Career

In 1928, she was recognized as the heiress apparent to the Bhopal throne. However, she gave up her right to the throne and migrated to the newly formed Pakistan in 1950. In Pakistan, she joined the foreign service.

Abida Sultan had arrived in the newly created Pakistan at the age of 37, with a young son.

She was to spend the greater part of her life in Pakistan. She died in Karachi in 2002.

Her son, Shaharyar Khan, was to become the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and then the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.