Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 19
Address of Welcome to Hazrat Khalifat-ul-Masih IIIth by Muhammad Zafrulla Khan We are most fortunate in having with us today Hazrat Sahibzada Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad Sahib, grandson of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, the Promised Messiah, and his Third Successor, and thus, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement, may Allah be pleased to support him and strengthen him with His mighty help. He has undertaken this journey from Pakistan to the United Kingdom for the purpose of participation in this International Conference which he will presently address. Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad Sahib was elected to his exalted office in November 1965 on the death of his revered father, the late Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad Sahib, the Second Successor of the Promised Messiah. He combines in his person the best of the East and the West. At an early age, under the direction of his revered father, he committed the whole of the Holy Quran to memory and, is on that account, designated Hafiz. His academic qualifications include High Proficiency in Oriental Learning, graduation in philosophy and economics from Government College Lahore, an affiliate of the Punjab University, and an Honours degree from Balliol College, Oxford. I venture to submit that it would be difficult to discover another individual in contemporary society who combines in his person these high achievements. After the completion of his courses of study at home and abroad, 11