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Adoption of Name
- When
- 4 November 1900
- Where
- Manifesto announcement
The name Ahmadiyya was adopted about a decade after the 1889 founding; a manifesto dated 4 November 1900 announced the naming convention.
Although the movement was founded in 1889, the name Aḥmadīyah was not adopted until about a decade later. In a manifesto dated 4 November 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 Aḥmad.
Sources
- Ahmadiyya Wikipedia
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