Nawab of Pataudi

The term Nawab of Pataudi may refer to any of an Afghan/Pashtun lineage of rulers of the princely Pataudi State in India, but most commonly refers to the 8th Nawab, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, who played cricket for both England and India. Both he and his son the 9th Nawab captained the Indian cricket team. Actor Saif Ali Khan was recently made the successive Nawab.

A Nawab was originally the provincial governor or viceroy of a province or region of the Mughal empire. Since most of the Muslim rulers of the subcontinent had accepted the authority of the Mughals, the term "Nawab" is generally understood to mean any Muslim ruler in the subcontinent. Under British rule, Nawabs ruled several princely states including Pataudi.

However the title is also much used as a prefix (similar to Lord in English peerage) by Muslim aristocrats or landed gentry in the subcontinent prior to Independence of India.

The Pataudi Palace is now a heritage hotel.

Lineage
	Nawab	Reign
1st	Faiz Talab Khan	1806–1829
2nd	Akbar Ali Siddiqui Khan	1829 - March 1862
3rd	Mohammad Ali Taqi Siddiqui Khan	1862–1867
4th	Mohammad Mokhtar Siddiqui Ali Khan	1867 - March 1878
5th	Mohammad Momtaz Siddiqui Khan	1878–1898
6th	Mohammad Mozaffar Siddiqui Khan	1898–1913
7th	Mohammad Ebrahim Siddiqui Ali Khan	1913 - 1917
8th	Iftikhar Ali Hussain Siddiqui (aka Pataudi Senior)	1917 - 1952
9th	Mansoor Ali Hussain Siddiqui (aka Pataudi Junior)	1952–1971
	Mansoor Ali Hussain Siddiqui (pretender)	1971–2011
10th	Saif Ali Khan (pretender)	2011–Present