Pataudi family

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{{short description|Indian dynasty of nawabs that has also been prominent in film and cricket}}
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{{Infobox family|name=Pataudi|type=[[Princely state|Princely]] [[dynasty]]|country=[[British India]]|region=[[Pataudi]], [[Gurgaon district]], [[Haryana]]|founded={{Start date|1804}}|founder=Md. Faiz Ali Talab Khan|current_head=[[Saif Ali Khan]]|dissolution={{End date|1971}}|deposition={{End date|1948}}|final_ruler=[[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi]]|titles=[[Nawab of Pataudi]]|styles={{Collapsible list|[[Nawab]]|[[Begum]]}}|members=|other_families={{Collapsible list|[[Nawabs of Bhopal|Mirazi Khel dynasty]] ([[Orakzai dynasty|Orakzai]])|[[Paigah family]]|[[Kheshgi|Kheshgi family]]|[[Tagore family]]|[[Barua|Barua family]]|[[Kapoor family]]|[[List of Hindi film families#Singh-Virk family|Singh-Virk family]]}}|traditions=[[Sunni Islam]]|estate=[[Pataudi Palace]]|footnotes=}}

The '''Pataudi family''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[dynasty]] of [[nawabs]] of the former [[princely states|princely state]] of [[Pataudi State|Pataudi]], from which they take their name.<ref name="TH1">{{cite news |last1=Santhanam |first1=Kausalya |title=Royal vignettes: Pataudi: The Afghan connection |url=https://www.thehindu.com/mag/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300740800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321145616/http://www.thehindu.com/mag/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300740800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 March 2015 |accessdate=5 January 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |publisher=[[The Hindu Group]] |date=3 August 2003}}</ref> The first [[nawab of Pataudi|nawab]] was Faiz Talab Khan, an ethnic [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] from the [[Sarbani]] tribe of [[Kandahar Province|Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]], who became the first Nawab of the Pataudi State in 1804,<ref name=hindu>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130316043409/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300740800.htm The Hindu, Sunday, 3 Aug 2003 - ''Royal vignettes: Pataudi: The Afghan connection'']</ref><ref name="TH1"/> after he aided the [[British East India Company]] in their battle against the [[Maratha Empire]], during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]].<ref name=hindu>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130316043409/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300740800.htm 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 [[East Punjab]] and acceded to [[Dominion of India]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sabharwal |first1=Gopa |title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years |date=29 August 2017 |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin UK]] |location=London |isbn=9789352140893 |chapter=1948}}</ref> The Pataudis retained their titles and were granted [[Privy Purse in India|privy purses]] until both were abolished by the Indian government in 1971.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ramusack|first=Barbara N.|authorlink=Barbara Ramusack|title=The Indian princes and their states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA278|accessdate=6 November 2011|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26727-4|page=278}}</ref> The last ruling nawab was [[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi]] and the last recognised titular nawab was his son [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]]. The current head of the family is [[Saif Ali Khan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Saif Ali Khan reveals why he refuses films with wife Kareena Kapoor |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/saif-ali-khan-reveals-why-he-refuses-films-with-wife-kareena-kapoor/story-peNKnna53HhNcsvyNCGQeP.html |accessdate=4 January 2019 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |publisher=[[HT Media]] |date=21 October 2011}}</ref>

Both Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi were [[cricket]] players and played for, and also captained, the [[Indian national cricket team]]; the former had also played for the [[England cricket team]] in 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iftikhar Ali Khan |url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/iftikhar-ali-khan |website=Making Britain |publisher=[[Open University]] |accessdate=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Royalty on the cricket field |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/691775 |website=ICC Cricket |publisher=International Cricket Council FZ LLC |accessdate=4 January 2019}}</ref> The present members of the family consist mostly of [[actor]]s who work predominantly in the [[Hindi cinema|Hindi film industry]].<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Bollywood couple Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have baby |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-bollywood-couple-kareena-kapoor-and-saif-ali-khan-have-baby-2016-12 |accessdate=4 January 2019 |work=[[Business Insider]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[Insider Inc.]] |date=20 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sara Ali Khan says Kedarnath made grandmother Sharmila Tagore message mom Amrita Singh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sara-ali-khan-says-grandmother-sharmila-tagore-messaged-mom-amrita-singh-after-kedarnath/story-f0Rmu8F22dHOYN5nlLNgRL.html |accessdate=5 January 2019 |work=Hindustan Times |publisher=HT Media |date=18 December 2018}}</ref>

==Notable members==
*[[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi|Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi - 8th Nawab of Pataudi]] - cricket player; married [[Sajida Sultan]], titular [[Nawabs of Bhopal#Titular rulers|Nawab Begum of Bhopal]]
**[[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Mansoor Ali Khan, 9th Nawab of Pataudi]] - cricket player; son of Iftikhar Ali Khan and Sajida Sultan; married actress [[Sharmila Tagore]]
*** [[Saif Ali Khan]], 10th Nawab of Pataudi - actor; son of Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore; married actress [[Amrita Singh]], in 1991 and divorced 2004; married to actress [[Kareena Kapoor Khan]],
**** [[Sara Ali Khan]] - actress; daughter of [[Saif Ali Khan|Saif]] and [[Amrita Singh|Amrita]], (b. 1995)
**** Ibrahim Ali Khan Pataudi, [[heir apparent]] - [[Saif Ali Khan|Saif]] and [[Amrita Singh|Amrita's]] son, (b. 2001)
**** Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi, 1st [[heir presumptive]] - [[Saif Ali Khan|Saif]] and [[Kareena Kapoor|Kareena]]'s son, (b. 2016)
**** Jehangir Ali Khan Pataudi, 2nd [[heir presumptive]] - [[Saif Ali Khan|Saif]] and [[Kareena Kapoor|Kareena]]'s son, (b. 2021)
*** [[Soha Ali Khan]] - actress; daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore; married to actor [[Kunal Khemu]]
**** Inaaya Naumi Khemu - Soha and Kunal daughter (b. 2017)
*** [[Saba Ali Khan]] - jewellery designer; daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore
** Saleha Sultan, married Bashir Yar Jung
*** [[Saad Bin Jung]] - cricketer; son of Saleha and Bashir
*[[Sher Ali Khan Pataudi]] - Major General in the [[Pakistan Army]]; brother of Iftikhar Ali Khan; father of Gibran Saleem Khan; Uncle of Hasnat Ahmad Khan
*[[ Ali Khan]] - Professor of Anthropology in LUMS
*[[Sheryar Khan]] - Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board
==See also==
*[[Nawab of Pataudi|Nawabs of Pataudi]]

==References==
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