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EXHIBIT 5 HADRAT KHALIFATUL-MASIḤ IV Ḥaḍrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad¹ta (1928-2003) was born in Qadian, India to Hadrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmadra and Hadrat Maryam Begum Sahibarta. He received his early educa- tion in Qadian and later studied at Government College Lahore. Upon the Partition of the Indian subcontinent, he and his family migrated to Pakistan. In 1953, he graduated with distinction from the Ahmadiyya Missionary College, Rabwah. In 1955, he visited England for the first time with his father, who suggested that he remain behind to further acquaint him- self with the English language and European society. He secured admission at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, where he studied for two and a half years. During this time, he also travelled extensively throughout Western Europe. The experience that he gained during these years would play a vital role in his later life, when administering his great responsibil- ities as the Fourth Khalifah of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at. He was elected to this office on 10 June 1982, one day after the demise of his predecessor, Ḥaḍrat Mirza Nasir Ahmadra¸ The anti-Ahmadiyya ordinance of April 1984, promulgated by General Zia-ul-Haq, compelled Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rta to leave Pakistan and migrate to England, where he continued to lead and direct all international activities of the Jama'at and launch several new initiatives. Recognizing the immense need of