Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad

Mirza Mahmood Ahmad in 1924 Signature Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad ( Urdu : مرزا بشیر الدین محمود احمد )(born January 12, 1889 in Qadian ; died November 7, 1965 in Rabwah ), was the second caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad from his second wife. He was given the title of Khalifatul Masih II. He was elected to this office at the young age of 25 on 14 March 1914, the day after the death of his predecessor, Hakim Noor-ud-Din . He is known for establishing the organizational structure of the community, improvement of the administration of the community, a ten volume commentary on the Qur'an and extensive missionary activity outside the subcontinent of India. He was a renowned orator and was also an active political figure especially in pre-partition India.

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad ( Urdu : مرزا بشیر الدین محمود احمد ) (12 January 1889 – 7 November 1965), was Khalifatul Masih II, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son to survive to adulthood 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 the organizational structure of the community, improvement of its administration, a ten volume commentary of the Qur'an and directing extensive missionary activity outside the subcontinent of India (and later Pakistan). He was a renowned orator and was also an active political figure especially in pre- independence India .

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad ( ) (12 January 1889 – 7 November 1965), was the second caliph ( , khalīfatul masīh al-thāni ), leader of the worldwide 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 Hakim Nur-ud-Din . Mahmood Ahmad's election as second caliph saw a secession within the movement in which a party refrained from pledgeding allegiance to him on account of certain differences over succession and theology; and possibly owing to a clash of personalities . He led the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for over half a century and 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 Indian subcontinent . 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 . A 26 volume compilation of his works called Anwārul Uloom contains over 800 writings and lectures (excluding the many thousands of sermons).

Ahmadiyya religious leader (1889–1965) For other people named Bashir Ahmad, see Bashir Ahmad (disambiguation) . Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad ( مرزا بشیر الدین محمود احمد ; 12 January 1889 – 8 November 1965) was the second caliph ( , khalīfatul masīh al-thāni ), leader of the worldwide 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 Hakim Nur-ud-Din . Mahmood Ahmad's election as second caliph saw a secession within the movement in which a party refrained from pledging allegiance to him on account of certain differences over succession and theology; and possibly owing to a clash of personalities . He led the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for over half a century and 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 Indian subcontinent . 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 . A 26 volume compilation of his works called Anwārul Uloom contains over 800 writings and lectures (excluding the many thousands of 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.