Khan was born on 1 August 1908 in Mathra, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, British India into the family of Khan Bahadur Akram Khan, a soldier who had served in the British army and fought against the germans in France in world war one.
Khan was born on August 1, 1908, in Mathra, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, British India. He came from a family of Khan Bahadur Akram Khan, who had served as a soldier in the British army and fought against the Germans in France during World War I.