Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih III

Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad (Urdu: مرزا ناصر احمد) (November 16, 1909 – June 9, 1982) was Khalifatul Masih III, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the third successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on November 8, 1965, the day after the death of his predecessor, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad. He was son of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He died age 72 in 1982.

Caliphate

Mirza Nasir Ahmad led the Ahmadiyya Muslim community as Khalifatul Masih for 17 years. Shortly after his election as Caliph he set up the Fazl-e-Umar foundation in honour and memory of the Second Caliph, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad. One of the projects envisioned by the foundation was the construction of a library. In 1971 the Khilafat library in Rabwah was inaugurated, which today houses over 100,000 books, rare manuscripts, children section and science displays.