Shireen Amir

Shireen Amir
شیریں امیر (Urdu)
Born
Mirpur, District Larkana
DiedJanuary 19, 2003(2003-01-19) (aged 82–83)
Larkana
Resting placeBhutto family mausoleum
Spouse
(m. 1943; died 1979)

Shireen Amir Begum was the first wife and cousin of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who served as the fourth president and ninth prime minister of Pakistan.[1] She was the daughter of Khan Bahadur Ahmad Khan Bhutto,[2] the brother of Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto. She was married to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1943,[3][4] at the time she was ten years his senior.[5] The couple had no children.

She died from a cardiac arrest on 19 January 2003 and was laid to rest in the Bhutto family mausoleum.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Tragedi Benazir Bhutto (in Indonesian). Penerbit Narasi. ISBN 978-979-16808-0-6.
  2. ^ Kamran, Tahir (19 August 2024). Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-965-4.
  3. ^ Ekbal, Nikhat (2009). Great Muslims of undivided India. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-756-0.
  4. ^ Shaikh, Abdul Razak (4 April 2020). "Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: A legendary leader". dailytimes.com.pk. Daily Times. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ^ Ḥaidar, Sayyid Afz̤al (1996). Bhutto Trial: Without special title. National Commission on History and Culture.
  6. ^ "President visits mausoleum of Bhutto family in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh". nation.com.pk. The Nation. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Shirin Begum passes away". dawn.com. Dawn. 20 January 2003. Retrieved 12 October 2025.