Intro
The family of Mirza Basheer uddin Mahmud Ahmad was above the law in British India. His travel dates were July 12th, 1924 to November 24th, 1924 (see Tarikh e Ahmadiyya)(See also ROR of 2008). As soon as he returned to Qadian, he got all the reports of the “goings-on” while he was away. He received reports that his wife #2, Amtul Hai (age-24) was writing letters to various newspapers and telling them how bad her husband was. At this blog, we think that the British government had recently destroyed the Ottoman Empire and deposed of the most influential Islamic leader in that era and time and they were thus wanting to stop all islamic leadership via Khilafat. Nevertheless, the Qadiani-Ahmadi’s were claiming to have 500,000 Ahmadi’s in their fold.
In 1924, after WW-1 had ended a few years had passed, the British government held “The Conference of Living Religions Within the Empire” also called Wembley’s Conference of Living Religions 1924. Ahmadiyya sources claim that the Khalifa was there for the 1st session only and never gave any speeches. While the Khalifa was in London, Zafrullah Khan was also there, its unclear if they travelled together or separately. He gave a speech on behalf of the Khalifa to “The Conference of Living Religions Within the Empire” held in 1924. The English version of the book was first published under the title Ahmadiyyat or the True Islam in 1924 (see preface). In 1976, it was re-published from Qadian, under the supervision of Mirza Wasim Ahmad (MGA’s grandson), and the name of the book was changed to “Ahmadiyya Movement”. Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din of the Lahori-Ahmadi’s was also in attendance.
The Ahmadiyya Khalifa was summoned to England by the Queen and other organizations and told about this new role in British India. As soon as he returned to India, Zafrullah Khan became the official Ahmadi representative to the Queen. The next time that the Khalifa left the Indian subcontinent would be in 1955.
The Khalifa travelled with 11 top disciples. Mian Rahim ud Din, Chaudhary Muhammad Sharif, Mirza Sharif Ahmad, Abdur Rahim Dard (previously known as M. Rahim Bakhsh), Sheikh Abdur Rahman Misri, Fateh Muhammad Sial, Zulfiqar Ali Khan Goher, Hafiz Roshan Ali, Abdur Rahman Bhai Qadiani, Dr. Hashmatullah Khan, Shaikh Yacub Ali Irfani.
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7-12-1924–they leave qadian enroute to Bombay (see ROR of August-1924)
7-15-1924–they leave Bombay, enroute to Yemen.
7-28-1924–they leave Yemen enroute to Egypt.
7-28-1924–they arrive in Egypt.
7-31-1924–they travel to Jerusalem and Damascus.
8-2-1924 to 8-10-1924, he was in Syria (see the ROR of Sep-1924)
8-16-1924–they arrive in Rome, Italy.
8-22-1924–they arrive in London (see the ROR of Oct-1924).
8-29-1924–the Khalifa visits Brighton (see the ROR of Dec-1924).
9-14-1924–the Khalifa gives a speech at Portsmouth (see the ROR of Oct-1924).
9-17-1924–Ahmadiyya sources claim that their Khalifa gave a speech at the Essex Hall (see the ROR of Oct-1924).
9-22-1924– The London Conference of Living Religions begins.
9-23-1924–Zafrullah Khan reads out his speech.
10-4-1924–The Khalifa inspects the site of the future, The Fazl Mosque.
10-19-1924–The Khalifa lays the foundation stone for the Ahmadi mosque, The Fazl Mosque.
10-20-1924—10-31-1924, on his way back to India, he stayed at Grand Hotel, Paris along with Sir Zafarullah Khan. On 27thOctober, he went to a Cabaret called the Cabaret Duneont to see a show of ‘life and death’. He also desired to see the sexual behaviour and aspects of nudity of the European Society. He took Zafarullah to an opera house and saw obscene scenes and performance of French gay girls. This is his own confession. He left the house only after the end of the show. He confessed to this in 1934. He also went to the was invited to visit the Grande Mosquée de Paris (The Grand Mosque) that was being built by the French government in Paris.
11-18-1924–he returns to Bombay, India (see the Dec-1924 edition of the ROR). Ahmadiyya sources claim that he met Ghandi in Bombay. Muftree Muhammad Sadiq was also there in Bombay to receive the Khalifa.
11-23-1924—the Khalifa arrives in Batala (see the ROR of Dec-1924).
11-24-1924—the Khalifa arrives in Qadian (see the ROR of Dec-1924).
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Extended explanations of the Khalifa’s travels
He left Qadian on 12 July with a party of 10 persons accompanying him. The party sailed from Bombay on the morning of 15 July and the ship reached Aden (Yemen) eight days later. The ship entered Port Said on the evening of 28 and the Khalifa stayed in Cairo for 3 days. He then proceeded to Jerusalem and Damascus. Ahmadiyya sources have never told us what the Khalifa did in modern day Israel and Syria, it has remained a secret for almost 100 years. This seems to be how and when he set up his Jamaat in Damascus, which failed and then moved to Kababir. A year later, in 1925, he officially sent Jalal ud Din Shams to be a missionary in Damascus.
16 August 1924: During his four-day stay in Rome, The Khalifa was interviewed by national press and had a meeting with Italian Prime Minister, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, in his office. The meeting took place on 19 August with the aim of presenting the aims (See Al-Hakam, online tweet, on 8-16-2021).
He arrived in London on 22 August 1924 (he seems to have been travelling from July 28th to August 22nd) and stayed at 6 Chesham Place, Belgravia, SW1. In a report of the visit published in the Review of Religions October 1924 p. 371, it is written that “The news of His Holiness’s visit to London was published along with suitable notes in most of the important papers in London. The first public lecture which His Holiness gave in England is the one which His Holiness delivered in Portsmouth on 13 September”. The address in Portsmouth, at Piles Hall was delivered before a large audience and is entitled, “A Message from Heaven” (reproduced in The Review of Religions, Jan 2003). The London Conference of Living Religions began on 22 September 1924. The Khalifa’s paper on “The Ahmadiyya Movement” was presented on 23 September and was read out by Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan.
At 4pm on 19 October 1924, the Khalifa laid the foundation stone of the London Mosque with over 200 people of various nationalities and religious beliefs present at the ceremony. The Khalifa delivered a short address in which he explained that a mosque was a place to worship and serve God alone. A telegram dated 20 October 1924 from Maulvi Abdur Rahim Dard to Hadhrat Maulvi Sher ‘Ali in Qadian states that Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih said he hoped ‘that this mosque would help to remove all friction and strife and establish peace, amity and goodwill among men …’ (Review of Religions, November 1924).
_____________________________________________________________________________________________Oct 20th to Nov 24th?
We have to assume that the Khalifa was travelling from England to British India, no details are available however.
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Al Fazl, 29 November 1924
https://www.alhakam.org/forts-of-muhammad-tahrik-e-jadids-foreign-mosques-and-missions/
“I am touring Europe so that I may observe the religious condition of Europe with my own eyes and make an accurate assessment to aid me in devising an ongoing scheme for the propagation of Islam in these countries. And my purpose is that I desire to raise the flag of peace in the world; therefore I must observe the elements that bring the East and West together.”
Interestingly, in 1924, during his visit to France, the 2nd Khalifa was invited to visit the Grande Mosquée de Paris (The Grand Mosque) that was being built by the French government in Paris. Present were prominent newspapers and Muslims who greeted the 2nd Khalifa and his entourage.
“I prayed, ‘O Allah, may this mosque be given to us and [may we] be given the opportunity to make it a means of spreading your religion.’” (Al Fazl, 18 December 1934)
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1928
The Khalifa claims that he completed the hadith of the Messiah as related to Damascus.
Scan from Al-Fazl, 1928 20 april
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1939
The ROR of Dec-1939 mentions the 2nd Khalifa’s trip to London. It is mentioned how he visited Palestine and Damascus.
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Links and Related Essays
In 1955, the Ahmadiyya Khalifa toured Europe extensively, albeit with a piece of metal in his neck?
https://twitter.com/AlHakamWeekly/status/1427315814584266758
Ahmadiyya officially claimed that the State of Israel is “temporary”
“Akhbaar Al-Qabas”. August 8, 1924. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
The life and achievements of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II(ra)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Caliphate
The Review of Religions (ROR) of November 1931, Front page and pages 290-291
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya_in_Syria
Ahmadi mission in Israel, as written in the Pakistan Times on June 18th, 1974
The Review of Religions (ROR) of January 1932, pages 30-34+images
The life and achievements of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II(ra)
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/09/21/who-is-mirza-sharif-ahmad-the-son-of-mirza-ghulam-ahmad/
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