Hazrat Hakeem Nooruddin (ra)

First Caliph (Khalifatul Masih I)

Hazrat Hakeem Nooruddin (ra) was born in about 1841 in Bhera in the Punjab. In pursuit of knowledge he travelled far and spent four years in Mecca and Medina. He was an eminent scholar and a renowned physician, and for many years royal physician to the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.

On 23 March 1889 he was the very first person to take the pledge of allegiance at the hand of the Promised Messiah (as). He later settled in Qadian for good and taught the Holy Qur’an, which he loved above all else. After the demise of the Promised Messiah (as) he was unanimously elected as the First Caliph on 27 May 1908. He passed away on 13 March 1914.