Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 5
Bhera - Birth Place and Family Account 5 5 Mian Fazal-ur-Rahman Bismil Ghaffaari writes in his book, History of Ahmadiyyat of Bhera (p. 120): He was a descendant of Hadhrat Umar ra in thirty-fifth generation. His father's name was Haafiz Ghulam Rasool. Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan in his book, Hadhrat Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen - Khalifatul Masih I (p. 1) writes about him: Hadhrat Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen was born at Bhera, in the district of Shahpur, Punjab, in 1841. He was thirty-fourth in direct male lineal descendant of Hadhrat Umar ra , the second successor to the Holy Prophet of Islam sa. He was thus a Qureshi and Haashmi Farooqi. . . His mother Noor Bakht was an a ‘ waan from another village, a few miles from Bhera. The forebearers of Maulana Noor-ud-Deen, on migration from Medina settled down in Balakh and became rulers of Kabul and Ghazni. During the attack of Genghis Khan, his ancestors migrated from Kabul and first settled near Multan and then finally at Bhera. Among his forefathers were a number of saints who taught Islam and claimed a proud privilege of heading a chain of descendants who had memorized the Holy Qur'an by heart. His earlier eleven generations shared this distinction. His ancestors had a great love and fascination for the Holy Qur'an. Among the ancestors of Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, there were saints and scholars of high repute. Kings, sufies, Qaadhis and martyrs were all among his ancestors who once enjoyed an important place in Yaghistan. The family members of his tribe are still known as princes. In Bhera (his birth place), his family was accorded a high degree of respect from the beginning. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen writes about himself: Although I belong to a noble family, this humble self is Qureshi Farooqi. My family tree belongs to Hadhrat Umar and then to