
He attended Grace King High School, where, as he recalls, "a few classmates were fresh out of jail and others were bound for top universities." He was a cartoonist for the high school's newspaper. His mother, Masuda Khan, is from Murshidabad in West Bengal, India. Khan's grandfather, Abdul Wahab Khan was the 3rd Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. They are descended from Rahmat Khan, a Pathan chieftain who was killed in conflict with Raja Kandarpanarayan Rai of Chandradwip in the 16th century. His father was a physician, and originally hailed from the village of Rahmatpur in Babuganj, Barisal District, Bangladesh.

1990) and Masuda Khan in Metairie, Louisiana. Salman Amin Khan was born on Octoto Bengali Muslim parents Fakhrul Amin Khan (d.
