Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 16
THE MANTLE OF KHILAFAT On the night of 8 June 1982, Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih III rta passed away and on 10 June 1982 in Mubarak Mosque Rabwah, a meet- ing took place in which Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad was elected as rta. He took bai‘at (oath of initiation) from the thousands of Ahmadis who had gathered there. Thus, the fear result- ing from losing the previous Khalifah of the Jama’at was once again restored to peace with the election of the new Khalifah. After the bai‘at, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rta led the funeral prayer in the evening, followed by the burial of Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih III rta in Bahishti Maqbarah. Around 50,000 people attended the event. Hazrat Khalifatul- Masih IV rta taking the first bai‘at of his Khilafat. The election took place at Mubarak Mosque in Rabwah on 10 June 1982.