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− Ahmadi Muslims ± − The expected reformer of the age has already appeared. His name is Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, the Holy founder of the ± ± − − ± Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. ± − ± Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed in 1889 that he is the as ± ± − − ± expected Reformer and established the Ahmadiyya Movement. ± Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad announced: as ± ± − − ± "When the thirteenth century of drew to a close and the Hegira beginning of the fourteenth century approached, I was informed by God Almighty, through revelation, that I was the , "The Reformer", of Mujaddid the fourteenth century. " (Kitabul Bariyya, p 168, footnote) − Later on, in 1891 Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad announced that he as ± ± − − ± is the Promised Messiah, mentioned in the prophecies of the Holy Prophet Muhammad , and Jesus in the Bible. He claimed that he had come in the sa as ± power and spirit of Jesus , and that his personality and character bore as close resemblance to Jesus , and that like him, in Mosaic dispensation, he as was a Messiah in the Islamic dispensation. He also claimed that like − Jesus , he was a Prophet of God but a subordinate, a deputy and a strict as follower of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad sa ± ± ± − − ± of Qadian also claimed that in his person he fulfilled the prophecy of the as second coming of Jesus. He explained that Jesus was a Prophet of God as as who had died like other human beings and that whenever there is a prophecy of the second coming of a Prophet, it is always metaphorical meaning the coming of someone closely resembling the earlier one. (The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Dr. Aziz Ahmad Chaudhry, p 11) − 50