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272 272 272 272 272 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION acted as Nai'b Sadr up to November 1954. The same year, he was appointed Sadr Majlis Ansarullah. From June 1948 to June 1950, he played an important role in the Furqaan Force Battalion, an Ahmadi volunteer force, put at the disposal of the Government of Pakistan, for the cause of Mulsim Kashmir. In May 1955, he was appointed Sadr of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya (main administrative body of the Jama`at), by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra. On November 8, 1965, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra passed away in Rabwah, Pakistan. Thereupon, Hadrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad rh was elected as Khalifatul Masih III. Following his election, some five thousand present Ahmadis, performed Bai`at at his hands. Some of the salient features of his seventeen-year Khilafat are given below: Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III rh established this scheme in memory of Hadrat Fadl-e-`Umar, Khalifatul Masih II ra. The Jama’at contributed 5. 2 million rupees, much in excess of the target of 2. 5 million initially fixed by Huzur. This fund was used to promote activities which had been of special interest to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra , in the fields of research work, education, missionary work and economic welfare of the Jama’at. Under this scheme, on October 3, 1971, a modern library named Khilafat Library was also established in Rabwah. During his visit (from April 4 to June 8, 1970) to seven countries of West Africa, ‘Nusrat Jehan Scheme’ was announced by Huzur, which he announced soon after his return to Rabwah. It was named after Hadrat Ummul Mu'mineen, Sayyidah Nusrat Jehan ra , the wife of the Promised Messiah as. Under this scheme, Huzur appealed to raise a fund of 100,000 Pounds ster- ling and to organize a large group of volunteer teachers and doctors for the establishment of a number of hospitals and schools in West Africa, purely for the service of humanity and without any profit motive. The Jama’at responded to Huzur’s appeal in an exemplary manner and, in a short span of time, 17 Medical Centres and 15 Secondary Schools were established in West African countries. His Khilafat (November 8, 1965 to June 9, 1982) Fadl-e-`Umar Foundation (December 21, 1965) Nusrat Jehan Scheme (June 12, 1970) P P P P P R O M I S E D R O M I S E D R O M I S E D R O M I S E D R O M I S E D M M M M M E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H AS AS AS AS AS A N D A N D A N D A N D A N D S S S S S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S — K — K — K — K — K H A L I F H A L I F H A L I F H A L I F H A L I FA A A A AT U L T U L T U L T U L T U L M M M M M A S I H A S I H A S I H A S I H A S I H III III III III III 7. 5 7. 5 7. 5 7. 5 7. 5