Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMirza Nasir Ahmad
caliph of the Ahmadiyya
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1909
Place of Birth: Qadian, Punjab, India
Date of Death: 09-Jun-1982
Nationality: India, Pakistan
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Mirza Nasir Ahmad
- Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad (Urdu: ???? ???? ?????) (16 November 1909 – 9 June 1982) was the third caliph (Arabic: ????? ?????? ???????, khalifatul masih al-Thalith), head of the Ahmadiyya Community.
- He was elected as the third successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on 8 November 1965, the day after the death of his predecessor and father, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad. Under his leadership, there was further expansion of missionary work started by his predecessor the second caliph, particularly in Africa and Europe.
- In 1974, he represented the Ahmadiyya Community in the National Assembly of Pakistan in an eleven-day inquisition.
- Despite his efforts, the National Assembly declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims and he led the Community through this period of increased hostility and government repression.
- the Nusrat Jehan Scheme, a scheme dedicated to serving parts of Africa by running numerous medical clinics and schools was one of the many outcomes of his 1970 tour of West Africa, the first visit to the continent made by an Ahmadi caliph.
- In 1980, Nasir Ahmad traveled to Spain, where he laid the foundation stone of the Basharat Mosque in Pedro Abad.
- The mosque was inaugurated posthumously in 1982 and was the first purpose-built mosque in Spain since the Reconquista and the Fall of Granada in 1492.Nasir Ahmad also directed the compilation and arrangement of Ghulam Ahmad's literary output.
- The writings of Ghulam Ahmad, which had hitherto been published as individual books, pamphlets or articles were compiled in the twenty-three volume corpus known as Ruhani Khaza?in (Spiritual Treasures).
- His dialogues or discourses were collected in the ten volume Malfuzat (spoken words) and his announcements and advertisements were published in three volumes under the title of Majmu'a Ishtiharat (Collection of Flyers or Posters).
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