Mirza Ghulam Ahmad bibliography
Mirza Ghulam Aḥmad was a religious figure from India, and the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He claimed to be the Mujaddid of the 14th Islamic century, the promised Messiah, and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the end days. He declared that Jesus (Isa) had in fact survived the crucifixion and later died a natural death, after having migrated towards Kashmir and that he had appeared in the likeness of Jesus.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya (1835-1908)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and Mahdī—which is the metaphorical second-coming of Jesus (mathīl-iʿIsā), in fulfillment of the Islamic prophecies regarding the end times, as well as the Mujaddid of the 14th Islamic century.
Ahmad, c. 1897
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (seated centre) with some of his companions at Qadian c. 1899.
Jama Masjid, Delhi, 1852, William Carpenter.
Alexander Dowie in his robes as "Elijah the Restorer."