Born in Peshawar into a Kashmiri family (which migrated from Baramulla)[REF][REF] Bokhari received his early education in the city of his birth and in 1916 moved from Islamia College, Peshawar, to attend Government College, Lahore.
In New York, Bokhari lives in a small house on a small street along the East River that is the quintessence of exclusivity.