Balqis Begum (1915 - 1999)

Balqis Begum was born in Karnal in 1915. She and her sisters, Saeeda Namdar Khan and Sahibzadi Mahmooda Begum, were brought up by Sir Rahim Bakhsh in Bahawalpur State. At an age of 17 in 1932, she married Sardar Siddique Mohammed Khan, grandson of Khan Bahadur Bakshi Wali Mohammed Khan and Foreign Minister of Nabha State. The sisters moved along with Balqis Begum to Nabha State.

Balqis Begum had one son, Sardar Khurshid Ahmed Khan of Lahore, and grand-children Shehzad, Shehryar, and Shahida.

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