सदस्य:ফুরকান ইবন্ সা'দাদ/प्लेहाउस

फैज़ुननेसा चौधुरानी
नवाब
नवाब फैज़ुननेसा चौधुरानी
हमनाबाद-पश्चिमगाँव के जमींदार
शासनावधि	1883–1903
पूर्ववर्ती	अहमद अली चौधुरी
उत्तरवर्ती	मोहम्मद अली चौधुरी
जन्म	1834 पश्चिमगाँव, Tipperah District, Bengal Presidency (now कोमिला जिला, बांग्लादेश)
निधन	1903 (आयु 68–69) पश्चिमगाँव, Tipperah District, Bengal Presidency
समाधि	Laksham, बांग्लादेश
जीवनसंगी	Muhammad Gazi
संतान	Arshad-un-Nissa Choudhurani Badr-un-Nissa Choudhurani
पूरा नाम बेगम फैज़ुननेसा चौधुरानी
घराना	House of Tughluq (by birth) House of Timur (by birth)
माता	बेगम अराफ-उन-निसा चौधुरानी

नवाब फैजुननेसा चौधुरानी दक्षिण एशिया की पहली और एकमात्र महिला नवाब थीं और महिलाओं की शिक्षा की अग्रदूत थीं। वह ज्यादातर अपनी अदम्य इच्छा से शिक्षित हुआ था। उन्होंने शिक्षा, समाज कल्याण और सेवा के क्षेत्र में जो मिसाल कायम की, वह इतिहास में दुर्लभ है।

जन्म और पृष्ठभूमि

Kurshed Munzil, the palace of the Pashchimgaon Nawab Family

Begum Faizunnessa Chowdhurani was born in 1834 to an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family in the village of Pashchimgaon under Laksam in the Tipperah District of the Bengal Presidency. She was the eldest daughter of Khan Bahadur Ahmed Ali Chowdhury (Shahzada Mirza Aurangzeb), the Nawab of Homnabad-Pashchimgaon, and Arfannessa Chowdhurani Saheba. Her mother was notable for constructing the Pashchimgaon Nawab Bari Mosque in 1864.

Her paternal family is descended from a paternal niece of Bahadur Shah I who was married to Amir Mirza Abdul Aziz of Banu Abbas. Under the emperor's instructions, Abdul Aziz sent his son, Amir Mirza Jahandar Khan (Agowan Khan), with thousands of soldiers to quell a rebellion in Tipperah. After stopping the rebellion, Jahandar Khan returned to Delhi but left his son, Amir Mirza Humayun Khan in Bengal. Mirza Humayun Khan (Bahroz Khan, Bhuru Khan) was made the Jagirdar of a territory named after him as Humayunabad, which later got corrupted to Homnabad, and was succeeded by his son, Amir Mirza Masum Khan. The Homnabad Nawab dynasty was thus established, with the family settling in the village of Mahichal. They later relocated to Pashchimgaon after Masum Khan's son Amir Mirza Motahar Khan married off his son Amir Mirza Sultan Khan (Gora Ghazi Chowdhury) to Syeda Bhanu Bibi, the daughter of Khuda Bakhsh Ghazi (the zamindar of Pashchimgaon and descendant of Ghazi Saheda). Faizunnesa's maternal grandfather, Muhammad Asjad Chowdhury, was the son of Muhammad Amjad Chowdhury (Dengu Mia), the zamindar of Sharshadi in Feni.