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EXHIBIT 3 HADRAT KHALIFATUL-MASIḤ II Hadrat al-Haj Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad (1889– 1965), was the Second Khalifah of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was the son of the Promised Messiah and his birth was the fulfilment of the Musleḥ Mau'ūd (Promised Reformer) prophecy. This prophecy was published by the Promised Messiah as a Sign of the truth of Islam in reply to a challenge put forth by the Arya Samaj. From his early youth, he was gifted with knowledge, both sec- ular and divine, and he had developed a deep love for the Holy Qur'an. In 1914, at the age of 25, he was elected as Khalifatul- Masīḥ II. During his almost fifty-two years of Khilafat, he led the Aḥmadiyya Muslim Community on an international level, expanding the Movement to forty-six countries, and building dozens of hospitals and schools. It was due to his leadership and foresight that the important schemes of Taḥrik-e-Jadid and Waqf- e-Jadid were initiated for the Community. Hadrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad was an avid