Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 10
CHAPTER TWO Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen Birth He was born in about 1258 Hijra or 1841 A. D. in Bhera City. Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan in his book, Hadhrat Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen - Khalifatul Masih I (p. 1), writes in this context: Hadhrat Maulana Noor-ud-Deen was born at Bhera, in the District Shahpur, Punjab, in 1841. He was the youngest of seven brothers and two sisters. This was the time, Sikh Rajah Sher Singh ruled the Punjab, and Delhi's Kingdom was ruled by Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-Din Bahadur Shah. There was a Kingdom of Qachari dynasty in Persia and Turkey was being ruled by Sultan Abdul Hameed. The British East India Company was engaged in trying to conquer Afghanistan after the occupation of India ( Taarikh-i- Ahmadiyyat , v. 3, p. 16) Childhood and Primary Education Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen was brilliant and intelligent from his early childhood. Firstly, he had a remarkable memory and, secondly, he was born in a very cultured family. Both of these elements influenced and polished his early education. His early education took place in the lap of his mother. He learned the Holy Qur'an, some Punjabi books of Fiqah and Islamic Jurisprudence from his mother. He also learned a part of the Holy Qur'an from his father. Admission in School