New York USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 7
HAZRAT HAFIZ HAJI HAKEEM MAUL VI NURUDDIN Khalifatul Masih I Hazrat Maulvi Nuruddin, may Allah be pleased with him, was elected the first successor of the Promised Messiah on May 27, 1908. He was a man of great talents and was also the first person to take the oath of allegiance to the Promised Messiah on March 23 , 1889 at Ludhiana, the day of the establishment of the Ah- madiyya Movement in Islam. He was born in 1841 at Bhera, India. He learned the Holy Quran from his mother and traveled far and wide in search of knowledge. He also committed the Holy Quran to memory at an early age. He was an eminent physician and scholar. He served as royal physician to the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir for a long time before joining the Ahmadiyya fold. The Promised Messiah called him 'Siddiq' on account of his piety, sincerity and truthfulness. During his leadership of the Community he inculcated very high moral qualities within the movement. He passed away on March 13 , 1914 and was laid to rest beside the abode of his master, the Promised Messiah. May Allah be pleased with him.