Ahmadi - Leaders

Leaders

In 1914, 25 years after its founding, the Ahmadiyya movement split into two separate movements with different leaders. One movement remained in Qadian and became known as the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam (Jamaat-i Ahmadiyya); the other was established in Lahore and is known as the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam).

Only two leaders are recognised by both branches:

  • 23 March 1889 – 26 May 1908: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founding Messiah and Mahdi (b. 1835 – d. 1908)
  • 27 May 1908 – 13 March 1914: Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (b. 1841 – d. 1914)

Leaders recognised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, referred to as Khulafa or Caliphs (Successors):

  • Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (1908–1914)
  • Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (1914–1965)
  • Mirza Nasir Ahmad (1965–1982)
  • Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1982–2003)
  • Mirza Masroor Ahmad (2003–present)

Leaders recognised by the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, referred to as Emirs:

  • Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (1908–1914)
  • Maulana Muhammad Ali (1874 – 13 October 1951), (Emir 1914–1951)
  • Maulana Sadr-ud-Din (c. 1880 – 15 November 1981), (Emir 1951–1981)
  • Saeed Ahmad Khan (1900 – 15 November 1996), (Emir 1981–1996)
  • Asghar Hameed (1919 – 14 October 2002), (Emir 1996–2002)
  • Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (current Emir)

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