Saba Ali Khan
{{short description|Indian jewellery designer (born 1976)}}
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| birth_name = Saba Ali Khan Pataudi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|05|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = New Delhi, India
| occupation = Jewelry designer
| father = Mansoor Ali Khan
| mother = Sharmila Tagore
| house = House of Pataudi-Bhopal
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Saba Ali Khan Pataudi (born 1 May 1976) is an Indian jewelry designer and mutawalli (Chief Trustee) of the Auqaf-e-Shahi (Royal Trust), established by the-then ‘Princely State’ of the Kingdom of Bhopal as a royal charitable endowment. She is the elder daughter of actress Sharmila Tagore and former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan, Crown Prince of Bhopal, and the sister of actors Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pataudis-daughter-takes-over-as-Bhopal-Auqaf-e-Shahi-head/articleshow/10482279.cms|title=Pataudi's daughter takes over as Bhopal Auqaf-e-Shahi head - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=25 October 2011 |access-date=2019-02-01}}{{cite news |title=Meet Saba Ali Khan – Saif Ali Khan and Soha's lesser-known sibling |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/meet-saba-ali-khan-saif-ali-khan-and-sohas-lesser-known-sibling/photostory/81087259.cms |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}
Family background
Khan, a member of the Pataudi family of Pashtun (Afghan) ancestry, is the daughter of cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/rendezvous-simi-garewal-mansoor-ali-khan-pataudi-sharmila-tagore-142497-2011-10-03 |title=Tiger Pataudi's romance with Sharmila to air on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal in his memory |work=India Today |date=3 October 2011 |accessdate=2011-10-13 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227052533/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/rendezvous-simi-garewal-mansoor-ali-khan-pataudi-sharmila-tagore-142497-2011-10-03 |url-status=live }} Khan is the sister of actors, Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan. Actors Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan are her niece and nephew, respectively, while actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is her sister-in-law.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/28saif.htm |title=To Saif with love: Soha & Saba |work=Rediff.com |access-date=14 May 2011 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026020925/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/28saif.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Sara Ali Khan's aunt Saba Ali Khan upset with actor's fanpage, vows never to share her baby pics again |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/sara-ali-khan-s-aunt-saba-ali-khan-upset-with-actor-s-fanpage-vows-never-to-share-her-baby-pics-again-101626441284237.html |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=16 July 2021 |language=en}}
Khan is the granddaughter of Sajida Begum, the Nawab Begum of Bhopal, and Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the Nawab of Pataudi.{{cite news |last=Pathak |first=Rohan |title=5 Facts You Need to Know About Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi |url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/cricket/taimur-iftikhar-ali-khan-pataudi-saif-kareena |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=The Quint |date=16 March 2017 |language=en}} Her great-grandfather, Hamidullah Khan, succeeded the throne of Bhopal, after a long reign of royal queens. The titular Begum of Bhopal, Saleha Sultan, was her aunt, and through her she is the first cousin of cricketer, Saad Bin Jung. Major General of Pakistan Sher Ali Khan Pataudi is her great-granduncle, and the diplomat Shahryar Khan is her uncle, through her grandaunt Abida Sultan.{{cite web |title=Begums of Bhopal: 107 Years of Golden Reign |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/stories/begums-bhopal-107-years-golden-reign |website=INDIAN CULTURE |access-date=29 December 2022 |language=en}}{{cite book |last=Bin Jung |first=Saad |authorlink=Saad Bin Jung |title=Subhan and I: My Adventures with Angling Legend of India |date=20 November 2012 |publisher=Roli Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=9789351940326}}
Auqaf-e-Shahi
The Auqaf-e-Shahi is a charitable trust that was endowed by the royal family of the Kingdom of the State of Bhopal. The trust manages a portfolio worth Rs 1200 crore, consisting mainly of real estate (both, religious and otherwise) in Bhopal, apart from properties in Mecca as well as Medina in Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-crown-beckons-a-princess-effort-on-to-anoint-saba-head-of-shrines-and-royal-properties/cid/723705|title=A crown beckons a princess - Effort on to anoint Saba head of shrines and royal properties|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}} As a convention, a family member of the ruler of the state of Bhopal, or the ruler himself, was the mutawalli, the chief trustee who managed the assets of the trust for philanthropic purposes. Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan, who was the titular Nawab of Bhopal and Pataudi was the mutawalli till his death in 2011. Saba served under her father as naib mutawalli (Deputy Trustee) before taking over the reigns after his demise, while her brother Saif Ali Khan inherited the titular titles of the Nawab of Bhopal and Pataudi, and the respective estates.
Mansoor Ali Khan reportedly did not think of his son as a possible mutawalli, conscious that a film actor's appointment as head of islamic religious bodies may not go down well with certain sections.
In her tenure as the mutawalli, Auqaf-e-Shahi has acquired certain additional properties in Mecca. In 2016, she announced that the Waqf tribunal has declared that 34 acres of land around the Shahi Qabristan in Bhopal belonged to Auqaf-e-Shahi, and the same would be monetised with the proceeds going to improve the educational and health institutions of Bhopal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2016/state-editions/auqaf-e-shahi-acquires-building-in-makkah.html|title=Auqaf-e-Shahi acquires building in Makkah|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}
References
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External links
- {{Instagram|auqafeshahi|name=Auqaf-e-Shahi}}
- {{Instagram|sabapataudi}}
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Category:Indian jewellery designers