The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Sīrat Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn) is an authoritative 3-volume, 396-chapter scholarly biography of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ written by Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad, M.A. (RA). It investigates the blessed life, character, and prophetic mission of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ through primary Islamic sources (the Holy Quran, authentic Hadith, and earliest historical chronicles) while methodically refuting Western orientalist allegations with rigorous historical scholarship.

The book was authored by Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad, M.A. (1893–1963) (RA), a prominent Islamic historian, scholar, and son of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the Promised Messiah and Mahdi عليه السلام). Volume 1 was first published in 1920, establishing a new gold standard in biographical and analytical Islamic literature.

The work is divided chronologically into three extensive volumes:

• Volume 1 (Makkan Era — 156 Chapters): Pre-Islamic Arabia, ancestral lineage, blessed youth, marriage to Hazrat Khadijah (RA), revelation in Cave Hira, early converts, persecution by the Quraish, migrations to Abyssinia, and events leading to the Hijrah.
• Volume 2 (Early Madinah Era — 145 Chapters): Arrival in Madinah, building of Masjid-e-Nabawi, the Charter of Madinah, defensive philosophy of Jihad, and the battles of Badr, Uhud, and the Trench.
• Volume 3 (Later Madinah Era — 95 Chapters): The Treaty of Hudaibiyyah, diplomatic epistles sent to world emperors (Caesar, Chosroes, Negus), later expeditions, Islamic legal governance, and prophetic character analysis.

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