Intro
Per Ahmadiyya sources, Begum Shafi Ahmad was born in 1898 in Meerut. Her grandfather, Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi was the Raees-e-Azam (Chief) of Meerut who served as the Minister of Finance and Prime Minister of the State of Bahawalpur. Begum Shafi’s father was Sajjad Nabi Qureshi.
In roughly 1914, Ahmadiyya sources allege that she was married off to Syed Shafi Ahmad of Delhi, who was secretly an Ahmadi. When this came to the notice of her family, they made it clear that the nikah had been abrogated. But after much difficulty, she returned to her husband and said that they would follow their respective beliefs. Ahmadiyya sources allege that by 1920 she converted to Ahmadiyya.
In 1927 (Apr-18), Ahmadiyya sources allege that Begum Shafi Ahmad and Nawab Mubaraka Begum (MGA’s daughter) were appointed as the first Secretary Finance for the newly formed Lajna Imaillah in Delhi.
During the height of civil disturbances in India during September 1947, she rushed to the residence of Mr Nehru in New Delhi to convey the message of the Hadhrat Mirza Bashir ud Din Mahmud Ahmad that Qadian was in midst of turmoil. Clad in green Burqa, she was stopped by the security at Nehru’s residence, who luckily passing through saw her and was immediately allowed. Begum Shafi Ahmad conveyed the message of her master. Whereupon Mr Nehru said that he was taking every step and assured there was peace in Qadian, when this information was conveyed to Hadhrat Sahib retorted, “If Mr Nehru calls this as peace, let there be such peace in Delhi”.
Begum Shafi left for Pakistan on October 17, 1947, when she found she can no longer operate in Delhi. She came back to Delhi as a member of Pakistan Journalists delegation sent to India as a part of Goodwill Mission in 1951.
Her son is the famous Dr. Syed Barakat Ahmad (Representative of India to the United Nations and living in the USA)(see also the NY souvenir). Her other son is also a famous Ahmadi named Syed Hasanat Ahmad (he has 2 books on alislam.org).
Begum Shafi Ahmad: Ahmadi woman who helped create Pakistan – Member of Muslim League Appointed as in-charge of local women’s department in 1938 – Appointed in Working Committee by Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Worked as a journalist after Pakistan’s creation

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