Sajida Sultan

[3] Together they had three daughters – Saleha, Sabiha, and Qudsia – and a son, the cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

[4] Sher Ali Khan Pataudi, the major general in the Pakistan Army was her brother-in-law by marriage.

Sara Ali Khan, an actress in the Hindi film industry is her great-granddaughter.

On 5 January 1952, Iftikhar Ali Khan died and Mansoor succeeded his father as the 9th titular Nawab of Pataudi.

[6] Sajida was formally recognised as the Nawab Begum of Bhopal in 1962, with recognition being effective from 1960.

Bhopal royal family. From left to right: Nawab Hamidullah Khan , his wife Begum Maimoona Sultan, their daughters—Rabia Sultan, Abida Sultan , Sajida Sultan in London , 1932