Zainab Masood

In-universe information
In-universe information
Other names	Zainab Khan
Occupation	Post Office owner; Caterer; Restaurateur; Shop assistant;
Husband	Yusef Khan (1977–1982, 2011) ; Masood Ahmed (1983–2011) Unnamed husband (2016–2023)
Sons	Syed Masood; Tamwar Masood; Kamil Masood;
Daughters	Shabnam Masood
Stepdaughters	Afia Masood
Granddaughters	Yasmin Masood ; Jade Masood

Zainab Masood
Zainab Masood
EastEnders character
Portrayed by	Nina Wadia
Duration	2007–2013
First appearance	Episode 3400; 16 July 2007
Last appearance	Episode 4584; 8 February 2013
Classification	Former; regular
Created by	Diederick Santer
Introduced by	Diederick Santer
Spin-off; appearances	EastEnders: E20 (2010–2011); "East Street" (2010)
Other names	Zainab Khan
In-universe information
Other names	Zainab Khan
Occupation	Post Office owner; Caterer; Restaurateur; Shop assistant;
Husband	Yusef Khan (1977–1982, 2011) ; Masood Ahmed (1983–2011) Unnamed husband (2016–2023)
Sons	Syed Masood; Tamwar Masood; Kamil Masood;
Daughters	Shabnam Masood
Stepdaughters	Afia Masood
Granddaughters	Yasmin Masood ; Jade Masood

Zainab Khan (also Masood) is a character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nina Wadia.^[1] She made her first appearance on 16 July 2007. Zainab is the mother of Syed (Marc Elliott), Shabnam (Zahra Ahmadi/Rakhee Thakrar), Tamwar (Himesh Patel) and Kamil Masood (Arian Chikhlia). She is the wife of Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), who divorces her, and of Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti), who she remarries after a divorce decades earlier, and who abuses her. Wadia quit her role in 2012 and departed the series in the episode shown on 8 February 2013.