Mehjabeen Shaikh (Dawood Ibrahim’s First Wife) Age, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Other name	Zubeen Zareen [1]Zee News
Full name	Mehjabeen Dawood Ibrahim [2]The Times of India
Known for	Being the first wife of gangster Dawood Ibrahim
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet & inches- 5’ 5”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 1960
Age (as of 2023)	62 Years
Birthplace	Bhendi Bazaar Area, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bhendi Bazaar Area, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Husband/Spouse	Dawood Ibrahim (gangster, terrorist)
Children	Son- 1 • Moin Ibrahim (married to Saniya, a daughter of a London-based businessman) (m. 25 September 2011) Daughters- 3 • Mehreen Ibrahim (married to Ayub, a Pakistani-American) (m. 2011) • Mahrukh Ibrahim (married to Junaid Miandad, Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad’s son) (m. 2006) • Maria Ibrahim (deceased)
Parents	Father- Yusuf Kashmiri (small businessman)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mehjabeen Shaikh

• Mehjabeen Shaikh, also known as Zubeena Zareen, is a Pakistani woman who is known for being the first wife of gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

• According to some media outlets, Mehjabeen grew up in the infamous Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai, where Dawood Ibrahim also grew up. Her uncle, Salim Kashmiri, lives in the area.

• Reportedly, in the 1990s, one of Dawood’s friends “Mumtaz Khan” invited him for dinner. During dinner, Dawood was attracted by the beauty of Mehjabeen, who was Mumtaz’s sister-in-law. Eventually, Dawood and Sujata started dating, and despite Mehjabeen’s father’s initial disapproval, he agreed to their marriage after learning about Dawood’s father’s respectable background as a policeman.

• Mehjabeen Shaikh got married to Dawood Ibrahim in the 1990s, and they have four children. Her daughter, Mahrukh Ibrahim, married Junaid Miandad, son of Javed Miandad, a former Pakistani cricket player. Zubeena Zareen’s second daughter, Mehreen, tied the knot with Ayub, a Pakistani-American citizen, in 2011, and their third daughter, Maria Ibrahim, was born in 2012.
  

  Mehjabeen Shaikh while attending a wedding

• One of her relatives once narrated the behaviour of Mehjabeen Shaikh in a media interview. The relative shared that Mehjabeen was a caring lady, who always stayed in touch with all the relatives of Dawood Ibrahim. Dawood often called his Mehjabeen on festivals over WhatsApp, the relative said.

• Dawood’s sister, Haseena Parkar, shared in a media interview that Mehjabeen Shaikh was the moving spirit behind her family. She arranged her daughter Mahrukh’s marriage to Junaid, the son of former cricketer Javed Miandad. She initially discussed the idea with Miandad’s wife, her close friend. Pakar added that Mehjabeen was the only person Dawood feared. He used to throw parties when she was away, but everything was quickly cleaned up if she unexpectedly returned, especially removing any signs of young women she would not approve of.
  

  An old picture of Mehjabeen Shaikh with Dawood Ibrahim

• In 2016, Zubeena visited her birthplace, Mumbai, and met her father, Salim Kashmiri, for the first time. During this travel, she also visited a government-run educational institution.

• In 2017, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala stated in a video message that the Modi government remained inactive when she visited India in 2016. Surjewala commented a day after Dawood Ibrahim‘s arrested brother, Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, revealed to Indian investigators that Dawood’s wife, Mehjabeen Shaikh, visited Mumbai in 2016 to meet her uncle, Salim Kashmiri, before leaving secretly.
  

  A picture of Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar after his arrest

• According to the media reports, both Dawood and his wife, Mehjabeen Shaikh, give orders to henchmen. ^[3]Aaj Tak

• In September 2022, Dawood’s nephew revealed before the National Investigation Agency(NIA) that Dawood had married for the second time to a Pakistani Pathan woman without giving a divorce to Mehjabeen Shaikh.