Adil Ray Adil Ray Adil Ray, (born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio and television presenter. He stars in the BBC One comedy "Citizen Khan", which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio stations. Adil Ray was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England to a Pakistani Punjabi father, from Lahore, and Kenya Asian mother. He was brought up in the suburb of Yardley. Ray's father Abdul worked as a bus driver for almost forty years. His mother worked for the Immigration Appeals Department in the Civil Service and was of partial Baganda ancestry.
Adil Shahi dynasty Adil Shah (1490–1510), was appointed Bahmani governor of the province, before creating a de facto independent Bijapur state. Yusuf and his son, Ismail, generally used the title "Adil Khan". 'Khan', meaning 'Chief' in Mongolian and adopted in Persian, conferred a lower status than 'Shah', indicating royal rank. Only with the rule of Yusuf's grandson, Ibrahim Adil Shah I (1534–1558), did the title of "Adil Shah" come into common use. The Bijapur Sultanate's borders changed considerably throughout its history. Its northern boundary remained relatively stable, straddling contemporary Southern Maharashtra and Northern Karnataka. The Sultanate expanded southward, first with the conquest of