page_title: Khwaja Salimullah
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Khwaja Salimullah / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: The Young Nababa Salimullah in 1880.
context_page_description: Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur GCIE KCSI was the fourth Nawab of Dhaka and one of the leading Muslim politicians during the British Raj. In 1906, the Muslim League was officially founded at the educational conference held in Dhaka. The convention was held at Ahsan Manzil, the official residence of the Dhaka Nawab Family. Sir Salimullah was a key patron of education for the Eastern Bengal. He was one of the founders of the University of Dhaka and the prestigious Ahsanullah School of Engineering. Sir Salimullah was a staunch supporter of the Partition of Bengal and was a member of East Bengal and Assam Legislative Council from 1906 to 1907. He was also a member of Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1913 till his death in Calcutta in 1915 at the age of 43. He was the founder President of Bengal Muslim League in 1907.
context_section_description: Khwaja Salimullah was the eldest son of the third Nawab of Dhaka, Sir Khwaja Ahsanullah and his first wife Nawab Begum Wahidunnesa. He was the grandson of Nawab of Dhaka, Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani. Nawab Khwaja Salimullah was born at the Ahsan Manzil Palace on 7 June 1871.
  Wives
  Nawab Begum Asmatunnesa
  Nawab Begum Alima Bibi
  Nawab Begum Raushan Akhter
  Nawab Begum Naznijan
  Nawab Begum Ayesha
  Nawab Begum Azizunnesa
  Children
  With Nawab Begum Asmatunnesa:
  Nawab Khwaja Habibullah
  Begum Ayesha II
  With Nawab Begum Alima Bibi:
  Khwaja Alimullah II
  Khwaja Waliullah
  With Nawab Begum Raushan Akhter:
  Khwaja Hafizullah I
  Khwaja Nasrullah
  Ahmedi Bano
  With Nawab Begum Naznijan:
  Khurshid Bano
  Aftab Bano
  With Nawab Begum Azizunnesa:
  Khwaja Ahsanullah
caption: Salimullah as a child (1880)
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