Ahmadiyya leader’s mother laid to rest
Ahmadiyya Community leader Mirza Masroor Ahmed’s mother died on Friday evening.
RABWA:
Ahmadiyya Community leader Mirza Masroor Ahmed’s mother Sahibzadi Nasira Begum died on Friday evening and was laid to rest in “Bahishti Maqbara” (graveyard) in Chenab Nagar on Saturday.
Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya supervisor Mirza Khurshaid Ahmad, led the funeral prayers for the late Sahibzadi Nasira Begum.
The funeral was attended by 45,000 people and scores of volunteers were also present around the graveyard for security.
Earlier, the body of deceased was placed at Darul Ziafat at 5.15pm. Sahibzadi Nasira Begum was 100 and was born in 1911 in India. She was the eldest daughter of Mirza Bashirud Din, who was elected as the second successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on March 14, 1914 at the age of 25.
Her brothers’ Mirza Nasir Ahmad and Mirza Tahir Ahmad were 3rd and 4th spiritual leaders of the Jamaat-e-Ahmedia.
She is survived by two daughters and three sons.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 31th, 2011.
Ahmadiyya Community leader Mirza Masroor Ahmed’s mother Sahibzadi Nasira Begum died on Friday evening and was laid to rest in “Bahishti Maqbara” (graveyard) in Chenab Nagar on Saturday.
Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya supervisor Mirza Khurshaid Ahmad, led the funeral prayers for the late Sahibzadi Nasira Begum.
The funeral was attended by 45,000 people and scores of volunteers were also present around the graveyard for security.
Earlier, the body of deceased was placed at Darul Ziafat at 5.15pm. Sahibzadi Nasira Begum was 100 and was born in 1911 in India. She was the eldest daughter of Mirza Bashirud Din, who was elected as the second successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on March 14, 1914 at the age of 25.
Her brothers’ Mirza Nasir Ahmad and Mirza Tahir Ahmad were 3rd and 4th spiritual leaders of the Jamaat-e-Ahmedia.
She is survived by two daughters and three sons.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 31th, 2011.