Saeeda Namdar Khan (b. 1926)

Saeeda Namdar Khan (Saeeda Ghani) was born in Rahim Yar Khan town in Bahawalpur State, 1926. She is the granddaughter of Sir Rahim Bakhsh, Bahawalpur State, and daughter of Hajji Abdul Ghani Khan, Deputy Commissioner of Rahim Yar Khan District. Saeeda and her elder sister, Balqis Begum, were brought up by Sir Rahim Bakhsh in Bahawalpur State.

After Balqis Begum married Sardar Siddique Mohammed Khan of Nabha State in 1932, Saeeda, then 7-yrs of age, accompanied her sister to live in Nabha. Sahibzadi Mahmooda Begum, daughter of Siddique Mohammed Khan was only 12 years of age, and all three grew up together in Nabha State.

Saeeda studied in Nabha and then Kiniard College in Lahore. In 1945 she was introduced to Professor Namdar Khan and they were married in September, 1946.

Saeeda has six children: Fareeda, Anjum, Farkhanda, Jamshed, Shaheen, and Humayun; nine grandchildren: Murad, Aliya, Ayesha, Mehryar, Mehreen, Aliya G., Sonja, Soraiya, Faiza; and nine great grand children: Nabeel, Shayan, Hira, Sam, Isfandyar, Mahnoor, Umayr, Maddox, & Anya.