab Muhammad Bismillah Khan Jorawar Khan Babi (1843-95),

Nawab Muhammad Bismillah Khan Jorawar Khan Babi (1843-95), Nawab of Radhanpur, 1887 (c).

Photograph of Jorawar Khan Babi, the Nawab of Radhanpur, seated in a full length portrait, facing the viewer. He rests his right leg on a foot cushion whilst his right hand rests on a sword. He wears a turban decorated with tassels and a type of sherwani with embroidered edges.

Radhanpur State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. Its rulers belonged to a family of Babi House, the state was once a polity within the Mughal Empire. The last ruling Nawab of Radhanpur, Nawab Murtaza Khan, signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948.

Radhanpur State was ruled by Babi Or Babai Pathans and had the right to an 11 gun salute. The rulers of the state bore the title of Nawab. They were related to the ruling houses of Junagadh and Balasinor, two other Gujarat princely states.

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