The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Cambay, Nawab of; Nawab Jafar Ali Khan
Cambay, Nawab of; His Highness Nawab Jafar Ali Khan Husain Yawar Khan Sahib Bahadur, Najib-ud-Dowla, Mumtaz-ul-Mulk, Momin Khan Dilawar Jang; S. of late Nawab Husain Yawar Khan; b. 1848; Succeeded, 1880; The founder of the family was one Momin Khan. His son, Momin Khan II, is said to have successfully resisted the demands for tribute by the Mahratta Peshwas until the treaty of Bassein by which Cambay was transferred to the British. The State comprises of two towns and eight villages with a population of about 80,000, and a revenue of six lakhs. Nawab exercises full powers, and is entitled to a salute of eleven guns. Address: Cambay, Bombay Presidency, India.