Noor Inayat Khan
AKA Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan
Born: 1-Jan-1914
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 13-Sep-1944
Location of death: Dachau concentration camp, Germany
Cause of death: Execution
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Spy, Author
Nationality: England
Executive summary: British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis
Military service: RAF, British Special Operation Executive (WWII)
Father: Inayat Khan (Founder of Universal Sufism, b. 5-Jul-1882, d. 5-Feb-1927)
Mother: Ora Ray Baker (cousin of Mary Baker Eddy)
Brother: Vilayat Inayat Khan (Sufi teacher, b. 19-Jun-1916, d. 17-Jun-2004)
Brother: Hidayat (b. 1917)
Sister: Khair-un-Nisa (b. 1918)
Boyfriend: France Antelme (SOE operative)
University: Child Psychology, Sorbonne, Paris
University: Paris Conservatoire
Shot 13-Sep-1944 (in the head by the SS)
Tortured (by Wilhelm Ruppert at Dachau)
Escaped from Prison 1943 (captured several hours later by the Gestapo)
Croix de Guerre
Indian Ancestry
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