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Claim to be Promised Messiah and Mahdi
- When
- 1891
- Where
- Unspecified; Ahmad's home town was Qadian, Punjab
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad announced himself as the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, fulfilling Islamic prophecies regarding the end times.
Ahmad initially claimed to be the Mujaddid of the 14th Islamic century. He subsequently announced himself as the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expected to bring about the final triumph of Islam by peaceful means. This claim established the Ahmadiyya movement in British India.
Sources
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-03
- Ahmadiyya Wikipedia
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