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Glossary 117 Mazhabi Sikh ( سِکھ ہیب مَذ ) a Sikh convert usually from a lower social caste. Mehman Khana ( خانہ مان ھ مِ ) guest house. Mohalla ( مَلّہ ) an area of a town or village; a local neighbourhood. Muezzin ( ن مُؤَذ ) a person who makes the Islamic call to prayer. Nazir ( ںَظر ) An official or a director of an organisation or depart- ment. Nazir-e-Aala ( ٰ ایلع َظر ں ) the executive director of Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya, the central administrative body of the community. Nazir Amoor-e-Ama ( امورعامہ َظر ں ) the Ahmadiyya Muslim Com- munity’s director of general affairs. Nazir Amoor-e-Kharja ( َظر امور خارجہ ں ) the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s director of external affairs. Pandit ( پَنڈ ت ) a Hindu scholar learned in Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy. Qabristan ( قَربستان ) cemetery. Roti ( رویٹ ) a flat bread commonly eaten in the subcontinent which is part of the staple diet. Shahada ( شَھادة ) the Muslim statement of faith (‘there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad sa is the messenger of Allah’); one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Tehrik-e-Jadid ( جدید حتریک ) the central administrative body of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for foreign missions.