The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (86 page)

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A
mad
y(y)a
.
The movement founded by Mirz
Ghul
m A
mad Q
diy
n
(
c.
1835–1908), hence the later name Q
d
. In
Bar
h
n-i-A
madiyya
(1880), A
mad claimed to be
al-Mahd
, and in due course also the
Messiah
, the
avat
ra
of
K
a

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