Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah

أكبر جهان عبد الله

1916 CE · 1334 AH† – 11 July 2000 CE · 1421 AH †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Kashmiri politician and wife of Sheikh Abdullah, who represented Srinagar and Anantnag in the Lok Sabha (1977–1979 and 1984–1989), was the first president of the Jammu and Kashmir Red Cross Society, and was known as Madr-e-Meharban, 'the kind mother'.