 Nazir Ahmed Khan fell in love with Sitara Devi and married her while still being married to Sikandar Begum (it remains legal in India for Muslim men, and only Muslim men, to have up to four wives concurrently).Asif became enamoured of Sitara Devi, who was his sister's co-wife and his cousin's second wife.Nazir and Sitara were soon divorced, and shortly afterwards, Asif married Sitara, who thus became the wife, successively, of Sikandar Begum's husband and brother.