Khalifatul Masih II
| Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood | |||||
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| Caliph of the Messiah Amir al-Mu'minin Promised Son |
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| Reign | 14 March 1914 – 7 November 1965 | ||||
| Predecessor | Hakeem Noor-ud-Din | ||||
| Successor | Mirza Nasir Ahmad | ||||
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12 January 1889 Qadian, Punjab, British India |
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| Died | 7 November 1965 (aged 76) Rabwah, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Burial | Bahishti Maqbara Rabwah, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Issue | 23 children | ||||
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| Father | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani | ||||
| Mother | Nusrat Jahan Begum | ||||
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Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad |
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
مرزا بشیر الدین محمود احمد
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (Urdu: مرزا بشیر الدین محمود احمد) (12 January 1889 – 8 November 1965), was Khalifatul Masih II (Arabic: خليفة المسيح الثاني, khalīfatul masīh al-thāni), Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad from his second wife, Nusrat Jahan Begum. He was elected as the second successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on 14 March 1914 at the age of 25, the day after the death of his predecessor Hakeem Noor-ud-Din.
He is known for establishing virtually the entire organisational structure of the community (including five Auxiliary Organisations), improvement of its administration, formally establishing the Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Council), consolidating and formalising the system of financial contributions of the community and directing extensive missionary activity beyond the subcontinent of India. He is also known for his Tafsīr-e-Kabīr, a ten-volume exegesis of the Qur'an. A renowned orator, Mahmood Ahmad was also an active political figure especially in pre-independence India. He was also one of the founding members and the first president of the All India Kashmir Committee set up for the establishment of the civil rights of Kashmiri Muslims. Following the Partition of India and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he carefully oversaw the safe migration of Ahmadis from Qadian to the newly found state, eventually building a town on a tract of arid and mountainous land bought by the community in 1948 which now became its new headquarters and was named Rabwah. An incomplete 25 volume compilation of his works called anwārul 'uloom contains over 800 writings and lectures (excluding sermons). Mahmood Ahmad is regarded by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as the Musleh Ma'ood (Promised Reformer) and the "Promised Son" that Ghulam Ahmad foretold God would bestow upon him.
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