Saif Ali Khan to be sworn in as Nawab of Pataudi soon

Bhopal: Film star Saif Ali Khan, son of former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who passed away last month, would soon be sworn in as the Nawab of Pataudi. Saif’s sister Saba Ali Khan revealed this to reporters here last evening. [caption id=“attachment_116693” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Saif Ali Khan. Reuters”] [/caption] “Heads of 52 villages want to organise a symbolic coronation ceremony, in which, a headgear (turban) would be placed on Saif’s head as a mark of respect,” Saba said. The ceremony would be held at the Pataudi House as per the customs, once the forty days of mourning get over, she added. Pataudi village is about 25 km from Gurgaon in Haryana, where the former captain’s palace is located. Pataudi’s youngest daughter Saba Ali Khan has taken over as custodian of a royal trust which looks after the Pataudi properties in India and Saudi Arabia. The properties that comes under the royal trust include grand mosques, religious structures, the famous dargah of Sufi saint Baba Peer Fatehullah at Raisen, charitable institutions, graveyards and the Rubaats (shelters) for Haj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. PTI