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− Qadian, India Darweshan-i-Qadian − On the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan in August 1947, many of the Muslims living in India moved to Pakistan. also decided to move the Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra ± ± − − ± administrative center of the Ahmadiyya from Qadian to Jama'at ± − Pakistan. Under the directive of , 313 Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra ± ± − − ± Ahmadis stayed behind in Qadian to look after the holy sites in ± − Qadian, the birth place of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi , and as − the starting place of in Isl m. These Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at a ± − − 313 Ahmadis are called ". "Darweshan-i-Qadian ± − − Minaratul Masih − − ± One of the signs of the advent of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi , as described by the Holy Prophet , was that he will be as sa − raised near a white minaret East of Damascus. The tradition of the Holy Prophet is as follows: sa Ó³jq ÕBzÎJ»A ÑiBÄÀ»A fħ ÁÍj¿ ÅIA ÓnΧ ¾lÄÍ ï ê æ ä ê ä æä æ ê ä ä ä æ ä æ ê ä ä æ ä å æ ä æ ê å ê æä - μr¿e ä æ ä ê yanzilu ‘isabnu maryama ‘indal manaratil baida’i − − ± − sharqqiyyu dimashq The Messiah will descend on the East of Damascus near a white minaret (Kanzul ‘amal, Vol. 7) − 325