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6. Chaudry Ghulam Yaseen (1947-1963) served as m1ss1onary in USA for about 16 yea r \. Il e tool. over a-. Mbsionary in Charge in 1959 and continued lo serve in that capacity until 1963. 7. Maulvi Abdul Qadir Zaighum (1949-1958) admini-. tered the Ahmad1yya chapters 111 the Pittsburgh Circle for se\eral year-. after the sad dembe ol Mir. ra Monawar Ahmad. 8. Nurul llaq Anwar (1954-1958) tool. over charge of the Nev. Yori. mis-. i on on 18 May 1 954 and propagated Islam until 28 July 1958 \\hen he returned bad. to Pal. istan. 9. Syed Jawad Ali (1954-1960; 1963-1971) tool. over a-. Secretary of the Ahamdiyya Muslim Community USA in 1954. Hi'> missionary efforts continued for six and half years. I le returned to Pal. btan in July 1960. I le came bacl. to USA in January 1963 and worl. ed in Washington. DC, Chicago and St. Louis. He estab- lished the 1111s-. 1on 111 Detroit Ill 1956. He fin1-. . hed his tenure of duty on 14 March 1971. JO. Aminullah Khan Salik (1960-1963) worked as a missionary in Washington. DC. Ne\',, Yori. and Ch i cago from 1960 to 1963. 11. Sufi Abdul Ghafoor (1960-1963) served as missionary for 3 years. 12. Major Abdul Hamid (1963. . . . 1979) arri,ed in USA in 1963. Il e worl. ed in Dayton where he built the first mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in USA in the traditional desig n with a minaret. li e also served in New Yori. before return ing to Headquarter tenure. the highlight was the blessed visit of Hadhrat Khalifallll Masi h Ill (RT) in 1976. It was th e first visit of a Khalifa to USA. JS. Masud Ahmad Jehlami (1975-1978; 1980-1982) worJ. . . ed as a missionary in New York from 1 975 to 1978. He came bacl. to v. ork as missionary in USA in November 1 980 and remained till February 1982. 19. Mau/a11a Ataullah Kalecm (1977. . . . 1983) published 40. 000 copies of the I loly Quran with Engli~h tr anslation. Thousands of brochures and 18 books and booklets on Islam and Ahmadiyyat were printed and distributed. The Synopsis of Religious Preaching (Parts I, II and Ill ) were authored by him. He started the Urdu journal Al-Noor and enlarged the Ahmadiyya Ga1ette to ih present si7C. Hi s propagational interviews were broadcasted live on Manhattan and East Sai nt Louis Cab le TV a nd published in The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press. The Commu nity Carr ier, and the Canton Observer. He spoke to students al sev- eral co ll eges and universities. The bui lding for the mosque in Philadelphia was purchased in his time. Similarl y, the land for the mosque in Chicago was purchased, and the mosque in Tuscon. Ari/Ima was inaugurated. Maulana Kaleem is currently serving as Missionary in Charge in Germany. Aminullah Sulik Sufi \bdul Clrnfoor Rahman ll cn11uli Sharif A. Hajw u Mian Ibrahim M. Siddique Shahid '\lasud J e hlami A. U. Kalccm