Sultan Shahjahan Begum (1838-1901), Begum of Bhopal (Princely State), c.1877
She was Indianized descendant of a Pashtun from Orakzai tribe. Her ancestor Dost Muhammad Khan belonged to the Mirzai Khel clan of the Wrakzis (Orakzis) of Tirah. He arrived to India in the final years of Aurangzeb's reign (some where between 1694 and 1703).
Former PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan belongs to this family.
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