 He was a distant relation to Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Pakistan’s 5th Prime Minister, and through his sister's marriage, connected to Sahibzada Mohammad Ali Bogra, Pakistan's 3rd Prime Minister.Reza’s mother, Razia, is the great granddaughter of Badruddin Tyabji, believed to be the first Indian to practice as a barrister at the Bombay High Court and a former President of the Indian National Congress.She is the granddaughter of Khan Bahadur Masudul Hasan, who served as Judicial Minister and later Chief Minister of Rampur State in British India.