Nusrat Jahan Begum

Sayyeda Nusrat Jahan Begum (1865–1952), also known by the title Ummul-Mu'mineen meaning ‘Mother of the Believers’ and Hazrat Amman Jan ‘Beloved Mother' within the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, was the second wife of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the daughter of Mir Nasir Nawab of Delhi. The marriage is seen, within the Community, as having fulfilled certain prophecies.

The family had descended from the “ Ahl al-Bayt” (Family) of Muhammad, hence called the “Sada'at”. The genealogical tree connects her to Hussain the grandson of Muhammad after 40 generations. Her forefathers had migrated from Bukhara in the reign of the Mughul King Shah Jahan. The well known Urdu poet and Mystic Khwaja Mir Dard (1721–1785) was the great grand father of Nusrat Jahan Begum.

Sayyeda Nusrat Jahan Begum was born to Mir Nasir Nawab (1846 – September 19, 1924) and Sayyad Begum (1849 – November 24, 1932) in Delhi in 1865. In her young age she was also called ‘Ayesha Begum’ and ‘Naseer ul Jehan’.

The Nikah (Wedding Ceremony) of Sayyeda Nusrat Jahan Begum and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was performed on November 17, 1884, at Delhi, by the famous religious scholar Syed Nazeer Husain of Delhi. Nazeer Husain was so old and weak that he was brought in a Doli (palanquin, also known as palkhi). The Dower was fixed Rs.1100. Ghulam Ahmad paid the cleric Rs.5 and a 'Prayer mat'. Very few of his friends had accompanied Ghulam Ahmad to Delhi. They included a servant Hamid Ali and a Hindu friend Lala Malawa Mal.

A great-grandfather of Sayyeda Nusrat Jahan, with the name Sayyed Muhammad Nasir Andaleeb (1692–1758), is said to be a known poet and spiritual personality. He had been the author of many books, prose and poetry. He founded a spiritual order with the name "Silsilla Muhammadiyya". Sayyed Muhammad Nasir Andaleeb was a contemporary of Shah Waliullah (1703–1762), Shah Abdul Aziz (1745–1823), and Muhammad Fakhr-ud-din. It is reported that he saw a vision that his Spiritual Order shall last till the Mahdi appears and will then get merged in the Order established by the Mahdi.

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