Kurwai Kurwai
1713–1948
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Nasr Min Allah wa Fath Qarib[1]
Status	Princely state of India (1817–1948)
Capital	Kurwai
Common languages	Hindustani
Religion	Islam and Hinduism
Government	Principality
Nawab of Kurwai
• 1713–1722	Mohammad Diler Khan (first)
• 1926–1949	Sarwar Ali Khan (last)
History
• Established	1713
• Disestablished	1 June 1948
Preceded by Succeeded by Mughal Empire India
Today part of	India

Kurwai state was a Muslim-ruled Princely state of British India, centered around the Kurwai town. The state was 368 km² in area and had a population of 30,631 in 1892.

It was founded in 1713 by Mohammed Diler Khan, an Afghan soldier in the Mughal Army. Abida Sultan, the wife of the last ruler, gave up her right to the throne of Bhopal State and opted for the Muslim Nation state of Pakistan in 1950, eventually entering that country's Foreign service. Later, her son Shaharyar Khan became the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and then the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

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