Intro
Shaikh Yacub Ali Irfani, also spelled as Sheikh Yakoob Ali Irfanee (And also known as Shaikh Yaqub Ali Torab) was an Ahmadi who worked as a major confidant and was on MGA’s team of writers/editors/imams. He seems to have been a student/assistant of Noorudin while he was in Jammu as early as 1886. He went on to be the main editor of Al-Hakam and then wrote many early biographies on Ahmadiyya. By 1917, he was working as an assistant secretary of the Sadr Anjuman at Qadian (See ROR of Jan-1918). He also wrote a biography on the wife of MGA, Nusrat Jehan Begum. The year of his death is unknown.

He wrote 4 historic books in 1915, Sirat-ul-Nabi, Sirat Ahmad, Hyat-e-Ahmad and Sirat Masih Maoud (See Mujadid e Azam by Dr. Basharat Ahmad, the preface).. We have found a scan from Hyat-e-Ahmad which indicates that mga was born in 1839 (See in the below). The Khalifa began to officially change this date in 1916 or so. In 1924, he accompanied the Khalifa on his tour of Europe.
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His wife and children

His wife is unknown, however, one of his sons was a volunteer missionary in Eygpt, Sheikh Mahmud Ahmad, his name was Mahmud Ahmad Irfani. Mahmud Ahmad Irfani has a book of his reviewed in the ROR of May-1943. The book is entitled, “Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Movement”, he is also working as the editor of the Al-Hakam in 1943.
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1886

Irfani wrote a note in a letter of Noorudin about a potential marriage between MGA and Noorudin’s pre-teen daughter.
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He is present at the very first Bait ceremony in Ludhiana but doesn’t take bait with MGA.
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MGA makes Irfani the editor of his first newspaper, the Al-Hakam (see Dard, pages 563-564). Via the ROR of Oct-1942, Mirza Aziz Ahmad (the eldest grandson of MGA) alleges that he went to a school in Qadian wherein Irfani was a teacher.
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1905-1906

Irfani personally took Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s eldest grandson to Masjid Mubarak and Mirza Aziz Ahmad did MGA’s bait.
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Irfani vehemently supports the Khilafat of Noorudin (See Truth about the Split and Noorudin by Zaf Khan).
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1912
https://www.alhakam.org/100-years-ago-an-appeal-for-al-hakam-an-arm-of-the-promised-messiah/

Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad with his companions during their visit of different religious institutions of India, Lucknow, April 1912. Sheikh Yaqub Ali Irfani is seen seated on Huzoor’s right. He also launched the newspaper Ahmadi Khatun in 1912, which lasted for a few years but later was closed.

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1914

He was at the 1914 Jalsa at Qadian and even gave a speech. 
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1915

He writes a biographical book which is officially published by the Ahmadiyya community called ‘Hyat-e-Ahmad’. He wrote 4 historic books in 1915, Sirat-ul-Nabi, Sirat Ahmad, Hyat-e-Ahmad and Sirat Masih Maoud. We have found a scan from Hyat-e-Ahmad which indicates that mga was born in 1839. The Khalifa began to officially change this date in 1916 or so.
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1917

By 1917, he was working as an assistant secretary of the Sadr Anjuman at Qadian (See ROR of Jan-1918). The Jan-1918 edition of the ROR reports that he gave speeches at the 1917 Jalsa at Qadian.
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He wrote another biographical entry by a toilet attendant of MGA, Mir Hamid Shah.
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1924
https://www.alhakam.org/this-week-in-history-23-29-july/

He accompanies the Khalifa on his tour through Egypt, Israel and the UK. See here also.


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He writes a biography on the father in law of MGA, Mir Nasir Nawab, this is wherein MGA blurts out to the effect that he has cholera. After this was published, it was a shocker, Ahmadiya leadership ordered a 2nd edition be published and they erased the relevant sentences.

In 1927, Yaqub Ali Irfani, a prominent & devout companion of the Promised Messiah a.s, performed the pilgrimage of Hajj. During his stay in Makkah, he also had the opportunity to meet with Sultan Ibn Saud, who was the king of Hijaz.

Ahmadiyya sources admit that the King knew that Irfani was a Qadiani-Ahmadi and still allowed him to perform the Hajj.

He writes that MGA married Nusrat Jehan in 1885, this was corrected later.
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1929

The Ahmadiyya Annual Jalsa in Qadian of 1929


He gave a speech at the 1929 Jalsa at Qadian. 
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1930—1940

He is mentioned in the ROR of Jan-1940 (via “Truth About the Split”).
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1942

He is mentioned in the ROR of Oct-1942 by Mirza Aziz Ahmad. Mirza Aziz Ahmad alleges that he went to the school in Qadian which had Sheikh Yakoob Ali Irfanee and Hakeem Muftee Fazlur Rahman as instructors (is this the Talim ul Islam High School?).
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1943

His son (Mahmud Ahmad Irfani) wrote a book entitled, “Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Movement” and it was reviewed by the ROR of May-1943. Mahmud Ahmad Irfani is listed as the current editor of the Al-Hakam. 
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1947

It is unknown when he died.
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Photo

_____________________________________________________________________________________________Links and Related Essays

https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/12/11/hyat-e-ahmad-by-yaqoob-ali-arfani-in-1915/

Ahmadiyya leadership admitted (in the 1930’s) that MGA used lots of editors and ghost writers

“Sirat Hadrat Masih-e-Mau‘ud” by Shaikh Yacub Ali Irfani

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad lied about his relationship with his newspaper, Al-Hakam

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s desire for a 3rd marriage led him to ask Noorudin about his pre-teen daughter

https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/11/25/mir-hamid-shah-and-his-obituary-in-al-hakam-the-english-re-publish/

When did MGA’s marriage with his second wife Nusrat Jehan take place? What year?

Hyat e Nasir (1927) 1st edition vs. 2nd edition

Mirza Tahir Ahmad authenticated the book, “Hyat-e-Nasir” (1927)

Mir Nasir Nawab, the father-in-law of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

https://www.alislam.org/library/browse/pdf/.urdu.pdf.Seerat-Masih-Mauood-Yaqoob-Ali-Irfani/#page/291/mode/1up

Ahmadiyya leadership lied about the First Bait ceremony in 1889

The Ahmadiyya Annual Jalsa in Qadian of 1929

In 1924, the Ahmadiyya Khalifa traveled from India to England and stopped in Egypt, Damascus and why?

The history of #Ahmadiyya in Egypt


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