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Response by. HAZRAT KHALIFATUL MASIH III. Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad is the third successor of the. Promised Messiah. He was born in Qadian, India, in November 1909 and was elected Khalifatul Masih III in November 1965. . At a very early age he memorised the whole of the Holy. Quran. He took a degree with honours in Arabic, at the University of the Punjab. He then graduated in Philosophy and Arabic from Government College, Lahore. He pursued his studies at. Balliol College, Oxford, where he took an honours degree. He speaks a number of languages. . In 1944, he became Principal of the Talim-ul-Islam College,. Rabwah, Pakistan, an office which he held until his election as. Khalifatul Masih III. . Under his direction a large number of schools, medical centres, hospitals, newspapers and magazines have been established, mostly in African countries. He has brought about a great expansion in the missionary activities of the Ahmadiyya Movement. . The institutions established by him include the Fazle Omar. Foundation, the Nusrat Jehan Leap Forward Programme and the. Ahmadiyya Centenary Jubilee Fund. . Hazrat Khalifatul Masih III is a keen apiarist and rose grower. He also maintains a stable of valuable horses. 19