MAULANA KARAM ILAHI ZAFAR SAHIB By Farukh Ahmed Arshad Missionary currently serving in Central Waqf-e-Nau Department London among whom the first convert was Count Antonio Logothete. He later adopted the name Ghulam Ahmad. His wife adopted the name Amina. However, in the same year the Spanish Civil War broke out between the Republicans, the Second Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists. As a consequence of the state of anarchy which had been created, Malik Mohammad Sharid Gujrati Sahib was forced to leave the country and the Community became dormant.
The history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Spain can be traced back to the 1930s, when during the era of the Second Khilafat of Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad Sahib (ra); Malik Mohammad Sharid Gujrati Sahib arrived in Madrid on March 10th, 1936. A Community consisting of five Ahmadi Muslims was said to have been established,
Several years after the Civil War, missionary efforts commenced once again and in 1945 Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (ra), Khalifatul Masih II organized the first group of missionaries to spread Islam in Europe, the name of Maulana Karam Ilahi Zafar Sahib, was not among them. Invaded by great sadness, Maulana Karam Ilahi Zafar Sahib went to the Minara-tul-Masih of the Aqsa Mosque in Qadian to fervently implore God to relieve him of the regret of being deprived of the blessings that other companions had received and for God to also give him the opportunity to serve Islam. But he was completely surprised when, on
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