Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad (Urdu: مرزا غلام احمد; February 13, 1835? - May 26, 1908 CE, or Shawal 14, 1250 - Rabi' al-thani 24, 1326 AH) was a religious figure from India and founder of the Ahmadiyya movement within Islam. 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 latter-days. He declared that Jesus (Isa) had in fact survived the crucifixion and later died a natural death, after having migrated towards Kashmir and that he had appeared in the spirit and power of Jesus.