Mirza Bashir Ahmad (20 April 1893 – 2 September 1963) was a religious scholar and writer of the

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Ahmadiyya, officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), is an Islamic messianic movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed a ...

. He was the son of

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and '' Mahdī'', in fulfillment of th ...

who was the founder of the

Ahmadiyya movement Ahmadiyya, officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), is an Islamic messianic movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed a ...

and who claimed to be the

Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...

and

Mahdi The Mahdi () is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the Eschatology, End of Times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad, and will appear shortly before Jesu ...

awaited by Muslims. He was born in 1893 to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and Nusrat Jahan Begum in

Qadian Qadian (; ) is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, north-east of Amritsar, situated north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movem ...

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...

. In 1916, he obtained an M.A. in Arabic. Over the decades, he wrote many books and articles on

Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya, officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), is an Islamic messianic movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed a ...

and Islam with the most notable being ''Sirat Khatamun-Nabiyyin'' (The Life and Character of the Seal of the Prophets). He died in 1963 in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

and was later buried in Bahishti Maqbara,

Rabwah Rabwah (; Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ; ), officially known as Chenab Nagar (; ), is a city in Chiniot District, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan on the bank of Chenab River. It was the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from ...

, Pakistan along with his older brother

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (; 12 January 1889 – 8 November 1965) was the Ahmadiyya Caliphate, second caliph (, ''khalīfatul masīh al-thāni''), leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son of Mirza Ghulam A ...

Works

*''Seerat Khatamun Nabiyeen,'' Volumes I, II, and III (The Life of The Seal of Prophets) *''Seeratul Mahdi'', Volumes I and II (The Life of the Mahdi) *''Silsila Ahmadiyya'' (The History of The Ahmadiyya Movement) *''Alhujjatul Baligha'' (The Perfect Proof) *''Tabligh-e-Hidayat'' (The Preaching of Guidance) *''Hamara Khuda'' (Our God) *''Kalima-tul-Fasal'' (The Decisive Word) *''Khatm-e-Nabuwwat-Ki-Haqeeqat'' (Truth of the Finality of Prophethood) *''Chalees Jawahir Pare'' (Forty Gems) *''Hayat-e-Tayyiba'' (The Immaculate life) *''Mazamin-e-Bashir'' (Collection of published articles)

References

1893 births 1963 deaths Indian Ahmadis Family of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad {{Islam-bio-stub Indian people of Turkish descent