Qadian
Sign in to saveQadian (; ) is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, north-east of Amritsar, situated north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. It remained the headquarters of the movement until the Partition of India in 1947.
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Key facts
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- Qadian
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- Town
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- Qadian rooftop and Minaratul Masih.JPG
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- The Minaret-ul-Masih of Aqsa Mosque is one of the major landmarks of Qadian. (A Mandir and a Gurudwara can be seen in the background)
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- India Punjab#India
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- right
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- Location in Punjab, India
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- Punjab
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- قادیان
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Gurdaspur district
- Population
- +21899
- Elevation
- +250
- Time zone
- Indian Standard Time
- Image
- Qadian rooftop and Minaratul Masih.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Ahmadiyya Movement
- Partition
- Geography
- Demographics
- Languages
- Religion
- Islam
- Transport
- Railway
- Politics
- Notable monuments
- Hospitals
- Education
- Notable people
- Religious Leaders
- [[Ahmadiyya Caliphate|Ahmadiyya Caliphs]]
- Poets
- Military Leaders
- Politicians
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Qadian (; ) is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, north-east of Amritsar, situated north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. It remained the headquarters of the movement until the Partition of India in 1947.
==History== Qadian was established in 1530 by Mirza Hadi Baig, a religious scholar dedicated to Islam and the first Qazi in the area. Mirza Hadi Baig was from a royal household of Mirza of the Mughal Empire. He migrated from Samarkand and settled in Punjab where he was granted a vast tract of land comprising 80 villages by the emperor Babur. Because of his religious beliefs, he named the center of the 80 villages Islam Pur Qazi and governed from there. Over time, the name of the town changed to Qazi Maji, then Qadi, and eventually it became known as 'Qadian'. The term Qadiani is used as a slur to refer to Ahmadi Muslims, primarily in Pakistan.