Qadian, India: Derwaish Bahsir Ahmad of Kala Afghana passed away

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Derwaish breathed his last at around 2:30 in the morning in Noor Hospital after he complained about breathing difficulty and during the treatment suffered a severe heart attack. 

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Author / AMJ Qadian
By Ch. Maqbool Ahmad | December 7, 2015

Qadian -- Bashir Ahmad Kala Afghana Derwaish passed away here in Qadian today. He was 88 years old.

Derwaish breathed his last at around 2:30 in the morning in Noor Hospital after he had complained about breathing difficulty and suffered a severe heart attack while receiving the breathing treatment.

Bashir Ahmad, who belongs to Kala Afghana, a village in Tehsil Batala of Gurdaspur District, devoted his whole life for the service of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.

In mid-1940s Bashir Ahmad came to Qadian on the call of late Hazrat  Mirza Bashir-ud Din Mehmood Ahmad 2nd Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, to protect the holy places at the time of the Indo-Pak partition.

The 313 devotees who settled in Qadian to serve and protect the holy sites came to be known as Darweshan-e Qadian. 

Derwaish is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. His son Shoaib Ahmad serves as Afsar Jalsa Salana Qadian while her daughter is married to Qari Nawab Ahmad, Ex-Sadr Majlis Ansarullah Bharat.

Derwaish Bashir Ahmad will be buried at Bahishti Maqbra Qadian.


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