Intro
In the 1940’s, Selma was born. Slema was brought up in a Christian Household in Yorkshire, England. Selma was the eldest of three sisters. Selma’s maternal grandfather was a Methodist preacher, her maternal grandmother was involved in many Church activities. Selma’s mother ran the Church drama group, her father ran the boys brigade. Slema became a Sunday school teacher in her my teens and at times attended weekend Christian prayer groups when she was about sixteen or seventeen years old. Selma explained how they were taught, they were given talks and film shows of missionary work in the Zambezi Valley of Africa.
In the 1950’s, when Selma was about ten years old, she was with her grandfather after he had given the evening sermon in a small country Chapel… she clearly remember somebody saying that if Jesus came now we would not reject him as the Jews did. Another church member mentioned about a man in India who claimed to be the Promised Messiah and made a derogatory remark. Her grandfather quietly said ‘how do we know he is not?’ That memory came back to her just when she most needed reassurance and she felt that had her grandfather been alive he would have supported her.
In the 1960’s, Selma was working as a nurse and met Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan in a hospital in Scotland, the two of them fell in love and in 1970 had a baby named Karim Khan. It’s not clear if she has officially converted to Ahmadiyya. She had 2 more sons and a daughter. Another one of her sons is semi-famous, Imran Ahmad Khan (see in the photo too). Mahmood Threlkeld and Khalid Khan are also her sons. I wasn’t able to track her daughter.
In 1989 (Mar-24), Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV and Maulana Ataul Mujeeb Rashid, Imam of the London Mosque with some British born Ahmadis at Islamabad on the occasion of the Ahmadiyya Centenary. The children of Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan and Selma Mubaraka Ahmad Khan were also there, Karim Khan, Imran Ahmad Khan, Khalid Khan and Mahmood Threlkeld.
In 1989, Selma Mubaraka Khan wrote an article on “Women in Islam” in the Review of Religions of Sep-1987.
In 1993, her son, Karim Khan married a daughter of the Khalifa, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Sahibzadi Yasmin Rehman Mona (See the “Tariq Commemorative” of 2004, page 78).
In 1996, her husband, Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan died.
In 2004, a photo of Karim Khan, his son and Mirza Tahir Ahmad appeared in the “Tariq Commemorative” of 2004 (See page 78).
in 2022, a photo of her and her infamous son, Imran Ahmad Khan was posted on social media.

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