After the death of her father Nawab Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Saba Ali Khan has been officially designated as the custodian of a trust that takes care of huge properties spread from Bhopal to Saudi Arabia.
The Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board, after receiving a letter of request from Saba for claiming the post, has officially designated her as “mutawalli” of Aukaf-e-Shahi Trust, officials said here on Sunday.
The huge properties that come under the trust include mosques, religious structures, the famous dargah of Sufi saint Baba Peer Fatehullah at Raisen, charitable institutions, graveyards and rubaats (shelters) for Haj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
During a visit to Bhopal a few months ago, Pataudi had named Saba as his naib mutawalli (deputy) and took her around all the properties which she was supposed to look after in his absence.
Though these assets are worth billions of rupees, they are waqf properties and therefore her role will be more of a supervisory nature, the officials said.