Nasrullah Khan was a Pakistani

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player. In 1966, he became coach to Ireland's Jonah Barrington, along with Azam Khan as Barrington's tactical adviso

helping Barrington to win his first of six British Open Squash Championships, British Open titles between 1967 and 1973. He also coached Angela Smith, the GB and England world star who became a legend herself in the ladies game, ensuring that the sport was professional for women. Nasrullah is the brother of

Roshan Khan Roshan Khan (Pashto / ; 26 November 1929 – 6 January 2006) was a squash player from Nawakille, Peshawar, Pakistan. He was one of the leading players in the game in the early 1960s, and won the British Open title in 1957.

, second cousin of

Hashim Khan Hashim Khan (; – 18 August 2014) was a squash player from Pakistan. He won the British Open Squash Championships (the then ''de facto'' world championship) a total of seven times, from 1951 to 1956, and then again in 1958. Khan was th ...

and Azam Khan and uncle of the great

Jahangir Khan Jahangir Khan (Pashto, born 10 December 1963) is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times, and the British Open title ten times (1982–1991). He is widely regarded as the greatest squash player ...

and

Torsam Khan Torsam Khan (sometimes spelled "Torsan Khan") (1952-1979) was a squash player from Pakistan. He belonged to a Pashtun family from Nawakille, Peshawar, Pakistan. He is the son of the 1957 British Open champion Roshan Khan, and the older brother ...

. His son

Rahmat Khan The Khan squash family, sometimes referred to as the Khan squash dynasty, refers to a Pakistani family that has produced a succession of champion squash players. The dynasty's patriarch was Hashim Khan (1914-2014), whose win at the 1951 Britis ...

is also a squash player, who married British actress and singer

Salma Agha Salma Agha (born 29 October 1954) is a British singer and actress who worked in Pakistani and Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She is best known for her acting and singing the song "Dil ke Armaan" in the film ''Nikaah'' (1982). ...

. His granddaughter

Natasha Khan Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), known professionally as Bat for Lashes, is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. She has released six studio albums: '' Fur and Gold'' (2006), ''Two Suns'' (2009), '' The Haunt ...

(better known by the pseudonym "

Bat For Lashes Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), known professionally as Bat for Lashes, is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. She has released six studio albums: '' Fur and Gold'' (2006), ''Two Suns'' (2009), '' The Haunt ...

") is a singer and Sashaa Agha is an actress and singer.

References

*The Khan story
"The Khan story"
August 2000, Accessed July 2007. * Jonah Barrington, "Barrington on Squash", published by Stanley Paul, 1973. Khan, Nasrullah Khan, Nasrullah Living people Pashtun squash players Year of birth missing (living people) Khan family (squash) {{Pakistan-squash-bio-stub