Mirza Ghulaam-i-farangi: a choronological summary

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Mirza at a Glance




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Mirza Ghulam Qadiani 

His Life at a Glance



Chronology of Important Events

Prepared by Dr. Syed Rashid Ali



 


1839/40

Mirza is born to Chiragh Bibi and Ghulam Murtaza



1846




Formal education of Quran, Hadith etc begins at home by Molvi Fazl Ilahi





1849




Molvi Fazal Ahmad teaches various subjects.





1852/53




1st Marriage with Hurmat Bibi alias Phajje di Maan. She bore two
sons, Sultan Ahmad and Fazal Ahmad.





1857/58




Gul Ali Shah teaches Arabic Grammer etc.





1857




War of Independence, the so-called Indian Mutiny.


To prove his loyalty to The British Raj, Mirza's father donates 50 Armed
Horsemen to fight against the Muslims in the War of Independence.


Mirza Ghulam Qadir, elder brother of Mirza Ghulam, who served in the 46th
Division of the British Army under Gen Nicholson, killed several freedom
fighters near Sialkot.





1864




Mirza runs away from home with the yearly pension of his father and spends
it in undesirable pursuits.





1864-68




Mirza takes up a clerical post in the British Govt. Court at Sialkot.


Takes up the Law exam but failed.


Mirza befirends a Christian Padre, who later on played a role





1868




A Parliamentary Commision of Inquiry came from England to find out ways
and means to control and subdue the spirit of Jihad amongst the Muslims.


Mirza resigns from his job and left for Qadian


Introduces himself as a Debator in Islam.





1870




Report of Parliamentary Commission 'The Arrival of British Empire in India'
submitted to the British Parliament. Report recommended creating an Apostolic
Prophet to subdue the Spirit of Jihad in Muslims.





1871




Mirza Ghulam selected for the 'post' of Apostolic Prophet.





1877




Criminal case registered against him by postal authorities.





1879




Claims to have been 'Appointed by God' to proves the truthfulness of Islam


Announcement of writing Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya in 50 volumes.


Appeals for financial help and advance payments for publication of Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya.





1879-84




Publishes four volumes of Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya.





1884

onwards




Stops writing Braheen-e-ahmadiyya.


Writes books after books, wrote some 80 books over the next 25 years.


Refers to Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya as the book of God.





1884




Claims to be Revivalist (Mujaddid) of Islam.


2nd Marriage to Shahjehan Begum d/o Mir Nasir Nawab, from whom three
sons, Mirza Bashiruddin Mehmood (2nd Khalifa and father of Mirza Tahir,
the present Khalifa), Mirza Bashir Ahmad (author of Seerat-ul-Mahdi) and
Mirza Sharif Ahmad were born.


Admits being impotent at the time of 2nd Marriage. Prays to God for sexual
powers. God sends his Wahi for making a divine potion.


Upon Divine instructions, makes a potion called 'TIRYAQ-e-ILAHI' to
regain his 'energy'. Major component is 'OPIUM'. 





1888




Start taking oath of allegiance (Peeri-Mureedi) by the people.


Asks for the hand of Mohammadi Begum for his 3rd Marriage.


Advertises that his 3rd Marriage with Mohammadi Begum is a divinely
inspired proposal and that any hinderance from any quarter will result
in Tragic Consequences for the girl, her family and the person to whom
she is married.


Mirza Ghulam announced: This should be clear to people that there
can be no bette r criterion to judge my truth or falsehood than my prophecy."(Aina-e-Kamalate
Islam, Roohani Khazain vol 5 p.288, by Mirza Ghulam)


Mirza threatens his 1st wife and her sons of dire consequences for not
helping in the marriage with Mohammadi Begum.





1891




Claims to be A Maseel Messiah (Like Messiah) and denies that he is the
Promised Messiah. Labels those who accused him of it, as Liars





1891




Claims to have become Mariam.


Claims to have become pregnant by the insufflation of the soul of Eisa
(Jesus).


Claims to have converted to Eisa after staying for 10 months in his own
(Maryam's) womb. Says: "This is how I am Jesus son of Mary."


(Kishtee Nooh, Roohani Khazain vol 19 p. 87-89)




1891




Establishes Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam.





1892




Mohammadi Begum got married to Mirza Sultan Baig.


In retaliation, Mirza:



divorces his first wife.


forces his one son to divorce his wife.


disinherits his second son.



[PS His first wife was related to Mohammadi Begum.]




1893




Challenged Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khan Atham, a Christian Missionary,
for a written debate to prove the truthfulness of either religion.





Feb 1893




Mirza declared: "Everyone has accepted me and affirmed my claims,
except Children of Prostitutes, whose hearts have been sealed by God." 


(Aina-e-Kamalate Islam, Roohani Khazain vol 5 p.548)

Note: Mirza's own sons from the first marriage had not
accepted him as Messiah!!




22nd May -5th June '93




Written debate with Atham.


Mirza recieves humiliating defeat. As a result, many Muslims become Christians!


Unrepentant, Mirza issues the Divine Prophecy of Atham's death within 15
months (by 5th Sept 1894). He said: "I admit that if this
prophecy turns out to be false... I am prepared to recieve any punishment,
I should be disgraced, my face blackened, put a rope around my neck and
hang me... I swear upon God t hat He will definitely fulfilled it, definitely
fulfil it, fulfil it. Earth and heavens can move but God's word will not
be annulled." (Jang-e-Muqqaddas, Roohani Khazain
vol 6 p.293) 





Apr 1894




Atham is still alive. Several attempts made on the life of Atham by unknown
persons.





4th Sept

1894




Magic Bullet: Mirza recites a wazeefa over gram seeds and throws them in
an abandoned well to kill Atham.





6th Sept

1894




Christains celebrated the victory of Abdullah Atham and ridiculed and lampooned
Islam - thanks to Mirza Ghulam!!.





1896




Reiterates the divine origin of the Prophecy and Marriage with Mohammdi
Begum. He said: "If I am a Liar, my death will come 


and this prophecy will not be fulfilled."(Anjame
Atham)

He published this revelation:"and they ask thee if this is true?
Say: Yes, By my Lord, it is true and you cannot prevent it from taking
place. We have wed thee to her. There is none to change my words." 


(Asmani Faisla)




27th July

1896




Declares that paternal and maternal grandmothers Jesus Christ were Prostitutes,
from whose blood his was born and that was the reason for Jesus' inclination
towards prostitutes!!





1897




Petition to the British Govt.


Thanksgiving to Queen Victoria on her Silver Jubilee of Coronation.


Case against Mirza by Income Tax authorities.


House search by police on suspicion of murder of Pundit Lekhram, criminal
case agianst him and his acquittal.





1898/99




Petition to Lt Governor of Punjab reminding him that:



His forefathers have always been loyal servants.


He himself is the SELF IMPLANTED & SELF CULTIVATED SEEDLING of the
British Raj.


From his early age till now when he is 65 years of age, he has been engaged
with his pen and tongue to turn the hearts of Muslims towards true love
and goodwill for the British and to remove the concept of Jehad from the
hearts of stupid muslims.


Criminal case against Mirz a to keep peace.






1900




Mirza Abrogates Jihad.


Named his followers 'Ahmadis' and instructs them to use the same nomenclature
for census.





1900




Claimed prophethood.





25th May

1900




Mirza Ghulam announces that all those who do not accept him as prophet
are disobedient of God and His Prophet and will dwell in hellfire.





1901




Mirza has still not forgotten Mohammadi Begum. Issues yet another statement
that events will take strange turn and she will inevitably come into his
wedlock as these are divinely ordained matters.





1902




Finally to give some reprieve to the poor Mohammadi Begum, some muslims
thought of a novel idea. Jaafer Zitly published the following in his newspaper:
"I saw in my dream that wife of Mirza Ghulam Qadiani is going to
come into my wedlock!!"


Mirza was struck dumb. After that he never said a word about Mohammadi
Begum until his death in 1908. Mohammadi Begum lived happily with her husband
for the next 40 years.




8th Nov

1902




Mirza announces:"The basis for my claims is not Hadiths but Quran
and my own revelation; in support we also cite those Hadiths which do not
contradict my revelation. All the rest of Hadiths, I throw them away like
a waste paper."(Zamima Nuzoole Maseeh, Roohani Khazain
vol 19 p.140)





1903




Constructs Minarat-ul-Maseeh in Qadian, 12 years after becoming the Promised
Messiah!!





1904




Claims to be the Lord Krishna of Hindus.





1905




Establishes the Heavenly Graveyard in Qadian.





1906




Admits having been afflicted by Mental Illness and Excessive Urination
of upto 100 times per day, since the time of claiming to have been appointed
by God (1879)





1907




Prayer Duel with Molvi Sanaullah Amratsari.


Advertises his prayer in Newspapers whereby he prays to God AlMighty
to let the Liar die in the lifetime of truthful and that the liar's death
should either be from Cholera or Plague, which in his opinion was the sign
of Divine Anger.

Claims that God has named him Mohammed and Ahmad 26 years ago in Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya.
(Haqeeqatul Wahi, Roohani Khazain vol 22 p.502)


Claims that God has revealed 300,000 signs to substantiate his claims.





15th May

1907




Claims that following verses of Holy Quran, revealed in the Honour nad
Glory of Holy Prophet Mohammed SAAW, have now been revealed in Mirza's
honour: 





Verse 7:17 


Verse 55:1 


Verse 9:33 


Verse 53:9 


Verse 17:1 


Verse 3:31 


Verse 48:10 


Verse 48:1 


Verse 73:15 


Verse 107:1 


Verse 36:3 





(Haqeeqat-ul-Wahi, Roohani Khazain vol 22) 



Claims that God has named him after every prophet. Therefore, he said:


"I am Adam, I am Noah, I am Abraham, I am Isaac, I am Jacob,
I am Ishmael, I am Moses, I am David, I am Eisa son of Maryam, I am Mohammed...(Peace
be upon Them)."

(Haqeeqatul Wahi, Roohani Khazain vol 22 p. 521) 




1908




Publishes the fifth volume of Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya. In its preface he wrote:
"Initially I had promised to write it in 50 volumes. Since the difference
between 5 and 50 is only ZERO, my promised is now fulfilled after writing
the 5th volume.





1908




Mirza gives a reception to the Financial Commissioner Punjab


DEATH: Mirza suddenly develops Cholera. With remorse and disappointment
he uttered his last words to his father in law: 


"Mir Sahib! I have developed Epidemic Cholera." He could
not utter any words after that and died within a short time.

Mohammadi Begum lived happily with her husband for next 35 years.


Molvi Sanaullah Amratsari lived for the next 40 years.
















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