Alahmadiyya New Religious Movement Timeline

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    The Founding of Ahmadiyya

  • Founding of Jama´at

  • MGA Announces His Claim to ¨The Promised Messiah¨ and The Imam Mahdi of the Latter Days

  • MIrza Ghulam Ahmad´s Announcement

    In a manifesto dated November 4, 1900, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad announced that the name chosen to identify the movement from other Muslim groups would be in reference to Muhammad´s alternative name Ahmad.

  • Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Dies

    Mirza Ghulam passes away in Lahore on May 26, 1908. Hakeem Noor-ud-Din is then elected as the first Caliph.

  • Ahmadiyya Activities Start at Organized Levels

  • Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad is elected

    Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad is elected as the Second Caliph.

  • Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad Migrates to Lahore, Pakistan

  • Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad establishes the city of Rabwah as the new headquarters of the Community

  • Mirza Nasir Ahmad is elected as the Third Caliph

  • Mirza Tahir Ahmad is elected as the Fourth Caliph

  • Mirza Tahir Ahmad migrates to London, England, moving the headquarters to London

  • Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Takes the Oath of Allegiance

    The history of Ahmadiyya began when Mirza Ghulam Ahmad took the oath of allegiance from many of his companions at a home in Ludhiana, India.

  • Mirza Masroor Ahmad is elected as the Fifth Caliph

  • The Spread of Jama´at

  • The headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is moved

    The headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is moved from the Fazl Mosque in Southfields, London to Islamabad in Tilford, Surrey