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− From his second wife ten children were born whose name are as follows: 1. Ismat Bibi April 15, 1886 July, 1891 ± − − 2. Bashir Ahmad August 7, 1887 November 4, 1888 − ± 3. Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad January 12, 1889 November 8, 1965 − − ± − ± 4. Shaukat Bibi 1891 1892 − − 5. Mirza Bashir Ahmad April 20, 1893 September 2, 1963 − − ± 6. Mirza Sharif Ahmad May 24, 1895 December 26, 1961 − − ± 7. Mubaraka Begum March 2, 1897 May 23, 1977 8. Mirza Mubarak Ahmad June 14, 1899 September16, 1907 − ± 9. Amtul Naseer January 28, 1903 December 3, 1903 10. Amtul Hafeez Begum June 25, 1904 May 6, 1987 Claims of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi as − Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi as ± ± − − ± − made the following three major claims: 1. The "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the − Muslims were the same person, and that he himself was that person. 2. He is the Promised Messiah and Mahdi (Guided Leader) − mentioned in the prophecies of the Holy Prophet and of sa Jesus in the Bible. as 3. Jesus of Nazareth did not die on the cross, rather he died a as natural death and would not return. The Promised Messiah and Mahdi writes: as − "The holy and pure revelation of God Almighty has informed me that I have been sent by Him as the Promised Messiah and the , and Mahdi − the arbiter for the internal and external differences. The names Messiah and which have been given to me; the Holy Prophet also has Mahdi sa − 230