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3 to take up either of these occupations, but young Ahmad did not like these jobs. However, out of regard for his father’s wishes, he occupied himself with the management of the family estate and often visited Batala for legal court issues. Later, he also got a government job in the city of Sialkot. While at Sialkot, he came in contact with Christian mission- aries and often engaged in religious discussions with them. Those who came in contact with him admired him very much for his sincerity, scholarship, and moral excellence. Hazrat Ahmad as married twice. The first marriage was not successful. He married Nusrat Jehan Begum ra (also known as Hazrat Amma Jaan), a respectable lady from the family of Nawab Mir Dard, who once had a vision that his family would become related to the Mahdi. Hazrat Sayyidah Nusrat Jahaan Begum ra was born in Delhi in 1865. The literal translation of the name Nusrat- Jahaan is ‘Help from God for the whole world’. This is exactly what she proved to be: a great blessing and bounty for the world. She was a direct descendent of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa through his daughter Hazrat Fatima ra. The family of Hazrat Sayyidah Nusrat Jahaan ra was acquainted with the elder brother of the Promised Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Qadir. Her father, Mir Naasir Nawab ra, was very fond of the Promised Messiah’s family and considered them a very pious family. He once wrote to the Promised Messiah as to pray that God grant him a pious son-in-law. The Promised Messiah as wrote back to Mir Naasir Nawab Sahib ra and