Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as)

The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) was born on 13 February 1835 in Qadian, India. From his early life he devoted himself to prayer and the study of the Holy Qur’an. He was deeply pained to see Islam attacked from all directions. To defend Islam and present its teachings in their pristine purity, he wrote more than ninety books and thousands of letters.

In 1889, under divine command, he began accepting the pledge of allegiance and so founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. He announced that he was the Promised Messiah and Mahdi whose advent the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) had foretold. He passed away on 26 May 1908. His mission is continued by the Khilafat, and the Jamaat is now established in more than 200 countries.