Caliphate
The Majlis Intikhab Khilafat (Electoral College), convened at Mubarik Mosque in Rabwah, Pakistan elected Mirza Tahir Ahmad as the fourth successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and head of the community on June 10, 1982.
Ordinance XX, the anti-Ahmadiyya legislation passed by General Zia ul Haq's government on April 26, 1984, compelled Tahir Ahmad to leave Pakistan immediately. He left on April 28, 1984 with 17 others, and eventually reached London on April 30. He established his base in England during his years of exile.
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