Sadath Ali Khan

Sadath Ali Khan was an Indian political and member of first and second Lok Sabha. He represented Warangal parliamentary constituency from 1952 to 1962. A member of the Indian National Congress, he also served as a secretary to the government of India from 1953 to 57.

Sadath Ali Khan
Ambassador of India to Turkey
In office March 1966 – February 1967
Ambassador of India to Iraq
In office 1962–1965
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1952–1957
Constituency	Ibrahimpatnam
In office 1957–1962
Preceded by	Pendyal Raghava Rao
Succeeded by	Bakar Ali Mirza
Constituency	Warangal
Personal details
Born	16 September 1919 Hyderabad, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Sakina Begum
Alma mater	University of Oxford

He later served as the Indian Ambassador to Iraq (1962-1965)^[1] and Turkey (1966-1967).^[2] He died during his tenure in Turkey.

Biography

He was born to Nawab Zain Yar Jung and Begum Ruqqaiya on 16 September 1916 in Hyderabad, India.^[3] He studied at Nizam College, Hyderabad and later at Oxford University. As a writer and journalist, he wrote poems in Urdu and English, and translated some uncertain literary works of English into Urdu. He wrote his memoirs, Brief Thanksgiving, in 1959.

He was married to Sakina Begum, with whom he had a son, Shujaat, and a daughter, Suroor.^[4]