Qadian is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 kilometres north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirz
The Minaret-ul-Masih of Aqsa Mosque is one of the major landmarks of Qadian. (A Mandir and a Gurudwara can be seen in the background)
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian.
A welcome signboard in Qadian in Punjabi, Urdu, and English respectively
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement
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 initially the Mujaddid of the 14th Islamic century,
Qadian
…district, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. It remained the headquarters of the movement until the Partition of India in 1947. Qadian was…
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (seated centre) with some of his companions at Qadian c. 1899
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, photograph taken in 1898
Jama Masjid, Delhi, 1852, William Carpenter