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250 250 250 250 250 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION Later, on the 22nd of March 1886, the Promised Messiah as issued another public statement in which, according to the divine revelation, he fixed a nine-year period in which that Promised Son will be born. According to the divine promise, on the 12th of January 1889, the prophecy regarding the birth of a Promised Reformer was fulfilled, when Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad ra was born. The second wife of the Promised Messiah as , Hadrat Sayyedah Nusrat Jehan Begum ra bore ten children about whom there were several divine prophe- cies. Five of those children survived and had long lives; their names are: 1. Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad ra — Muslih-Mau`ood and the second successor of the Promised Messiah as. Born on January, 12, 1889 and passed away on November 8, 1965. 2. Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra — Born on April 20, 1893 and passed away on September. 2, 1963. 3. Hadrat Mirza Shareef Ahmad ra — Born on May 24, 1895, passed away on Dec. 26, 1961. 4. Hadrat Sayyidah Nawab Mubarkah Begum ra — Born on March 2, 1897, passed away on May 23, 1977. 5. Hadrat Sayyidah Nawab Amatul Hafeez ra — Born on June 25, 1904, passed away on May 6, 1987. (For the children of the Promised Messiah as from his first wife, refer to page 246) The first initiation ceremony took place at the house of Hadrat Soofi Munshi Ahmad Jan at Ludhiana. The first person to be initiated into Ahmadiyyat was Hadrat Maulana Nuruddin of Bhera ra. When God clearly revealed to the Promised Messiah as that he in fact was the person fulfilling the prophecy of the Holy Prophet of the Islam accord- ing to which Jesus, son of Mary, was to appear in the latter days, and that the earlier Messiah, Jesus Christ as , had died just like other prophets of God and will not physically reappear, then the Promised Messiah as immediately made Children of the Promised Messiah as First Initiation ( Bai`at ) (March 23, 1889) Claim to being the Promised Messiah (End of 1890) P P P P P ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED M M M M M ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH AS AS AS AS AS A N D A N D A N D A N D A N D S S S S S UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS — P — P — P — P — P ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED M M M M M ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH AS AS AS AS AS 7. 1 7. 1 7. 1 7. 1 7. 1