The Devotion of Life — Page 160
160 “When Hafiz Roshan Ali Sahib ra passed away, Allah the Almighty immediately provided replacement in the persons of Maulvi Abul Ata Sahib ra and Maulvi Jalaluddin Shams Sahib ra and the Jama’at felt that these worthies were true deputies of the earlier ones in their knowledge. ” (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat; Vol. 5, p. 262) The first Principal of Jami’a Ahmadiyya was Hadrat Maulana Syed Sarwar Shah Sahib ra. Teaching staff consisted of towering personalities like Hafiz Roshan Ali Sahib ra , Maulvi Ismail Sahib Halalpuri ra and Hadrat Mir Mohammad Ishaq Sahib ra. The second Principal of Jami’a Ahmadiyya was Mirza Nasir Ahmad M. A ra. Later on, Maulana Abul Ata Sahib ra became the Principal and when, in 1953, Maulana Abul Ata Sahib ra was appointed the Principal of Jami’atul Mubashereen , Qazi Mohammad Nazir Sahib ra took over as Principal of Jami’a Ahmadiyya. Inauguration of Jami’a Ahmadiyya The Jami’a Ahmadiyya was formally inaugurated on 20 th May 1928. Hadrat Musleh Maud ra in his inaugural speech said: “The Madrassah Ahmadiyya was established on the instruction and through the guidance of the appointee of Allah the Almighty, the Promised Messiah as. The express purpose of this establishment