Ameena Begum

Ameena Begum
Pirani Ameena Begum
Born
Ora Ray Baker

8 May 1892
Died1 May 1949
Paris, France
Known forHer influence helping Sufism spread to the western world
SpouseInayat Khan
ChildrenNoor-un-Nisa, Vilayat, Hidayat, and Khair-un-Nisa (Claire)
FatherErastus Warren Baker
RelativesPierre Bernard (half-brother)

Pirani Ameena Begum (Hindustani: अमीना बेगम / امینہ بیگم; born Ora Ray Baker; 8 May 1892 – 1 May 1949) was a writer and poet who was the wife of Sufi Master Inayat Khan and the mother of their four children: World War II SOE agent Noor-un-Nisa (1914–1944), Vilayat (1916–2004), Hidayat (1917–2016) and Khair-un-Nisa (Claire) (1919–2011).