EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1900; BILQUIS SHEIKH P/22

 

In this post I will begin to share the story of the life of a woman named Bilquis Sheikh. She lived from 1926 - 1997. She was born in Pakistan. Her father was Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan, a Punjabi feudal landlord. Throughout the first 46 years of her life, Bilquis neither embraced nor rejected her Muslim faith, choosing to only believe in that which she could either see or explain.

Bilquis became active in political, diplomatic and social work, following her marriage to General Khalid Masud Sheikh, who was a high-ranking government official.

In 1966, following the death of her parents and dissolution of her marriage Bilquis left her homes in various places and returned to her family's ancestral land in Wah, Pakistan. She began reading the Quran in depth, searching for hope and a higher purpose in her life. During her study, she began noticing that Jesus was mentioned in several places within the Muslim Scriptures and thought that reading His teachings might be beneficial. Unfamiliar with the life of Jesus she began researching further, turning to other sources that were referenced in the text. She asked her chauffeur, who was a Christian man, to bring her a Christian bible, which he did.