The evolution of the Ahmadi sect in the context of British government’s objectives in

the subcontinent.

Abdul Qadir Rahimoon

Assistant Professor (Islamic Studies)

Government Degree College Umerkot

[email protected]

Abstract

Mirza Ghulam Ahmed was born in 1839 or 1840 in the village of Qadian in Gurdaspur district
from the province of Punjab in British India was the founder of the Ahmadi sect or community.
And he at the age of 65 or 66 years in 24 Rabi al-Thani 1326 AH died. His father's name was
Ghulam Murtaza, who belonged to Samarkandi Mughal family. When Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
availed Arabic and Persian studies at home town then he worked in medicine (‫ )علم طب‬along as a
clerk in the deputy commissioner's office for about four years. he started participating in
religious sermons, debates. Earlier it is known that his parents were Hanafi Muslims and Mirza
himself was following their footsteps in his early life. After that exhibiting himself as a reformer
of religion in public Ghulam Ahmed fulfilling the planted project intends to write a book that
would consist of fifty volumes named Roohani Khazain, in which the denial of Islam and other
religions will be presented with strong and solid rational arguments. From 1880 to 1884, Mirza
got published four volumes of that book and claimed that he was commissioned by inspiration(
‫ )الھام‬to publish new religion and he is the religious reformer (‫ )مصلح‬of the century. In 1886 AD
Mirza started In Hoshiarpur region many religious debate(‫ )مناظرہ‬with Aarya Samaj. In this way
he modeled himself as a religious reformer and new religious sect was created and he appointed
many advisers and assistants like Hakeem Nooruddin and Din Shahi from Taibpur of the state of
Jammu and Kashmir.1 So in this way Mirza Ghulam Ahmad became a colonial product of the
British necessity to perform colonial objectives which Allama Syed Abu Al-Hassan Nadvi writes
that "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad did not really add anything to any scientific or religious stock of
Islam, which the history of reformation and revival of Islam remains his recognition and the
modern generation of Muslims remains grateful to him, nor did he do any religious service that
1
Mahar e Munir. P.166..by Molana Faiz Ahmed Faiz , Pakistan printers Lahore.
would benefit all the Muslims of the world. But breaking the unity of the Muslim Ummah his
entire field of struggle was based on the unnecessary assumptions and reinterpretations of holy
Quran to create mental confusion among Muslims to fulfill the aims of British Empire in the
subcontinent. Due to this cause he has not given anything other than creating conflict in the
Muslim society, deviating them from the correct teachings of Islam and disrespecting the
fundamentals of Islam and sincere sprit of the holy warriors (Mujahidin).

Key words: Jihad subcontinent, Ahmadi, British Empire, favor, conspiracy.

Introduction
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded this sect in Qadian, a village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab of
united Hindustan in the late nineteenth-century. he started it in the form of religious community
and this community was identified as Muslim sect within the colonial census. Their position in
colonial rule as Muslim landowners seems to have been recognized by the colonial
administration as one of influence over the rural Muslim population in that region. Lepel Griffin
described Ghulam Ahmad's father Ghulam Murtaza as having had considerable local influence in
Qadian at the advent of colonial rule. This status was also implicit in the family holding special
land tenure. Granting Mirza Ghulam Ahmed’s family large swathes of land in Punjab to
empower his family, and moreover in the colonial period Ahmedi sect as well as its religious
leader was given a special influence over other rural communities making them economically
sound.2
However, while the colonial state granted his family some political privilege in the form of
access to government employment, their economic position began to deteriorate after the first
British settlement. Their estate was burdened by a high rate of revenue assessment. This seems to
have been the result of revenue divisions created by the British settlement, which did reflect
centuries of uneven agricultural development and the mostly decentralized administration of
lands in the region before colonial times.3
A census was taken in 1901. The Promised Messiah issued a notice to his followers instructing
them to record themselves in the census papers under the title of Ahmadi Muslims. Thus he
distinguished his followers from the other Muslims by conferring on them the title of Ahmadi.
In the same year some of his relatives who were opposed to him put up a wall in front of his
mosque to harass him and his followers. In consequence worshipers were compelled to go to the
mosque by a long circuitous as well as rolling routes and this caused them considerable trouble
and difficulties. When persuasion failed to move them from their purpose, the Promised Messiah
was left with no choice but to institute proceedings in court in July 1901 to obtain relief. The

2
A cess is a tax or levy. Gazetteer of the Gurdaspur District, 1891-92 (Lahore: Civil and
Military Gazette Press, 1891-92), 78
3
Richards, Mughal Empire, 79-82.
matter was decided in his favor in the following month. The wall was demolished and they were
directed to pay the costs of the proceedings. The Promised Messiah, however, let them off and
did not execute that part of the order.4
By this special treatment he was encouraged to promote his planned program and got favorable
support from official authorities.
Although having different believes after migration to Pakistan the followers of Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad continued and projected this program in Lahore and called themselves Ahmadi Muslim,
caused a bitter dissatisfaction among Muslims . After his death the community was divided into
two parts, one is called the Rabwah group and the other is the Lahori group. The majority of the
followers of the Ahmadiyya sect live in the Punjab province, and these people have spread
throughout India and in all Islamic countries in addition to the Bombay province of India. They
have been trying to spread their message through newspapers, magazines by promoting their
missionary teachings. In the same line since 1952, a magazine called Review of Religions has
been published in English from Qadian city, which informs its readers about the religious
activities of their congregation from time to time, in addition to other newspapers, channels and
Magazines are continuously running under their umbrella to promote their mission. After
Ghulam Ahmed, Mirza Hakim Nuruddin was elected as the first caliph in 1908 and Mirza
Bashiruddin was elected as the second caliph in 1914. A. According to the community, the status
of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is only that of a reformer (Mujaddid) among the members of the
Lahore group, while the status of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is that of a prophet among the members
of the Raboah group. Missionary institutes and mosques are working in Europe and Africa under
the auspices of this association.5
As mentioned above the family of Ghulam Ahmed getting many incentives from colonial
authorities, Mirza Ghulam Ahmed began to paying the interests of British government in the
subcontinent for the political as well as religious objectives: one of them was to contradict Jihad
on the basis of being reformer and reflective prophet having reexamining and reassessing the
orders of Islam, he claimed himself as reformer and then with other titles he became always
loyal and supportive for the British raj contrary to other Muslims interests, as he describe his
community position as under:
.
01.By accepting me as a predestined Christ and Mehdi is the refusal from Jihad.6
02. Hazrat Maseeh Maud separated phony Muslims, with his holy teaching and Obedience of
British Imperialism is essential for every Muslim. Jihad is forbidden by Maseeh Maud.7
03. There are uncountable favors of British Imperialism on Indian Muslims, but these Muslims
are so yokel-like, who kept enmity against the British.8

4
Mirza Bashiruddin opinion in his book Hadrat Ahmed .p.43
5
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, Nuzool e Masih,.p.99.Ziaul Islam Lahore
6
Ahmad, Tableegh-e-Risalat, 1889)
7
Daily Al- Fazal, 1917)
8
Daily Al-Fazal, 1940
04. Some yokel-like Muslims question that, 'Is Jihad compulsory against this British Government
or not? This government is our beneficent so thanking is compulsory on every Muslim.9
05. Maseeh Maoud (Mirza Ghulam Ahmad) said that I am Mehdi and the sword of the British
06.Government. Why were we not happy with the conquest of Baghdad? Our sword will shine in
Arab, Iraq and Egypt.10
07. Our Family never refused to bloodshed for British Imperialism.11

Claim of prophet hood

In 1900, Maulvi Abdul Karim Ahmadi started using the words of prophet and messenger in his
Friday sermon for Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, and Mirza sometimes confirms this and sometimes
interprets and justifies it, such as being a partial prophet, or being a defective prophet, or being a
non-authoritative prophet, etc. In the end, Mirza declared him the prophet and the messenger
regularly and left out the words in his writings saying that prophet hood are flawed.12
Mirza writes that "It is a very true thing that every person can progress and attain a greater rank,
even surpassing Muhammad the Messenger of God." From 1900 AD onwards, he kept writing
the claim of prophet hood in all his writings. Further in 1902, he wrote a magazine called Tahfa
Al-Nadwah, in which he claimed to be a prophet. He published an advertisement pamphlet with
the name in 1901 in which he wrote that God has painted Mirza Sahib in the color of prophet
hood in the shadow of Prophet Muhammad.13

British objectives for the creation of new sect

In order to cool down or reduce the spirit of Jihad among Muslims of subcontinent, Mirza
Ghulam Ahmed was sponsoring anti-Islamic plans which canceled Jihad, an important part of
Islam. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad writes in his book "Tabligh al-Rasalah" that "Jihad is absolutely
forbidden and obedience to British imperialism is obligatory." "I have written books in Arabic
and Persian languages regarding the sanctity of Jihad, and I say with confidence that I am the
promised Messiah and the government of Great Britain is my sword." About ten thousand verses
have been revealed to me, whoever denies them is a disbeliever.14

9
Daily Al- Fazal, 1939)
10
Daily Al-Fazal, 1910
11
Ahmad, Tableegh-e-Risalat, 1887)

12
Mirza Bashiruddin, seerat ul Mehdi.p.13.
13
Daily Al Fazal Rabwah,. ، 17July 1922
14
Ghuam Ahmed, Tableegh e Risalh. P.107.
Different from Muslim leaders he argued that jihad was not legitimate under the conditions
created by British rule, Ghulam Ahmad reinterpreted the meaning of jihad for Muslims as being
historically contingent. The historical circumstances under which jihad by the sword was
permitted no longer existed anywhere or in any jurisdiction. The arrival of the Mahdi, who
signaled the final redemption of Islam, meant that those conditions would never exist again.
Jihad through argument, however, was now and would be in the future necessary for every
Muslim. Non- violent jihad was part of Ahmadi motives expectations for Ghulam Ahmad and
linked to Muslim redemption: Ahmad wrote that ending violent jihad was necessary for Muslim
prosperity. He declared that there was 'no sword except the sword of arguments and proofs.15

Fear of Jihad among British

The British were completely afraid of the spirit of the Muslims and brought this whole program
to end that sprit. In fact, the British also remembered the crusades and saw the spirit of jihad in
Muslims for the freedom struggle of India a crucial. That is why created a new program of
Ahmadism against the belief to end the finality of Prophet hood, and how to weaken the basic
belief of Muslims: finality of prophet hood and how to eliminate the spirit of Jihad from the
Muslims, which was an obstacle to the political survival of the British, so the British prepared a
person from their old loyal family: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, to serve this purpose. Who could
bring the foundation to perfection, so the British government chose Mirza Ghulam Ahmed for
that purpose.

Historical background

After the British occupation of the subcontinent, India was considered to be the most important
region, so most of the nations of Europe considered it very necessary to maintain their dominance
in this region, so the British turned to India in 1599 and initially started a trade of a few thousand
pounds. And later in 1608 AD, this trade was systematically organized into the East India
Company and the first British ship anchored on the coast of India. In which William Hawkes, the
representative of King James of Great Britain, brought very valuable gifts and a message of
friendship for the Mughal emperor, and finally Mughal Emperor Jahangir became the source of

15
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, 'A Proposal for the Utter Extinction of Jehad' (presented on the
coronation of Edward VII, his Imperial Majesty the King-Emperor, Lahore, 1902) printed in
The Review ofReligions, January 1902, 1-7.
permission for the East India Company to establish commercial companies in India. The Mughal
emperor established and allowed Charles II to establish military conscription and forts. And in tis
guise the beginning of Christian preaching in the subcontinent began in 1813, when the British
Parliament allowed the hiring of priests to convert people to Christianity in India: a famous
Christian historian stated that the Christian priests in the subcontinent started their religious
activities in India and the same way the British4 government would occupy the subcontinent.
Along with the organizational activities, written propaganda was also started and distribution of
free missionary books were started. These books were printed in different languages of India and
the number of books was 30 lakhs which were delivered to all regions as well as Colombo, 117
missionary madrassas were also established in subcontinent in which 6220 students were educated.
Students enrolled in those madrassas were receiving modern and Christian religious education. 16

Similarly, the British commanders and military officers also worked as missionaries. Whenever they saw
Hindus in idolatry or Muslims denying that Jesus is the son of God, they neglected their duty as
commanders and worked as priests. . In this way the Christian rulers and authorities began to have
religious talks with their subordinates, called them to their houses and encouraged them to convert to
Christianity. In addition, the Christian rulers made their dire efforts to eliminate the religious identity of
the Hindus and Muslims so that Hindus and Muslims be weakened in their religious believes as well as
culture and civilization and English civilization and culture was created in entire Hindustan. And
ultimately Hindustani would adopt the ways of Christianity and finally accept the Christianity. The
purpose of the British was only to change the religious symbols in the hearts of the people and remove the
value of religions and light the candle of Christianity in its place. By taking advantage of them, they were
enticed towards Christianity because at that time there were mostly poor people in the subcontinent who
were suffering from many problems due to their economic conditions. The message of Christianity was
conveyed and the British were quite successful in that mission.similiarly in this line they projected Mirza
Ghulam Ahmed. Christian pastor Joseph writes, "Here I feel it is important to clarify the fact that
Christianity in the Indian subcontinent was mostly only for those people who were poor and uneducated,
helpless victims of persecution and drowned in ignorance. And hope appeared there only in Christianity
so that they could change their economic conditions.17
In this connection, the British government was patronizing the Christian priests in every way.
The priests were not only preaching Christian beliefs and teachings, but they were also insulting
Islam and the Prophet of Islam by accusing them of all kinds, for which the government paid

16
‫ انجمن ترقي اردو پاڪستان ڪراچي‬، 252 ‫ ” مقاالت گارسان داتسي “ ص‬1975 . ‫ جميل الدين‬، ‫عالي‬
17
‫ مڪتبه عناديه ڪراچي‬، 33 ‫ ” ايدون ڪي سئو سال “ ص‬1996 ، ‫ جورف ارشد‬، ‫فادر‬
them. For that purpose by the time, wealth was received in the form of rewards and gifts from
British government. In this period, being a priest was not for service or reform, but rather it was
a symbol of self-interest.so Muslims of subcontinent struggled for the independence of all kinds
of persecutions: especially Muslims were persecuted religiously by Christian priest accusing the
last messenger of Almighty Allah, that struggle finally culminated in 1857 AD, today Muslims
still refer 1857 AD war as a war of independent while Britain recall it as war of treachery,( ‫)غدر‬
after that war the power was transferred from the East India Company to Britain, unfortunately
after that war Muslims were treated severely.

British aims in the subcontinent

It is very sad and shameful because these days were the days of extreme oppression for the
Muslims and at that time the civilizational capital of the Muslims was looted and the spirit of
Jihad in the minds of the Muslims was blown through the Ahmadeism campaign, because the
British government was well understood that the spirit of Jihad is the secret of the strength of the
Muslims, which has been cut into the veins of the Muslims and has become a part of their nature,
which has reached the depth of faith that is the last option of the revival of the real image of of
Islam.so that sprit Can't be separated from Muslims until it may be made controversial matter by
generating one religious leader who claim of new prophecy getting rewards and gifts from
British government and then deny the obligation of Jihad or cancel that divine order by
reinterpreting the holy Quran verses as reformer(‫)مصلح‬. According to the foresight of the British,
only that part of the nature of the Muslims, i.e. the spirit of Jihad, was chosen for the purpose of
instilling in like-minded and like-minded scholars that only they could break the strength of holy
warriors (Mujahideen): like Syed Ahmed Shaheed and Shah Ismail Shaheed in subcontinent.
Moreover this was also the cause to create religious sectarianism and hatred among Hindustani
people to prolong their rule, so in this way Muslims can be dispersed in the national unity of
India. In this way, the British and their followers called the warriors of Islam a Wahhabi, and
hatred was created in the minds of the uneducated and simple Muslims for the Muslim warriors.
"W.W. Hunter" in his book (‫ )ھماری ھندوستانی مسلمان‬writes that; Those scholars who were called
Wahhabi, their zeal was more than their knowledge, the fatwa of these scholars; as "India is Dar
al Harb", this conclusion came out that Jihad against the rulers is obligatory, but many supporters
for the British government were very sad about this decision. Therefore, they had four options in
front of them for the stability and continuity of the British occupation in India.18
01. The long life and stability of the British Empire in India was not possible until the spirit of
Jihad existed among the Muslims.
02. Why should hatred and conflict be created between Muslims and Hindus who even though
their beliefs were different, there was no conflict in their minds and they were fighting together
against British alienation.
03. The front of attacks on Islam and the Prophet of Islam should be opened so that Muslims
deviate from Jihad.
04. By creating new sects among the Muslims, seeds of sectarian hatred should be sown in them,
which will destroy their national unity.

British colonial aims and policies

The British succeeded in answering these four questions and finally, passing through various
stages, before the outbreak of the First World War, the Muslims were so weak and weakened that
the majority of them were ideologically Muslim but mentally unstable. Therefore, they were
content to settle for slavery and the Christian priests also played the role of fuel on the burning
fire and spread their preaching all over India and the British government fanned the flames of
religious hatred throughout India. Includes Hindu, Muslim conflicts and Shia, Sunni riots and its
debates, despite all these religious disputes and internal conflicts, the spirit of Jihad was so
dangerous for the British that it would case to end or kill the British government. They were
based on this, because the spirit of Jihad was so important to Muslims that if the Mujahid died in
the battlefield, he was successful and heavenly, and if he won, the Ghazi was better than being
killed or dying instead of running away.19

The success of conspiracy

In 1869, a delegation of British thinkers and Christian leaders from England came to India to
examine the issue of why the seeds of disloyalty should not be planted among the Indian
residents and what measures could be taken to enslave Muslims. The delegation prepared two
reports in 1870. In which it was mentioned that the majority of Indian Muslims are blind
followers of their spiritual leaders, If a person is found at this time who claims to be a prophet,
most people will gather around him, but it seems difficult to prepare such a person from among

18
‫دفتر ناکیڈمی الھور‬
‫ق ن‬، 215 ‫ص‬،1944 ،‫ھمارے ھندوستانی مسلمان‬
19
‫ ص‬، ‫ اد ی ا ی عی م آسی‬02 . ‫ ” تاريخ برطانوي هند “ انسٹیٹیوٹ آف ابجيکٹرز پبليشرز نيو دهلي‬2017 ، ‫ پروفيسر‬، ‫ ظفر احمد‬، ‫نظامي‬
26 ‫مکتبہ جدید پریس الھور‬
Muslims, so the prophet hood of such a person can be increased with grace, because we are
occupying the whole of India and we are in dire need of such an action to give vent to internal
unrest and mutual disharmony among the Indian people and common Muslims.20

Fulfillment of British objectives and denial of Jihad

After a long struggle in this background, the British realized that the constant violence and
oppression of the Muslims on the subcontinent by the British, whether they are collective or
individual Muslims, the spirit of Jihad cannot be ended. started getting fatwas and started to
change the mood of interpretations of the Holy Qur'an and to compile new interpretations. He
wanted to take a fatwa saying that India is Darul-Islam or Darul-Harab in that situation. 21
The recognition of this role of Ahmadism as its founder himself has written in clear words with
great pride in his book Tiriaq al-Qulub, that "I have written so many books and advertisements
about the prohibition of Jihad and English obedience that if they were collected, they would
cover fifty Almirahs”.22
Obedience to British
And even more dangerous, the British founded the Ahmadiyya sect in order to attack the spirit of jihad.
That British should be admitted to their status of (‫ )اولی االمر‬in the name of Islam and a class should be
prepared which obeys the British with heart and soul rather than by compulsion, because the stability of
the British government was possible only if the national anarchy among the Muslims should arise in such
a way that the Ahmadi people, despite believing in Mirza Ghulam Muhammad, do not recognize him as a
non-Muslim, so that new fissures continue to arise in the fortress of Islamic unity. And the Atheist
caravans kept coming and going. It was the time when the Muslims were lighting the spark of Jihad
against the British government. In order to extinguish it forever, Mirza used the interpretation of the Holy
Quran for his own political purpose and distorted it.23

‫َي ا َأُّيَه ا اَّلِذ يَن آَم ُن وْا َأِط يُعوْا الّلَه َو َأِط يُعوْا الَّر ُسوَل َو ُأْو ِلي اَألْم ِر ِم نُك ْم‬24

O you who believe, obey Allah and obey His Messenger and those who are in charge among
you.

20
(5) ‫ اداره تحفظ پاکستان کراچي‬19 ‫ ” عجمي اسرائيل “ ص‬2002 ‫ آغا شورش‬، ‫کاشميري‬
21
‫ دفتر اقبال اک يدمي الهور‬، 315 ‫ ” هماري هندوستاني مسلمان “ ص‬1944 ، ‫ڊڈبليو دبليو‬، ‫هنٹر‬
22
‫ ” ترايق القلوب “ مطبوعه ضياء االسالم قاداين ضلع گورداسپور‬1902 ‫ غالم احمد‬، ‫مرزا‬
23
‫ اداره المعارف الهور‬، 43 ‫ مانچسٽر ” عقيد ه االمت “ ص‬، ‫ خالد محمود‬، ‫ڊڈاکٹر‬
24
59 ،‫ آیت‬، ‫سورۃ النساء‬
Muslims believe it is obligatory to obey the Ulimas who are among the Muslims, but Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad takes this to mean that "My advice to my community is that they should enter
the British government's monarchy into their Ulimas with the sincerity of their hearts." Be
obedient to them”.25
Another person who clashed with the British imperialism in the Indian sub-continent and was
dedicated to Jihad was Syed Ahmed Shaheed and Maulana Ismail Shaheed and their companions
who awakened the spirit of Jihad among the Muslims and demonstrated to the mountains of
Balakot city for that purpose. At that time, many martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the field of
Jihad along with Shah Waliullah and his family THOSE had reached the border areas from
Bengal to support Mujahideen fighting the vicious empire of British, they were rising on the
horizon of religion. In short, the religious and civilizational capital of Muslims had reached its
peak during that period, and for Muslims Jihad held the status of life. Because of this, the British
also planned how to end the spirit of Jihad among the Muslims or to end the religious or political
leadership of the Muslims Who were leading in duties like Jihad. As he says against Jihad, "From
now on, human Jihad is done with the sword, so it is rejected by God's command. A person who
takes up a sword as a disbeliever now disobeys the Messenger of God". 26 HE writes in another
place that "I believe that as my disciples increase, the followers of Jihad will decrease. I have to
deny Jihad if I believe in Christ or Mahdi.”27
Mirza's wishes and desires is that the independent Islamic governments of Turkey, Afghanistan,
Iran, Arabs and Egypt, etc. should also be loyal to the British: they should come under the hands
of the British, while Hundred years of government Muslims in subcontinent has been usurped by
the British who are always the enemy of Muslims. Mirza believes them to be angels of mercy for
Muslims. In fact he is deprived of the of Iman. He has been carrying the English flag on his
shoulder till the end of his life. No true prophet of Allah Almighty has ever taken the side of a
tyrant and oppressive government, nor has he praised it, rather, the history of Islam is full of
incidents of raising the flag of Jihad against the oppressors, but Mirza says that it is not
permissible to wage jihad against the British government.
The creation of Ahmedi sect as observed by Allama Muhammad Iqbal
As great thinker and poet of the east Allama Iqbal says however, the sequence of events suggests
that; Mirza Ghulam Ahmed's claims of prophet hood and the declaration of abolition of Jihad
were the fulfillment of important British needs. 28 The religious harmony among all the nations
living in India was so good that all the nations living here were not ready to tolerate any
foreigner rulers. So British wanted the fire of disharmony should be kindled among Indians so
that due to their fighting among themselves the British government can get security and stability.
In that line Mirza's initial ads and pamplet did not contain profanity or severity. Creating
disharmony among Hindustani communities on religious grounds was important purpose to
protect themselves, so in this line Mirza did not even care about the decree of the Lord

25
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed book ,Zarooratul Imam, P23, Anjuman Ahmadiyyaa publication Qadian.
26
Tabli Risalat, Vol. 9, p. 48
27
Tabligh Risalat, (Volume 7, p. 17
28
‫ ” حرف اقبال “ عالمه اقبال اوپن ينيورسٹ ي اسالم آباد‬1984 ‫ محمد اقبال‬، ‫عالمه‬
Almighty, and with this some impure and devilish gesture; he cursed the all the non-Muslims
communities and their religions against the spirit of Qur'an. The result was very bad that they
started attacking Islam and the Prophet PBUH. They kept criticizing great morals, so non-
Muslims of all sects, Hindus, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Devas, Zoroastrians, Brahmins started
attacking the Prophet of Islam and his family to answer Mirza.so infuriated other religious sect to
create the disharmony on religious grounds among Hindustani people watering the real cause of
British government.

Importance of Ghulam Ahmed

Fulfilling the objectives Mirza became very important to the British. They saw that he is such a
courageous person who is ready to claiming prophecy without caring about the whole nation and
we need such person. So the interests of the Ahmadi sect and British interlinked each other, and
Mirza writes about this at one place: “Our conditions are such that the benefits of the government
and ours have become one”.29 In another place, he writes that the condition of Ahmadis in
"Malabar" was very worrying. Ahmadi students were banned from coming to schools. The
funerals of Ahmadis were not allowed to take place in the place of Muslims. And government
gave land to build a school and ordered that if there is any trouble to the Ahmadis, all the leaders
of the Muslims will be expelled from the country under the new law.30
From these incidents, the government looks at Mirza on behalf of the British. In this way, the
British government has been helping the (Ahmadiens) in difficult times at every opportunity. It
can be seen from this incident that Ahmadi was being protected and published by the British
government and almost Ahmadi were hired in government jobs. It was a means of entry into
encouragement by English government needed a loyal helper like Mirza and he needed to be
supported by a ruler like the British.

The secret of protecting and supporting the English objectives!

The first thing is that the leader of the Ahmadi, Mirza Mahmood Ahmad, second Caliph of
Ahmadiyya, Born: January 12, 1889, India, and Died: November 7, 1965 AD in Chenab Nagar. he
was neither a colleague of the Congress nor of the Muslim League before the partition. Someone
asked him: What should happen? What he said in response to this, A gentleman said: Some
people question why the Promised Messiah (Mirza Ghulam Ahmad prayed for the safety of the
British Empire and their success. (Mirza Mahmood Ahmad also prays for their success and tells
his people to enlist to help in the war, even though the British are not Muslims. In response to
this, the summary of what (Mirza Mahmood Ahmad) said is presented. He said: The answer to
this question is in the Holy Qur'an. One of the visions that were shown to Hazrat Musa (peace be
29
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed opinions, Qadiani Madhhab, p. 614 by Fazl Qadiyan
30
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed opinions, Anwar Khilafat, p. 95
upon him) was that a collapsed wall was built, the reason for which was later explained that there
was a treasure under it. The owners were small children, the wall was built so that the treasure
would not fall into the hands of others until these boys grew up and it would be safe for them. In
fact, there is a prophecy about Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah. may be referred
to), which would be more difficult and detrimental to the interests of Ahmadiyya. When the
ability is created in the Jamaat, then the system will come into its hands. This is the reason for
praying for the British government and their victory.so the praying for the British Empire was to
get favor under their government till the achieving of the ability to rule in the territory
independently.31

Justice Munir views in his report

The entire legacy of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to his Khulfa was always in the favor of British
interests as Justice Munir writes.

It was written in the report:

“Some writings of Ahmadiyya suggest that they were dreaming of becoming the successor of the
British.”32

Ahmadi dream of a united India:

Furthermore watering the interests of British empire they were in the favor of opposing the
partition of India and Muslims demands:

God knows where the will of Allah, which was known to Mirza Mahmud, went? The color of the
atmosphere changed and the signs of the division of the country began to appear, so Mirza
Mahmud again announced and made an inspired announcement, mentioned a his dream and said
that I had this dream. explaining this dream, he said:

“God's will is to keep India together, but due to the hatred of the nations, it has to be separated
temporarily, it is another matter that if we agree to the partition of India, not willingly, but by
compulsion, and then try it. They want to be united in one way or another soon."

31
Molana Muhammad Yosuf Ludhyanwai,Tuhfah Qadiyaniyat,volume.06.P.256
32
Newspaper Al-Fazl Qadian 3rd January (1945
This was his inspired belief, in this context, he also tried to make Qadian an independent state, if
not at least, at least the power of the region should be given to them. To get it, they used to say
that we should get it, Not much is needed. Unfortunately, it did not happen.33

As like British’s will india should not be partitioned, similiarly Ahmadi community leaders says
theirs dream and wills about the fate of Pakistan that india should be united ( ‫ )اکنڈہ‬if at least it is
partitioned then Qadian should be independent region not under the sovereignty of Pakistan.

Kashmir War and Ahmadi Conspiracy:

so it is also an official secret that the war of Kashmir and its front too. But these Ahmadi had
opened despite the authorities, in this war the intention of Ahmadi sect was that somehow they
would reach Qadian and after reaching Qadian in India they would do something for their
religious purpose, so in this line the Furqan battalion consisting of solely the Ahmadi soldiers
was deployed on the front of Sialkot, similarly on the front of Kashmir. It stayed on. The fault
came out! Similarly after coming into Pakistan, when Ahmadi did not get such independent
region in Pakistan, then their Khalipha used to narrate his dream about the future fate of the
country that, ultimately it would soon Pakistan break and be united India, in that regards they
made Furqan battalion which were deployed in the 1948 war at Kashmir front to get access to
Qadian:old head quarter.34 So Ahmdi being against the existence of Pakistan! they are divinely
opposed to the birth of Pakistan and the existence of Pakistan, because they know that Pakistan is
an Islamic empire, and that the Ahmadi may be in danger in an Islamic empire. That much It
cannot be in a non-Islamic or secular empire.

Financial Commissioner at Qadian

Mirza Ghulam Ahmed being as a religious community leader as embedded by British empire
used to give his political inputs about the future of Muslim state for which Muslim league was
demanding , in that line he meets frequently with British empire officers for political purposes
and opposed the Pakistan movements initiatives with Sir James Wilson, the Financial
Commissioner of the Punjab, On 21st March 1908, Sir James Wilson, the Financial

33
Molana Muhammad Yosuf Ludhyanwai,Tuhfah Qadiyaniyat,volume.06.P.255
34
Molana Muhammad Yosuf Ludhyanwi opinions.P.256
Commissioner of the Punjab, visited Qadian. As this was the first occasion for such a high
official of state to visit the town, the Promised Messiah asked all the members of the community
present to extend him a welcome and his tents pitched in the grounds of his school. The
Promised Messiah also entertained him as a guest. Since it had been alleged by the opponents of
the Promised Messiah that he was secretly disaffected towards the Government and that for this
reason, contrary to the traditions of his house, he did not pay court to any of the high officials of
state, he availed himself of this opportunity to dispel this groundless suspicion and himself
proceeded to pay a visit to the Financial Commissioner. On this occasion he was accompanied by
seven or eight of his disciples. The Financial Commissioner very politely received him at the
entrance of his tent and made various enquires about matters concerning the movement. Of the
conversation which ensued, one point is worthy of special mention. The Muslim League had
only recently been started and the British officials were of the view that it would prove a useful
counterpoise to the unhealthy influence of the Congress. Some of the officials went so far as to
encourage the members of the aristocracy to join the League. The Financial Commissioner made
mention of the League and asked the Promised Messiah for his views concerning it. He observed
that he did not look on the League with favor. The Financial Commissioner then mentioned some
of the good points about the League. But the Promised Messiah adhered to his view that such
political methods and activities always carried a grave risk. The Financial Commissioner urged
that he should not judge the League by the experience of the Congress. The conditions under
which the latter had been started were such that even in its inception it could be seen that it was
sure to overstep the proper bounds of political activity. But the foundation of the League had
been laid by such men and its constitution was such that it could never follow the lead of the
Congress. Upon this one of the disciples of the Promised Messiah, Khawaja Kamal-ud-Din, who
is the founder of the Woking Mission and is the proprietor of the magazine Muslim India,
supported Sir James Wilson's views and said that he was himself a member of the League and
that its rules were such that there was no apprehension of it taking a wrong direction. But in
answer to both, the Promised Messiah maintained that to him it seemed that it was sure one day
to take on the color of the Congress and that he deemed meddling with politics to be dangerous.
The conversation ended here, but every student of contemporary politics is aware that this
observation has been proved true to the very letter.35

35
Hadhrat Ahmed, by Mirza Bashiruddin Mehmood, .p.56
Celebration at Qadian over the fall of Baghdad:

These are the Ahmadi, who celeberated when Baghdad was captured by the British, the British
gained dominance and when it fell, a representative of Ahmadi community Al-Fazl newspaper
wrote that :The promised Hazrat Masih says: “The British are my sword, the luster of the sword
of my Mahdi British wants to observe in whole world”. On the fall of Baghdad, lamps were lit in
Qadian, similarly the day the caliphate fell in Constantinople, that is, the caliphate was abolished,
the entire Islamic world wept tears of blood. It was the caliphate of Al-Uthman , suppose they
were or there would be so many faults among them, but the caliphate was a sign of Islam, but
unfortunately through Kamal Ata Turk, these tyrannical powers overthrew the throne of Al-
Uthman and the caliphate ended. This pattern of Islamic Cilaphat cannot be for the future. So
You can get everything, but you can't get Islamic Caliphate today, so the day Al-Othman was
overthrown and the line was drawn on Islamic Caliphate, the entire Islamic world was crying
tears of blood, characteristically India, but Ahmadis On this day too celebrated in happiness.
Lamps were burning, lamps were burning, and main organ of the Ahmadi newspaper Al-Fazl
wrote the editorial at the time that:

“If the Uthmans perish, then let them perish, we do not consider them as caliphs, our king is
George V and our caliph is Amirul Momineen Mirza Mahmud.”36

Ahmadi community always remained loyal to the interests of British Empire whether be it
subcontinent or other place of the world.

The Ahmadiyya and their loyalty to the British Monarchy

Being always loyal and subject to the British objectives Mirza called in his writings that all
Muslims of subcontinent are subjects to the British rule of law and those who oppose it are
disloyal and be treated with bitter hands:

While the death of Queen Elizabeth II saw her veneration across television channels around the
world, more so in the UK of course, her link to colonialism and white supremacy was also

36
Hazrat Molana Muhammad Yosuf Ludhyanvi. “Tuhfah e Qadianiyat”.P. 258
voiced by certain circles. and with this, the question of Ahmadiyya loyalty to the British
monarchy has gained a bit of momentum, hence calling for it to be addressed.The Ahmadi
tradition of loyalty to the British monarchy started naturally with the writings of Hazrat Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the sect known in colonial era as the Ahmadi Muslim. He was
born in the time of the British Raj and remained a British subject, living all his life in British
India. This alone was enough to justify his loyalty and his call for all British-Indian subjects for
the same. However, he emphasized that this sentiment of loyalty stemmed from the freedom of
faith that all citizens had under British rule - something that the earlier native rulers had failed to
provide. Where Christians enjoyed freedom, Ahmadi Muslims too were free to call their azan,
perform their religious rituals and profess their faith; the same was the case for adherents of all
other faiths - many as they were - in the vast Indian Subcontinent. It was not only Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad who practiced and called for this loyalty from among the Muslims; there was rather a
significant number of individual scholars and anjumans that expressly stood for the same -
heavily dotted across the vast length and breadth of India. Letters of loyalty to Queen Victoria,
and her successors, from this Anjuman-e-Ishaat-e- Islam to that Muslim council, can easily be
accessed in the National Archives of India and the India Office Records - the transmitting and
the receiving ends respectively. When this query is addressed adequately, the next question
posed is why the Ahmadi do not take into account the atrocities carried out by the British in their
colonial pursuits. To address this, we must travel back in time to the days when colonial
expeditions were at their apex - the age of European Imperialism. Imperial expansion was not
something invented by the European monarchs. It was a centuries-old practise of empires -
headed by their emperors and empresses to take into their pale any land that they possibly could.
It was, as they say, a game of thrones a game where the mighty one makes the rules, or breaks
them as and when it suits them.37

Results:
Ahmadi sect was created under the aucpices of British government in the subcontinent having
many political as well as religious purposes to create firstly disharmony among Muslims then
pave the way against Jihad which was challenging for the survival of British colonial power in
subcontinent. so Ahmadi sect under the leadership of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed was invented as a
37
Asif M Basit. Ahmadiya Archives.www.alhakam.org/ahmadiyya-loyalty-british-monarchy.
realization of that British dream. British Government not only favored Ahmadi community in all
aspects but they provided full security and encouraged them politically as well as religiously to
make a fissures in the walls of Islam. Resultantly Mirza Ghulam Ahmed in the first claimed of as
a religious reformer then gradually of being a reflective prophet and ultimately claimed of full
authoritative prophet and made a separate Ummah from Muslims to disintegrate the united
strength of Muslims. This was a primary objective of the British gernment. so the next other
objective of the program of British government was to deny the obligation of jihad which was a
challenge for the British Empire in subcontinent,so In this line he tried to amend the original
message of Quran and Hadith. so obeying the projected program of British government he
abrogated the Quranic teachings of Jihad. Moreover, breaking the fundamental bindings the
seeds of mutual corruption in the Indian nations were sown, from the day till date this curse is
going on in the habits of Hindustani people. He laid the foundation of sub-wealth in literature. It
provided a religious and spiritual certificate of loyalty to the British government from generation
to generation. Mirza Ghulam Ahmed created his separate Ummah from the Muslim Ummah. He
called those who did not believe in him as infidels and chose to be indifferent to the trials and
tribulations of the Muslim world. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed prophet hood and called
himself Mu'azullah Khatam al-Aanbaya and thus committed the crime of harming the important
and fundamental belief of Muslims. As Mirza denied the important injunction of Islam “the
important duty of Islam is to say that Jihad is forbidden” (though Jihad will continue until the
Day of Resurrection). He tried to harm the international center of Islam and the fundamental
obligation of Hajj by declaring the city of Qadian as more holy than Makkah. Muslims are called
infidels and hell-bound.