Marriage, Children and Family
Mirza Tahir Ahmad married Asifa Begum (the daughter of a cousin) in 1957. They had 5 daughters, Shaukat Jehan, Faiza, Yasmin Rehman Mona, Atiatul Mujib Tooba and one daughter who died in infancy. He had no sons but later he took on the upbringing and educational training of a boy, Bashir. Asifa Begum died from pancreatic cancer on April 3, 1992.
Mirza Tahir Ahmad was the grandson of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, he was the son of Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph from his wife Syeda Maryam Begum, and was the half-brother of Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third Caliph. His mother was the daughter of Syed Abdul Sattar Shah, a companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
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