The Pataudi family is an Indian show business family, primarily working in India's

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, commonly known as 'Bollywood'. They are also noted as the family of erstwhile

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of the former princely state of

Pataudi Pataudi is a town, a tehsil and one of the 4 sub-divisions of Gurugram district, in the Indian state of Haryana, within the boundaries of the National Capital Region of India. It is located southwest of Gurugram city. Gurgaon-Pataudi road, k ...

, from which they take their name. Faiz Talab Khan, an ethnic

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from the

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tribe of

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, Afghanistan, became the first

Nawab of Pataudi Pataudi State was a small princely state in India, established in 1804 by the East India Company rule in India. The state formed a part of the Delhi Territory in the Ceded and Conquered Provinces. It was under the suzerainty of the Commiss ...

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/ref> after he aided the

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in their battle against the

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, during the

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.The Hindu, Sunday, 3 Aug 2003 - ''Royal vignettes: Pataudi: The Afghan connection''
/ref> His descendants subsequently ruled the state until 1949, when it was merged with

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and acceded to

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. The Pataudis retained their titles and were granted privy purses until both were abolished by the Indian government in 1971. Most of the family members migrated to the newly formed

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-majority

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, including

Sher Ali Khan Pataudi Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan of Pataudi () Hilal-i-Jurat, HJ (13 May 1913 – 29 May 2002) was a Pakistan Army general who served as Chief of the General Staff (Pakistan), Chief of the General Staff and later became a diplomat and politician. Born int ...

, who served as a major-general in the

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. The last ruling nawab was

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952), was an Indian prince and cricket player. He was the captain of the India's national cricket team during its tour of England in 1946. His ...

and the last recognised titular nawab was his son

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also known as Mansur Ali Khan or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Pataudi was ap ...

. The current patriarch of the family is

Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. The titular head of the Pataudi family since 2011, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore a ...

. Both Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi were accomplished

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players who played for, and also captained, the

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; the former had also played for the

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in 1930s. The current members of the family consist mostly of

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s who work predominantly in the Hindi-language film industry.

Notable members

* Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi - 8th Nawab of Pataudi: cricket player; married Sajida Sultan, titular Nawab Begum of Bhopal ** Mansoor Ali Khan, 9th and Last Nawab of Pataudi: cricket player; son of Iftikhar Ali Khan and Sajida Sultan; married actress

Sharmila Tagore Sharmila Tagore (; born 8 December 1944) also known by her married name Begum Ayesha Sultana, is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali films. Widely recognized as one of the gre ...

***

: actor; current patriarch of the family, son of Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore; married actress

Amrita Singh Amrita Singh (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi films. Singh made her acting debut with '' Betaab'' (1983), and established herself as a leading actress of the 1980s and early 1990s. Singh appeared as a leadi ...

, in 1991 and they divorced in 2004; married to actress

Kareena Kapoor Khan Kareena Kapoor Khan (; ; born 21 September 1980) is an Indian actress. A prolific leading lady of Hindi cinema since 2000, she is noted for her roles in a range of film genres—from romantic comedies to crime dramas. Kapoor is the recipient ...

since 2012 ****

Sara Ali Khan Sara Ali Khan Pataudi (; born 12 August 1995) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Born into the Pataudi family, she is the daughter of actors Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan. Khan is a recipient of a Filmfare Award and appeared in ...

: actress; daughter of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh (b. 1995) **** Ibrahim Ali Khan - actor; son of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh (b. 2001) ***

Soha Ali Khan Soha Ali Khan Pataudi (born 4 October 1978) is an Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali, and English films. She is the younger daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan, of Bhopal, ...

: actress; daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore; married to actor

Kunal Khemu Kunal Khemu (born 25 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. Early life and background Kunal Khemu was born on 25 May 1983 in Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, into a Kashmiri ...

. ****Inaaya Naumi Kemmu: daughter of Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu (b.2017) *** Saba Ali Khan: jewellery designer; daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore *

: son of the 7th Nawab; a major general in the

** Isfandiyar Ali Khan Pataudi: a Major General in the Pakistan Army and Deputy Director of the

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Notable relatives

* Saad Bin Jung - cricketer (nephew of

) *

Shahryar Khan Shahryar Mohammad Khan (; 29 March 1934 – 23 March 2024) was a Pakistani career diplomat who became Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so until his retirement from service in 1994. He later served as United Nations Special Re ...

- former diplomat and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (nephew of Begum Sajida Sultan) *

Sadiq Hussain Qureshi Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi (; 25 July 1927 – 24 June 2000) was a Pakistani politician who served as both Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s. A close aid of Mr. Bhutto during his time in power, he r ...

- Pakistan's former

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and Chief Minister of Punjab (husband of Begum Haseen Bano; son-in-law of Begum Abida Sultana, the sister of Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan) * Ashiq Hussain Qureshi - former cricketer, civil servant and captain in the Pakistan Army (son of Begum Haseen Bano, grandson of Begum Abida Sultana)

Photos of the notable members of the family

File:Nawab of Pataudi Cigarette Card.jpg,

File:Begum-of-pataudi.jpg, Sajida Sultan File:Colonel Pataudi.jpg,

File:Sharmila T Lux-Award 2016.jpg,

File:Saif at 2014 Stardust.jpg,

File:Kareena Kapoor in 2015.jpg,

File:Amrita Singh & Sara Ali Khan at Shaadi By Marriott showcase (08) (cropped) 2.jpg,

File:Soha Ali Khan still3.jpg,

File:Kunal Khemu.jpg,

File:Sara Ali Khan promote Atrangi Re in Delhi.jpg,

File:Ibrahim Ali Khan snapped at the premiere of Nadaaniyan (cropped).jpg, Ibrahim Ali Khan

References

{{Reflist Indian families Pataudi Indian noble families Bollywood film clans Nawabs of India Saif Ali Khan Nawabs of Bhopal Tagore family Kapoor family Pashtun families Indian people of Pashtun descent Indian Muslims

Notable members

Notable relatives

Photos of the notable members of the family

See also

References