Roothmens TV's video: Documentary On Jalsa Salana Qadian - History And Glimpses - by roothmens

MTA QADIAN STUDIOS PRESENTATION ================================= Qadian is the 4th largest town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur District, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Qadian was established in 1530 by Mirza Hadi Baig, a religious scholar dedicated to Islam and the first Qazi within the area. Mirza Hadi Baig, was from a royal household of Mirza who formed Mughal Empire had the title of Mirza. He migrated from Samarkand and settled in Punjab. He was descendant of King Timur and had family relations with King Babur and was qiven 80 villages by Babur. Because of his religious beliefs, he named the center of the 80 villages 'Islam Pur Qazi' from where he administered. Over time, the name of the town changed to 'QaziMaji' (the word "Maji" means Bull referring to the animal still found in abundance in Qadian). Later, it was named just 'Qadi' and eventually, it became known as Qadian. Qadian and the surrounding areas later fell to the Ramgharia Sikhs who offered the ruling Qazis two villages which they refused. In 1834, during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the region consisting of Qadian and five adjoining villages were given to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, father of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in return for Military support in Kashmir, Mahadi, Kulu valley, Peshawar and Hazara. A remote and unknown town, Qadian emerged as a centre of religious learning in 1889, when Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad established the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and in 1891, it became the venue for the annual gatherings of the community. Qadian remained the administrative headquarters and capital of the Ahmadiyya Caliphate until the partition of India in 1947 when much of the community migrated to Pakistan. Following the partition, Hazrat Mirza Mahdmood Ahmad, the second Khalifa of the community, carefully oversaw the safe migration of Ahmadis from Qadian to the newly found state, instructing 313 men, including two of his own sons, to stay in Qadian and guard the sites holy to Ahmadis conferring upon them the title darveshān-i qādiyān (the dervishes of Qadian) and eventually moving the headquarters to Rabwah, Pakistan