Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) The Promised Messiah and Mahdi

Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad (Arabic: الميرزا غلام أحمد‎;Urdu: مرزا غلام احمد; February 13, 1835 – May 26, 1908 CE, or Shawal 15, 1250 – Rabi' al-thani 24, 1326 AH) was a religious figure from India, and the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He claimed to be the Mujaddid (divine reformer) of the 14th Islamic century, the promised Messiah (“Second Coming of Christ”), and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the end days.

Literature

Yohanan Friedmann, Prophecy Continuous - Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and Its Medieval Background; Oxford University Press (2003) ISBN 965264014X
Jesus in India, Ahmadiyya Muslim Foreign Mission Department, 1978, ISBN 978-1-8537-2723-8; Original Masih Hindustan Mein, Oriental & Religious Publications Ltd., Rabwah (Online)
The Essence of Islam, Islam International Publications, Ltd.; 2nd edition (2004), ISBN 1-8537-2765-2
Teachings of Islam, Kessinger Publishing (August 2003), ISBN 978-0-76617614-0
The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, The London Mosque Publishing, 1979
Iain Adamson: Ahmad, The Guided One, Islam International Publications, 2000
S. R. Valentine, 'Islam & the Ahmadiyya Jama'at', Hurst & Co, London/New York, 2008