Hayaat-e-Sultani Book Cover: Hayaat-e-Sultani

The book describes the life of the late Nawab Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal written by Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum. The book was published by the Times Press Mumbai in 1926. Sultan Jahan had a difficult relationship with her mother and even on her deathbed, Shah Jahan Begum refused to make amends.

The subject of Hayaat-e-Sultani were the Begum's children. She had two daughters and three boys among whom Nawab Hafiz Sir Muhammad Nasru'llah Khan Sahib Bahadur was the heir apparent. She gave detailed descriptions of all the ceremonies that accompany the birth and growing up of royal princes and princesses. She writes at length about her coronation ceremony as well as the reforms she undertook in the field of public welfare, women's education and legislature. Some of the speeches she gave at public functions are also included in the book.