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43 and character of Jesus as. As such he too would be entitled Jesus or the Messiah. When questioned that Muslims were expecting the advent of Jesus himself, how could they explain this contradic- tion? If Jesus was dead, how could he come back? At their answer, Fati h Muhammad exclaimed that the beliefs they were holding were those of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a‘ at founded by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. They responded, ‘‘We are his followers, of course’’. The name of this town was Ashkhab a d. According to the account of these early Ahmad i s, they were facing many difficulties because of the hostile orthodox clergy who referred to them as ‘ sabi ’. This indicates clearly that the message of Ahmadiyyat had already reached Russia before the Second World War. But unfortunately, the ulema of India had also succeeded to some extent in spreading negative propaganda to poison the Russian minds against Ahmadiyyat. A H MAD I M ISSIONARY VISITS R USSIA Later, on December 10, 1924, a dedicated and zealous Ahmad i Missionary, charged with the spirit of service for Islam, Maulaw i Z uh u r H ussain, proceeded to Russia on his own to deliver the message of Ahmadiyyat to the people of Russia under the instructions of the Second Khalifah. His mission was very hazardous and challenging in nature, because in the wake of the newly established Bolshevik revolution, every British citizen was treated with great suspicion. Any such citizen who ventured to enter Russia was assumed to be a spy. No exception was