Khan darapo mo ipade gbogboogbo, eekan-lodun ti Nadwatul Ulama ni odun 1895 ni ilu Lucknow, won si fi je oludari egbe naa.. 
O kawe gboye ni ile-ẹkọ giga Phillips Academy, AnDover, ni ọdun 1992 ati Harvard College ní ọdun 1996 nibiti o ti gba oye kan ni eto-ọrọ idagbasoke (Development Economics) ati lẹhin naa gba M.Sc.. 