Life of Ahmad — Page 329
329 CHAPTER 29 DOMESTIC INCIDENTS Ahmad’s as first daughter, ‘I s mat, who was born at Ambala in May 1886, died in 1891 and was buried in Gori-e-hariba Ĕ , Ludhiana. Bashir, who was born on August 7th, 1887, died on November 4th, 1888. Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad ra , the present Head of the Community, was born on January 12th, 1889. Shaukat was born in 1891 and died in 1892 being buried in the cemetery Shahz a dgan at Ludhiana. The attitude of Ahmad’s as cousins has already been described. In August 1885, they had openly asked Ahmad as , through the pages of the Chashma’-e- N u r , Amritsar, to show them a sign; and in the Christian paper N u r Afsh a Ĕ dated May 10th, 1888, they had published a private letter written by Ahmad as to Mirza Ahmad Baig of Hoshiarpur. Ahmad as had made a prophecy and his irreligious cousins were trying to falsify it because they did not believe in God and declared, out of spite, that Ahmad as was an impostor. In his private letter Ahmad as had asked Mirza Ahmad Baig, under a Divine command, for the