Haq, the courtroom drama has been grabbing a lot of attention for the last few months. It is all because of the gripping storyline and strong performances of Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam. On January 2, 2026, the courtroom drama inspired by the Shah Bano case was released on Netflix. Amid the rising success of the film, Haq, directed by Suparn S. Varma, people have become curious to know more about the real-life couple, Shah Bano and her husband, Mohammed Ahmed Khan.
What was the age gap between Shah Bano and her husband, Mohammed Ahmed Khan?
In a 2017 interview with The Quint, Shah Bano’s youngest son, Jameel Ahmad, shared that his mother was 60 years old when she got divorced from her husband, Mohd. Ahmed Khan in 1979. So that means she was born in 1919. According to a report by Hindustan Times, Shah Bano’s husband, Mohd. Ahmed Khan, a reputed lawyer of Indore, died in 2006 and was 94 when he passed away. Thus, it means that Ahmed was born in 1912. If the report is believed to be true, then the Muslim couple shared an age gap of 7 years.