Personal Life
She married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the Nawab of Pataudi and former captain of the Indian cricket team, in a Nikkah ceremony held on 27 December 1969. She was converted to Islam from Hinduism before Nikkah and change her name to Ayesha Sultana. They had three children: Saif Ali Khan who is a Bollywood actor and husband of actress Kareena Kapoor (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan (b. 1976) and Soha Ali Khan a Bollywood actress (b. 1978). Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi died, at age 70, on 22 September 2011. In November 2012 she wrote to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asking for the upcoming series between India and England to be recognised as the Pataudi Trophy which was commissioned by the MCC in 2007. The Indian board responded saying that England's Test series in India are contested for the Anthony de Mello Trophy, in honour of the cricket administrator and co-founder of the BCCI.
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