Bhopal State was an Islamic principality founded in the beginning of 18th-century India by the Afghan Mughal noble Dost Muhammad Khan. It was a tributary state during 18th century, a princely salute state with 19-gun salute in a subsidiary alliance with British India from 1818 to 1947, and an independent state from 1947 to 1949. Islamnagar was founded and served as the State's first capital, which was later shifted to the city of Bhopal.
A procession of Shia Muslims in Bhopal in the Mughal Empire.
Sikandar Begum
A young Shah Jahan Begum
Dost Mohammad Khan was the founder of Bhopal State in central India. He founded the modern city of Bhopal, the capital of the modern day Madhya Pradesh state.
Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
Ruins of Ginnorgarh, the Ginnor fort
Kamlapati Mahal in Bhopal
Before Dost Mohammad Khan's arrival, Bhopal was a village in the Gond kingdom