Bashir Ahmad Orchard

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Bashir Ahmad Orchard (April 26, 1920 – July 8, 2002; born James Bryan Orchard)

Ahmadiyya Islam and the first European Ahmadi Muslim missionary[2]

Life

Orchard was born in

Burma, Orchard signed the form of Bay'ah (allegiance) and sent it to Qadian, thus formally joining the Ahmadiyya movement,[7] and adopted the Arabic name Bashir (bringer of glad tidings) in 1945. At the time of his conversion Orchard had a vivid dream in which he met the Caliph and received advice from him.[8] On demobilization in 1946 Orchard offered his services to the London branch of the Ahmadiyya movement and was appointed by the Caliph as a missionary. In 1949 he came to Glasgow where he stayed for three years, before going to the West Indies. He returned to Glasgow in 1966, where he stayed for the next 17 years. He moved to continue working, first in Oxford, and later London. While, associated with the London Mosque (London Muslim Mission), Orchard was the editor of the monthly Review of Religions.[9] In his later years, he travelled to Mecca and performed the hajj pilgrimage.[10]

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References

  1. ^ The Herald, Monday 30 September 2002
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  3. ^ The Herald, Monday 30 September 2002
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  5. ^ Bashir Ahmad Orchard, (1993), Life Supreme, Islam International, p.124
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  10. ISBN 978-1-84904-275-8
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