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Nahid Mirza
Nahid Mirza First Lady of Pakistan | |
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Born | Nahid Amir Teymour 6 February 1919 |
Died | 23 January 2019 | (aged 99)
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Known for | First Lady of Pakistan |
Spouse(s) | Iskandar Mirza |
Nahid Iskander Mirza (6 February 1919 – 23 January 2019),[1] born Nahid Amir Teymour (previously Nahid Afghamy), was an Iranian-Pakistani socialite who was the first lady of Pakistan between 1956 and 1958 [1] and a distant relative of another first lady of Pakistan, Nusrat Bhutto.[2]
Personal life[]
Born into the Iranian branch of the Timurid dynasty, Nahid was the daughter of Aristocrat Amirteymour Kalali, and the granddaughter of Mir 'Ali Mardan Shah, Nuzrat ol-Molk and his wife Princess Ashraf us-Sultana. Through the Timurid dynasty she was a descendant of Timur.
Nahid was first married to an Iranian Lieutenant Colonel Afghamy, a then military-attaché at the Iranian Embassy in Pakistan.[2] At the same time, Iskander Mirza was the secretary of the Defense Ministry in Pakistan.[2][3] During an event at the Russian embassy in Karachi, she met Iskandar Mirza for the first time.[1]
In 1952, the Afghamys left Pakistan for Tehran again. And Nahid joined her daughter in London, who at the time was to enter a boarding school in the town.[1] In December 1953 she divorced Afghamy and in September 1954 she married Mirza[1] who had lost his wife and son in a plane crash.[2]
According to Pakistan Today, she played a major role in the resolution of the border dispute between Pakistan and Iran about Mirjaveh.[3] As in 1956, Iskander Mirza became the President of Pakistan, she became the First Lady of Pakistan[1] Following the military coup in pakistan in 1958, the Mirzas were exiled to London where they lived at South Kensington.[1] Iskander died in November 1969.[1] She died in London on the 23 January 2019.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "OBITUARY: Nahid Iskandar Mirza, Iranian Who Became Pakistan's First Lady". KAYHAN LIFE. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d "First ladies Nusrat and Nahid were both Iranian-born". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ a b "Ex-president Iskander Mirza's wife passes away in London – Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk.
- 1919 births
- 2019 deaths
- Iranian emigrants to Pakistan
- Pakistani people of Kurdish descent
- Pakistani socialites
- Spouses of presidents of Pakistan
- Iranian Kurdish people
- Naturalised citizens of Pakistan
- Spouses of prime ministers of Pakistan
- Iranian expatriates in the United Kingdom
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