Intro
He was born in 1859-1918. Mir Hamid Shah was the son of Mir Hisamuddin (also spelled Hassam ud Din)(MGA called him the Chief of Sialkot), who was MGA’s old friend from his days at Sialkot (1860-68). Per Ahmadiyya sources (Ahmadipedia) Mir Hamid Shah of Sailkot pledged allegiance to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on 29 December 1890. His wife Feroza Begum pledged allegiance on 7 February 1892.
In the 1860’s, MGA knew Mir Hisamuddin (aka Hakim Hassam-ud-Din) since the 1860’s and MGA’s life in Sialkot. MGA allegedly lived in the house of Mir Hisamuddin (also spelled Hassam ud Din)(MGA called him the Chief of Sialkot). Mirza Ghulam Ahmad said that he was in Sialkot 7-8 years (See ROR of Nov-1904), and some time before the publishing of the Barahin (see Lecture Sialkot, page-60). Thus, MGA was in Sialkot from 1860-1868. After MGA died, this was changed to 1864-1868 (see Seeratul Mahdi, 1923( Vol. 2, p. 178). However, it was changed again soon thereafter. MGA moved from this house eventually and moved to “Kashmiri Mohalla”, this is the same neighborhood wherein Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti was born. In 2018, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Pakistan tried to build a museum in one of these houses and failed. Mir Hamid Shah of Sialkot alleges that MGA would listen to commentary of the Quran at the house of Sheikh Nur Muhammad (Allama Iqbal‘s father) in Sialkot. Syed Mir Hassan was also around and was MGA’s friend in Sialkot in this era (1860–1868).
In 1892 MGA visited Sialkot and stayed at the house of Hakim Hassam-ud-Din. He made a speech in Hakim Hassam-ud-Din’s mosque after the zuhr prayers. The famous poet Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a fellow student of mine in those days, and was sitting on the roof
of the porch of the mosque. Seeing me, he said: Look how the devotees are swarming around the light. He was very much favourably disposed towards Hazrat Mirza in those days. So when a poet of Sialkot, who used to have the pen-name jalwa, composed satire to ridicule Hazrat Mirza, Dr. Iqbal wrote a rejoinder in poetical form too, greatly praising Hazrat Mirza (See Mujadid e Azim).
In 1896, he was listed as companion #13 and his names is spelled as Sayyid Hamid Shah, Sialkot (See Dard). MGA mentioned him in Izala-e-Auham, Asmani Faislah, Aina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Tohfa-e-Qaisariyyah, Siraj-e-Munir, Kitab-ul-Bariyyah, Haqiqatul-Wahi, and Malfuzat Volume 5.
By 1899, Mir Hamid Shah was working as a Deputy Superintendent, District Sialkot.
In 1905, he was promoted to Superintendent of the District Office, District Sialkot (See Al-Badr, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 6, dated 6 April 1905, via Malfuzat-7, page 161).
In 1906, MGA makes him a member of the 14-man Sadr Anjuman.
In roughly 1906, Ahmadiyya sources allege (see the scans in the below), while Iqbal was away in London (1906), Atta Muhammad sent Iqbal’s son (Aftab), for schooling in Qadian at the Talim ul Islam High School. Allegedly, Aftab Ahmed, stayed with his mother and remained a source of anguish for Iqbal throughout his life. Aftab was sent to a boarding school for four years because of his difficult temperament; Taleem-ul-Islam at Qadian was chosen due to its academic reputation, discipline, and least expenses. Atta Muhammad took this decision, as Iqbal was abroad/away from his parental home in Sialkot. Aftab never accepted Ahmadiyya and even changed his surname from Ahmed to Iqbal early in his career as a successful barrister (see the testimony of Mir Hamid Ali). However, BEGUM Rasheeda Aftab Iqbal wrote “Aftab aur Iqbal” denied that Iqbal sent his son (Aftab) to Qadian at the the Talim ul Islam High School (See Mufti Zahid Numani, 2:44 time stamp).
Allegedly on Sep-16-1907, the day that Mirza Mubarak Ahmad died, MGA said that Mirza Mubarak Ahmad had recovered completely from the actual ailment. He had regained full health. There was no sign of fever at all. He repeatedly asked to be taken to the garden. He had a great liking for the garden, so he went there. However, MGA then says that his God had given the news of his death at the very time of his birth (in 1899 via Tiryaq ul Qulub) (See Al-Hakam, vol. 11, no. 34, p. 5–6, dated 24 September 1907, Via Malfuzat-9, pages 394-403).MGA also alleges that on Sep-15-1907, Mirza Mubarak Ahmad called me and put his hand in my hand and shook my hand as if he is departing for some place now and greeting me for the last time.
Dr. Khalifah Rashid-ud-Din reported to the Al-Hakam that a few days ago MGA had said that he had seen in a dream that a death was to take place in this house and a goat had been slaughtered. As Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen was unwell in those days, an apprehension arose concerning him. Nawwab Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, Dr. Abdus-Sattar Shah, and he himself—all three—were a witness to this.
Sayyid Mir Hamid Shah reported to the Al-Hakam that his mother had seen a dream (the morning of (9-24-1907) wherein there were four shining stars of Your Holiness (MGA’s 4 sons), one of them fell and entered the earth.
Then Dr. Khalifah Rashid-ud-Din said, people used to call Mubarak Ahmad, Wali, wali [‘Friend of Allah, Friend of Allah’]. Then MGA said: Yes, Wali is verily the one who is destined for Paradise.
It is also noted that the grave of Mirza Mubarak Ahmad was at quite a distance from the other graves in Bahishti Maqbara (this was most likely because he died of plague). MGA responded to this by fabricating a silly dream which is so nonsensical I can’t make sense of it:
“”Sometimes if the father sees a dream, it means his son, and if the son sees a dream, then it means the father. Once I came here (to Bahishti Maqbarah[—The Heavenly Graveyard]) in a dream and instructed the grave diggers that my grave should be away from others. Note that what was in reference to me was fulfilled in relation to my son”””.
In 1914, the split happened and he delayed his bait with the 2nd Khalifa. Soon thereafter, the 2nd Khalifa made him a member of the 8-man “Anjuman Tarraqi Islam”.
From 1915 to 1917, he seems to have written a book vs. Allama Iqbal, this was mentioned in a video by
In 1918, during the raging of the Spanish Flu, he died.

Page 46, about Aftab Iqbal

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