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The '''Sachin State''' ({{lang-langx|gu|સચીન રિયાસત}}; {{lang-langx|ur|سچن ریاست}}) was a [[princely state]] belonging to the [[Surat Agency]], former Khandesh Agency, of the [[Bombay Presidency]] during the era of the [[British Raj]]. Its capital was in [[Sachin, Gujarat|Sachin]], the southernmost town of present-day [[Surat district]] of [[Gujarat State]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Maharaja of [[Parmar (Rajput clan)|Parmar]] [[Rajput|Rajputs]] had established the '''State of Sachin'''. Sachin state was foundedinvaded on 6 June 1791. Though over 85% of the subjects were Hindu, the state was ruled by Sunni [[Sunni Muslims]] of the [[Siddi]] dynasty of DanfaDanda-Rajpuri and [[Janjira State]]. The Siddi dynasty is of Abyssinian ([[Habesha]]) origin.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30391686|title = Africans in India: From slaves to reformers and rulers|last = Pandey|first = Vikash|date = 19 December 2014|work = Newspaper|accessdateaccess-date = 19 December 2014|archive-date = 21 December 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141221014958/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30391686|url-status = live}}</ref>

Sachin State was under the protection of the [[Maratha]] [[Peshwa]] until it became a [[British protectorate]]. The state became bankrupt in 1829 and during the period between 1835 and 1864 the state was under British civil administration. It had its own cavalry, currency, and stamped paper, as well as a state band that included Africans.

[[FatimaFatma Begum]] (1892–1983), one of the early superstars inof [[IndianHindi cinema]] and India's first female film director, was allegedly married to Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III of Sachin State. But Sachin royal family sources cast a veil over this<ref>[http{{Cite journal |last=Dokras |first=Uday |date=2021-01-01 |title=CHRONICLES of the African Diaspora in INDIA |url=https://www.royalarkacademia.netedu/India/sachin3.htm45591761 RoyalArk|journal=Indo –Nordic Aithor;s Princely State of Sachin 3]Collective}}</ref> claiming no record of a marriage or contract having taken place between the Nawab and Fatima Bai or of the Nawab having officially recognised their children, [[Sultana (actress)|Sultana]], [[Zubeida]] and Shehzadi, as his own.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sachin.html |title=Sachin Princely State (9 gun salute)] |access-date=25 June 2014 |archive-date=23 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423041551/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sachin.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Sultana (actress)|Sultana]], the daughter of Fatima Begum,<ref name="amazon">{{cite web |work=IMDb.com |title=Sultana-actress |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838459/ |publisher=amazon.com/IMDb.com |locationaccess-date=13 |page=September |pages=2012 |languagearchive-date=13 |format=July |doi=2012 |datearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713015558/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838459/ |monthurl-status= |year= |accessdate=13 September 2012live }}</ref> became a leading figure in early Indian movies.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://bombaymann2.blogspot.com/2013/12/cinema-majestic-girgaum-alam-ara-first.html |title=Indian films and posters from 1930] |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125193555/http://bombaymann2.blogspot.com/2013/12/cinema-majestic-girgaum-alam-ara-first.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Zubeida]], leading actress of India's first talkie film [[Alam Ara]] (1931), was her younger sister.<ref name="cine">{{cite web |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=sultana |url=http://cineplot.com/encyclopedia/sultana/ |work= |publisher=Cineplot.com |accessdateaccess-date=13 September 2012 |quotearchive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225134720/http://cineplot.com/encyclopedia/sultana/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the [[Partition of India|Partition]], Zubaida stayed in India, while her sister Sultana moved to [[Pakistan]] where she married and had a daughter, [[Jamila Razzaq]], who became a prominent Pakistani actress in the decade between the mid -1950s and the mid -1960s.<ref>[http://bmmann-filmyindia.blogspot.com/2014/05/jamila-razzaq-and-zubaida.html Jamila Razzaq and Zubaida] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20151011025823/http://bmmann-filmyindia.blogspot.com/2014/05/jamila-razzaq-and-zubaida.html |date=11 October 2015 }}</ref>

The rulers of Sachin State bore the title '[[Nawab]]' and were granted the right of a 9 [[gun salute]] by the British authorities.<ref>[http{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=6 February 2019 |title=African Rulers in Indian History: Sachin, Gurjarat |url=https://wwwthinkafrica.worldstatesmen.orgnet/India_princes_Aafrican-J.htmlrulers-in-indian-history-sachin-gurjarat/ Princely|access-date=2022-05-22 States|website=Think ofAfrica |language=en-US |archive-date=13 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213182439/https://thinkafrica.net/african-rulers-in-indian-history-sachin-gurjarat/ |url-status=live India]}}</ref>

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