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'''Early life''' | '''Early life''' | ||
Born in | Born in 1949 in Peshawar, his father was a soldier in the British Indian Army who later fought in the Burma Campaign in the Second World War. He went to University in Islamabad studying Business Studies. | ||
He went to University in Islamabad studying Business Studies. | |||
'''Business career''' | '''Business career''' | ||
He set up one of Britain's first Islamic | He set up one of Britain's first Islamic banks in 1955. | ||
He moved to England in the 1950s as he realised that the many Muslim immigrants to the United Kingdom from the Commonwealth would want Islamic banking. | He moved to England in the 1950s as he realised that the many Muslim immigrants to the United Kingdom from the Commonwealth would want Islamic banking. | ||
'''personal life''' | '''personal life''' | ||
He married an English woman and in | |||
He married an English woman and in 1979 they had a son [[Sir Alexander Khan]]. | |||
[[Category:Kingdom of Great Britain]] | [[Category:Kingdom of Great Britain]] | ||
[[Category:Incomplete articles]] | [[Category:Incomplete articles]] | ||
Revision as of 07:04, 1 October 2020
Suleiman Khan was an Islamic banker in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the father of Sir Alexander Khan.
Early life
Born in 1949 in Peshawar, his father was a soldier in the British Indian Army who later fought in the Burma Campaign in the Second World War. He went to University in Islamabad studying Business Studies.
Business career
He set up one of Britain's first Islamic banks in 1955. He moved to England in the 1950s as he realised that the many Muslim immigrants to the United Kingdom from the Commonwealth would want Islamic banking.
personal life
He married an English woman and in 1979 they had a son Sir Alexander Khan.