Enaith Habibullah (2 April 1910 – 15 July 1990) was an Indian Army General and the first Commandant of the National Defence Academy.

They were the Taluqdars of Saidanpur estate in Barabanki district, which they had received for services rendered to the Nawab of Awadh, and which they continued to enjoy under the British Raj.

Enaith's father, Sheikh Mohammad Habibullah, himself taluqdar of Saidanpur, also served for many years as regent or governor of the (much larger) estate of Mahmudabad.

[3] He spent a year attached to the 1st battalion East Yorkshire Regiment stationed in India before being posted to the 16th Light Cavalry on 5 January 1932.

[4] He saw action in Africa and fought against General Rommel in the battle of El Alamein World War II, later he was posted in Burma with the 16th Light Cavalry.