Following the defeat, they moved to a place near Baghdad before migrating to Munger in Bihar, where they played important military roles.
[4] Her father, Abdul Qadir Shah, died when she was very young and she was cared for by her mother, Alimunnesa, who ensured that she received a good education.
She was home taught by her mother, as well as her brother Abdul Ghaffar who was an alim, or she may have attended the local maktab.
She would have learnt Islamic theology from studying the Qur'an and become proficient in Bengali, Persian and Arabic.
[5] Rahimunnessa's works were lost until being rediscovered by Enamul Haq in the 20th century, and further research by Muhammad Shahidullah.