Introduction and History of T.I. College

The college was opened at Qadian in 1944, with Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad as Principal.

After having been elected as Khalifatul Masih, in his farewell speech, Hazur said: " I have reared this college as my own child and the college will always remain dear to my heart." (These are not the exact words, but I have conveyed the gist of what he said.) The staff in the beginning included Prof. Akhwand Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Prof. Yahya bin Isa, Prof. Abdul Rehman Nasir, Prof. Syed Fazal Ahmad (who later joined the Indian Police Service and rose to the rank of an Inspector General). Dr. Abdul Ahad, who later headed the Fazal-e-Omer Research Institute) Prof. Mian Ata-ur-Rehman, Prof. Sufi Basharat-ur-Rehman, Prof. Chaudhry Mohammad Ali, Prof. Dr. Sultan Mahmood Shahid, Prof. Sheikh Mahboob Alam Khalid, Prof. Ata-ur-Rehman Ghani, Prof. Abbas bin Abdul Qadir, Prof. Mohammad Safdar, Maulan Arjumand Khan and Maulana Ghulam Ahmad Badhomallhi.

A historic photo of the first Convocation held on 2nd April 1950. It was addressed by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, Raziallah. This rare photo has been provided by Dr. Abdul Karim, who spent a long time with the State Bank of Pakistan and retired as an Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Govern,ent of Pakistan.

When the Principal Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad was arrested in 1953, Prof. Abdul Qadir acted as Principal during the period of his absence.

The photo below shows the principal being welcome back after release from prison. From right to left can be seen: Prof. Maqbool Elahi Janjua, Maulana Ghulam Ahmad Badhomalvi, Prof. Akhwand Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Prof. Abdul Qadir (acting Principal), Master Fazal Dad, Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Prof. Habibullah Khan, Prof. Mahmood Ahmad, Prof. Abbas bin Abdul Qadir, Prof. Basharatur Rehman, Maulvi Mohammad Din (Librarian)

Later the following additions were made to the teaching staff: Prof. Faiz-ur-Rehman Faizi, Prof. Habibullah Khan, Prof. Maqbool Elahi Janjua, Prof.Dr. Naseer Ahmad Khan, Prof. Mohammad Yaqoob, Prof. Hasan Zaheer, Prof. Mahmood Ahmad Hyderabadi, Mr. Motasim Himayatullah, Prof. Mohammad Ibrahim Nasir, Prof. Chaudhry Mohammad Sharif Khalid, Prof. Chaudhry Ataullah and Prof. Masood Ahmad Atif, Prof. Mubarak Ahmad Ansari, Prof. Mirza Majeed Ahmad. Mr. Abdur Rahman Junaid Hashmi, Chaudhry Mahfooz-ur-Rehamn (later DPE and Librarian) and Mohammad Ahmad Anwar (later DPE and Professor Islamiyat) were among the office staff in the beginning. Chaudhry Mohammad Fazal Dad was the fist DPE of the college. Many of us must have seen Chaudhry Mohammad Ahmad Boobak, Mahmood Aslam, Qureshi Mohammad Abdullah, Khawaja Abdus Sami,Zafar Mirza,Abdul Shakoor Shah and Tahir Ahmad Qureshi in the college office. It will be unfair not to mention our loving SHADI, who served the college, day and night when the college was at Lahore and later when it was shifted to Rabwah.(If someone could get me a photogrph of Shadi, I shall be pleased to put it on the website) Some of those who helped the Principal and staff were Rashid, Shamoon, Lal Din and Rashid. The college Tuck-shop was managed by Yousuf and later by...... (the names forgotten, if someone remebers, please let me know)..........Mr. Kanwar Idrees and Mr.Saeed Ahmad Khan Rehmani and Mr.Aftab Ahmad (all old students) remained on the staff for a short time. Dr. Naseer Ahmad Bashir also came for a year or so. Those of the former students of the college who served on the staff for a relatively longer period include Mr. Mubarak Ahmad Ansari, Dr. Zafar Ahmad Vains, Sahibzada Mirza Khurshid Ahmad, Chaudhry Hameedullah, Rafiq Ahmad Saqib, Chaudhry Hamid Ahmad, Mr. Hamidullah Zafar, Abdul Rashid Ghani, Chaudhry Mohammad Sultan Akbar, Dr. Nasir Ahmad Perwez Parwazi, Munawar Shamim Khalid, Seedullah Khan (Khalil Poultry Farm), Aslam Sabir, Syed. Habib-ur-Rehman (he was not our old student), Dr. Mohammad Sharif Khan, Abdul Jaleel Sadiq, Lutful Mannan, Abul Shakoor Aslam, Usman Siddiqui (not an old boy), Abdul Hadi Nasir, Qureshi Ijazul Haq, Chaudhry Aziz Ahmad, Mohammad Arshad, Mohammad Sadiq, Sultan Ahmad, Saood Ahmad Khan (not an old boy), Nazir Ahmad, Abdul Rashid Fauzi, Mohammad Aslam Mangla,Saeed Ahmad Chattha, Mubarik Abid, Anwar Hassan, Mobashar Ahmad Khan. The college had the honour of having Maulana Abul Ata Jalandhari and Malik Mohammad Abdullah on its teaching staff for many years. Maulvi Mohammad Din established the college library from the very beginning. From among the demonstrator one remember Messrs Mubarak Ahmad Madrasi, MunawarAhmad Chawinda, Dr. Ijaz Ahmad and Mohammad Aslam Qureshi.The writer cannot recall all the names and will gratefully accept and include the names of those he has missed. Under the inspiring leadership of it founder Principal, Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the college made a rapid progress in both academic and atheletic fields. The college hat some of the best debating teams in the University of the Punjab. Under the patronage of the principal and the leadership of Prof. Chaudhry Mohammad Ali the college Rowing team became the unchallenged champion of the Punjab University. Later when Chaudhry Sahib took over the Basketball club of the college, Prof. Chaudhry Hamid Ahmad worked hard and the college Rowing teams maintained their pround positions in both the University and the Board. When the post-gradulation classes started in the sixties, the college had the rare honour of having six of its students among the top ten in the M.A. Arabic examination. Post graduate classes in Physics were started a couple of years before Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad left the college as principal. With the untiring hard-work of Prof. Dr. Naseer Ahmad Khan the department of physics acquired some of the best science equipments in the country, of which even the Punjab University started feeling jealous. If our information is correct Fazal Elahi Anwari (later Maulana Fazal Elahi Anwari) was the first student to be admitted in the college with Roll No. one. Mr. Mujeeb-ur-Reham - Advocate, and Mr Abdus Sami Noon - Advocate are some of the earliest students of the college. Some of those who joined the college when M.A. Arabic classes opened include Chaudhry Mohammad Siddique, Librarian Khilafat Library, Masood Ahmad Jehlami (deceased), Hassan Mohammad Arif, Chaudhry Nasir-ud-Din (deceased), Mrs. Qanita Mujeeb and several other ladies. (incomplete - to be continued and edited)

THE FOUNDER PRINCIPAL IN OFFICE

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A brief history of T. I. College

by Dr. S.M. Shahid

(Prof. Dr. S. M. Shahid has kindly sent me a note on the history of the college and I am pleased to reproduce it as it is. This is a much more accurate and reliable version than what I have been trying to present from my limited knowledge.(Hamid Ahmad)


      Prof. Dr. S. M. Shahid

"When Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, decided to open a college at Qadian, he set up a committee to make the necessary arrangements. The following were nominated as members of the College Committee.
1. Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad
2. Prof. Qazi Mohammad Aslam
3. Malik Ghulam Farid
4. Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad

Prof. Qazi Mohammad Aslam was the chairman of the committee, while Malik Ghulam Farid was its secretary. After due deliberations, the recommendations of the committee were accepted as follows:
  

a. The college should start functioning in June 1944
b. The college should be named Talim-ul-Islam College.
c. Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad should be the Principal of the college.
d. The college should be housed in the building of Talim-ul-Islam High School, which should shift to a new building.
The following were appointed as members of the teaching staff:
1. Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad – Principal and lecturer in Political Science
2. Akhwand Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Lecturer in English
3. Soofi Basharat-ur-Rehmad, lecturer in Arabic
4. Ch Mohammad Ali, lecturer in Philosophy
5. Rana Abdur Rehman Nasir, lecturer in Mathematics
6. Syed Fazal Ahmad, lecturer in English
7. Abbas bin Abdul Qadir, lecturer in History
8. Ata-ur-Rehman Ghani, lecturer in Physics
9. Yahya bin Isa, lecturer in Chemistry
10. Mahboob Alam Khalid, lecturer in Urdu
11. Abdur Rehman, lecturer in Persian
12. Maulvi Mohammad Din, librarian

"When Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, decided to open a college at Qadian, he set up a committee to make the necessary arrangements. The following were nominated as members of the College Committee.
1. Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad
2. Prof. Qazi Mohammad Aslam
3. Malik Ghulam Farid
4. Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad

Prof. Qazi Mohammad Aslam was the chairman of the committee, while Malik Ghulam Farid was its secretary. After due deliberations, the recommendations of the committee were accepted as follows:
a. The college should start functioning in June 1944
b. The college should be named Talim-ul-Islam College.
c. Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad should be the Principal of the college.
d. The college should be housed in the building of Talim-ul-Islam High School, which should shift to a new building.
The following were appointed as members of the teaching staff:
1. Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad – Principal and lecturer in Political Science
2. Akhwand Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Lecturer in English
3. Soofi Basharat-ur-Rehmad, lecturer in Arabic
4. Ch Mohammad Ali, lecturer in Philosophy
5. Rana Abdur Rehman Nasir, lecturer in Mathematics
6. Syed Fazal Ahmad, lecturer in English
7. Abbas bin Abdul Qadir, lecturer in History
8. Ata-ur-Rehman Ghani, lecturer in Physics
9. Yahya bin Isa, lecturer in Chemistry
10. Mahboob Alam Khalid, lecturer in Urdu
11. Abdur Rehman, lecturer in Persian
12. Maulvi Mohammad Din, librarian

In 1945 Ata-ur-Rehman Ghani was appointed as librarian in Fazal-e-Omar Research Institute and Mian Ata-ur-Rehman from Bhera joined the college as lecturer in Physics.
In 1946 Malik Faiz-ur-Rehman Faizi was appointed lecturer in Economics.
In 1946 Yahya bin Isa left the college and replaced by Habibullah Khan as lecturer in Chemistry. The same year Abdul Rehman, lecturer in Persian also left the college.

As a result of partition of the sub-continent, the college had to leave India and come to Pakistan. During this transfer Syed Fazal Ahmad, lecturer in English left the college, because he decided to remain in India. He later joined the Indian police service and rose to the rank of Inspector General of Police.

After shifting to Pakistan, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II directed the college committee to look for a suitable building for the college anywhere in Punjab. The following buildings were visited and considered, as they had been evacuated by similar institutions: 1. Sikh Naational College, Lahore
2. Khalsa College Lyallpur (now Faisalabad)
3. S. D. College Rawalpindi
4. D.A.V. College Rawalpindi
5. D. A. V. College Lahore
But all these buildings were full of refugees and could not be occupied till they had left.

Before a final decision was taken in favour of D. A. V. College Lahore, the college was housed in a deserted building in the vicinity of F. C. College. Since F. C. College was short of staff, it allowed its science labs to be used by T. I. College with the condition that some of T.I. College staff will teach their students. Professors Sultan Mahmood Shahid and Habibullah Khan, therefore taught at F. C. College in return for permission to use their Physics and Chemistry laboratories.

The following additions were made to the college teaching staff in 1948:
1. Raja Maqbool Elahi Janjua, Lecturer in Mathematics
2. Mohammad Safdar, Lecturer in Mathematics
3. Mahmood Ahmad, Lecturer in Biology
4. Mir Mohammad Yaqoob, Lecturer in Mathematics
5. Ch. Mohammad Fazal Dad, D.P.E.
6. Naseer Ahmad Khan, Lecturer in Physics.

In September 1954 the college shifted to Rabwah, but the following members of staff decided to remain in Lahore:
1. Malik Faiz-ur-Rehman Faizi, Lecturer in Economics
2. Raja Maqbool Elahi Janjua, Lecturer in Mathematics
3. Mohammad Safdar, Lecturer in Mathematic

The following joined the teaching staff at Rabwah at various times starting 1954:
1. Mubarak Ahmad Ansari
2. Masood Ahmad Atif
3. Chaudhry Ata Ullah
4. Zafar Ahmad Vaince
5. Naseer Ahmad Bashir
6. Mirza Khurshid Ahmad
7. Chaudhry Mohammad Sharif Khalid
8. Chaudhry Hameedullah
9. Rafiq Ahmad Saqib
10. Kunwar Idrees – taught for some time before joining the civil service
11. Saeed Ahmad Khan Rehmani - taught for some time before joining the civil service
12. Chaudhry Hamid Ahmad
13. Motasim Hamatullah
14. Aftab Ahmad - taught for some time before joining the civil service
15. Abdur Rashid Ghani
16. Ch. Mohammad Sultan Akbar
17. Mohammad Aslam Sabir
18. Nasir Ahmad Parwazi
19. Saeed Ullah Khan
20. Mohammad Ahmad Anwar
21. Chaudhry Mahfooz-ur-Rehman
22. Anwar Hasan
23. Syed Habib-ur-Rehman
24. Nazir Ahmad
25. Abdul Rashid Fauzi
26. Mohammad Sharif Khan
27. Ch. Aziz Ahmad
28. Abdul Jaleel Sadiq
29. Rashid Ahmad Javed
30. Ijazul Haq Qureshi
31. Mubarak Ahmad Abid
32. Saeed Ahmad Chatha
33. Mohammad Arshad Tirmazi
34. Sadiq Ali
35. Abdul Shakoor Aslam

Prof. S. M. Shahid proceeded to London for his Doctrate in Chemistry and returned to join the college in 1959.
Prof. Naseer Ahmad Khan went to U.K. for his Doctrate in Physics and rejoined the college in 1964.

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A photo of staff and students at Qadian in 1944. We are grateful to Maulana Fazal Elahi Anwari, the first student of the college, for having provided this historic photo.

Sitting on chairs are (L to R): Prof. Mian Ata-ur-Rehman, Prof. Abdur Rehman Nasir, Principal Hazrat Sahinzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Prof. Akhwand Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Prof Yahya Bin Isa

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One of the earliest group of students at T.I. College, Qadian.

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A photo of T.I. College at Qadian in 1946. We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Sharif Khan for having provided this historic photo through our S.H. Hadi of Canada..

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Fazal-e-Omar Hostel, T. I. College, Lahore 1948-49

Chairs: Ahmad Din, Fazali Elahi, Mohammad Sharif, Mohammad Khan, Ch. Mohammad Ali, Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Soofi Basharat-ur-Rehman, Basharat Ahmad, Fazal Elahi Anweri, S. Bashir Ahmad, Musleh-ud-Din
Standing 1st row: Noor-ud-Din Amjad, A. Z. Ahmad Ismail, Mohammad Azam, Abdul Aziz, S. M. Khairul Bashar, Riaz Qamar, Mohammad Amjad, Mohammad Ahmad, Sh. Jalal-ud-Din, Zafar Ahmad, B. A. Munir, Ghayyur Ahmad, Mohammad Mohsin
Standing 2nd row: Rashid Alam, Bashir Ahmad Khan, Rashid Ahmad, Lutfur-Rehman Shakir, Mirza Lutfur-ur-Rehman, Noor-ud-Din Ahmad, Saeedaullah Khan, Qamar Hussain, Abdus Samad, Ata-ur-Rehman, Aziz Ahmad, Mansoor Bajwa
Standing 3rd row: Mahmood Ahmad, Hasam-ud-Din, Bashir Ahmad (clerk), Sh. Munir Ahmad, Nazir Ahmad, Munir Ahmad, Mohammad Khurshid, Karamatullah, Sh. Bashir Ahmad, Mubarak Ahmad, Noor-ud-Din (servant)

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Fazal-e-Omar Hostel, T. I. College, Lahore 1951-52

Chairs (Left to Right): M. Anwar Mobashar, Munawar Ahmad, Mohammad Azam, Samiullah Sial, M. Ghulam Ahmad Badhomalhi, Ch. Mohammad Ali, M.N. Ahmad (Principal), Soofi Bahsarat-ur-Rehman, Mirza Lutfu-ur-Rehman (Chief Prefect), M. Aslam Bajwa (President Union+prefect)
Naeem Ahmad (prefect), Bashir Ahmad Rafiq (secretary) Abid Ali (Joint Sec.)

Standing(first row): Ghulzar Ahmad, Shamsul Haq, Nasir Bhatti, Anwar Ali, Yasin Pervez, Adam Khan, Tahir Ahmad, Farooq Mehta, S. Nasir Ahmad, Abdul Mannan, Raza Ali, Nazir Malik, M. Azam, Hameedullah, Usman Umar

Standing(second row): M. A. Yahya, Malik Akhtar, Mahmood Anwar, M. Rafiq, Abbas Ali, Sikander Ali, Moeen-ud-Din, Rafiq Ahmad Saqib, A. Rashid Ghani, Yousuf malik, Sharif Soze, Majed Shahid, Hameedullah, Hameedullah Zafar, Mobashar Latif, Rashid, Mubarak Muslehuddin Ahmad, Shamsul Haq, Ikram Ullah,

Standing(third row): Rashid Sabir, M. Yahya, A. M. Shikrani, Bashir Ahmad, Yahya Maung Bo, A. Shakoor, Mutee-ur-Rehman, A.Waheed Saleem, Ijaz-ur-Rehman, Bairam Khan, Raja Aslam, Rashid Mirza, Hanif Ahmad

Standing(fourth row): Nasir Ahmad, Mannan Arshad, Abrar Ilahi, Abdur Rehman, S. Bashir, Mustansar Billah

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Group Photo provided by Comd. Mohammad Aslam Chaudhry
Convocation of T.I. College Lahore (1951)

Standing from Left to Right : 1. Malik Mubashar Ahmad, 2. Khawaja Manzoor Ahmad, 3. Muhammad Ilyas Khan, 4. Abu Zafar .M. Ismail, 5. Mushtaq Ahmad Shaique, 6. Unknown, 7. Justice S. A. Rahman (Chief Guest) 8. Hadrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad (Principal), 9. Mohammad Saeed Ahmad, 10. Rashid Ahmad Qaisrani, 11. Ch. Khurshid Anwar, 12. Mubarak Ahmad Ansari.
Sitting from Left to Right: 13. Basharat Ahmad Munir Mirza, 14. Ch. Mahfoor-ur-Rahman, 15. Karim Ahmad Naeem, 16. Mohammad Jamil Chughtai, 17. Saeedullah Khan, 18. Masud Ahmad Atif, 19. Ch. Noor-ud-Din Ahmad, 20. Mohammad Aslam Ch.

Present Status: 1. Engineer in Cement Industry. 2. Prof. Dr. Manzoor Ahmad, Director Institute of Biology, University of Karachi. 3. Col. Pakistan Army. 5. Prof. Pakistan Air Force Academy, Calgary. 9. Engineer MES, Lahore. 10. Pakistan Air Force & Poet. 11. Advocate High Court. 12. Prof. of Chemistry T.I.College Rabwah, Toronto. 13. Prof . Dr. Bashart Munir Mirza, Fazal-e-Umar Press, Ohio. 14. Librarian, T.I. College Library. 15. Pharmacist. 17. Prof of Statistics T.I. College Rabwah. 18. Prof of Physics T.I. College Rabwah. 19. Fazal-e-Umar Research Institute. 20. Commander Pakistan Navy, Toronto.

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Fazal-e-Umar Hostel - Majlide Aamla Khuddamul Ahmadiyya with Amir Jamat Lahore Sheikh Bashir Ahmad)

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Convocation 1950 (Photo provided by Prof. Rafiq Ahmad Sahi -Canada)

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Some Students and Staff in early 1950s (Photo provided by the family of Late Jawed Barkat BhattI

Sitting: Wali Bahadar Chairs: Ch. Riaz Qamar, Prof. Faiz-ur-Reham Faizi, Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Karim Ahmad Naeem, Jawed Barkat Bhatti
Standinf 1st Row:Aslam Yousafi, Anwar Kamal, M. H. Mazhar, Manzoor Ahmad, Nazir nAhmad Khan, Zahoor Hussain, Mohammd Afzal, Mohammad Zafar
Standing 2nd Row: Mubarak Ahmad, Abdul Rashid Ghani, Mohammad Munir, Mirza M. Sadiq, Mohammad Jameel, Mohammad Younis

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Grduates after receiving degrees at the Convocation in 1953

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Convocation 1954 (Photo provided by Prof. Ch. Hameedullah Sahib, Wakeel-e-Aala)

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Openinging at Rabwah in 1955

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A photo of staff with Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II after the opening in Rabwah

Chairs (L to R) Prof. Ch. Mohammad Ali, Prof. Mian Ata-ur-Rahman, Principal Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, Prof. Akhwand Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Prof. Soofi Basharat-ur-Rehman, Prof. Sh. Mahboob Alam Khalid

Standing (L to R) Masood Ahmad Atif, Mirza Majeed Ahmad, Dr. S. M. Shahid, Habibullah Khan, Dr. Mirza Munawar Ahmad, Naseer Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Yaqoob, Mohammad Ibrahim Nasir

Standing 2nd row (L to R) Maulana Ghulam Ahmad Badhomalhi, Mohammad Latif, Mubarak Ahmad Ansari, Master Mohammad Fazal Dad, Zafar Ahmad Vaince, Maulvi Mohammad Din

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Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II with the Principal and some members of staff. Prof. Habibullah Khan and Masood Ahmad Atif can be clearly recognised

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Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II with the Principal coming out of the newly built college building at Rabwah

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Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II coming out of the new college building at Rabwah (1955) - Prof. Naseer Ahmad Khan, Chaudhry Mohammad Ali and Soofi Basharat-ur-Rahman can also be seen

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Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II with some students (1955)

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Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II with some of the students (1955)

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Principal Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Khalifatul Masih II, Mirza Majeed Ahmad, Mohammad Yaqoob, Naseer Ahmad Khan, Habibullah Khan and Sh. Mahboob Alam Khalid

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Staff with Mr. Abdul Hamid Dasti, then Minister of Education, Government of Pakistan, after Convocation in 1957.

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Graduates after receiving degrees in 1957. Mr. Abdul Hamid Dasti, then Minister of Education, Government of Pakistan, was the guest of honour in the the Convocation.

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Graduates after receiving degrees in 1960. Prof. Siraj-ud-Din was the guest of honour in the the Convocation.

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THE COLLEGE STAFF ON 4.6.1961 WITH PROFESSOR SIRAJUDDIN, EDUCATION SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN

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Convocation procession lined up: Dr. Sharif Khan, Rashid Fauzi, Anwar Hasan, Rashid Ghani, Soofi Bashar-ur-Rahman, and the Principal Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad can be clearly recognised

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Another view of the Convocation

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Change of Leadership - 1965 - Prof. Mian Ata-ur-Rehamn (Vice-Princiüal) with Prof. Qazi M. Aslam (Principal)

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Prof. Sayed Fazal Ahmad, who did not migrate to Pakistan. He remained in Idia and joined the Inidan Police Service after leaving the college, and rose to the rank of Inspector General of Police in India.
(L to R): Maulana K. E. Zafar, Prof. Syed Fazal Ahmad, S.H. Hadi and Kaleem Malik

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College Staff with Hazrat Khalifatul Masih III after Convocation in 1966 (photo taken from Almanar)

Chairs (L to R) Dr. Naseer Ahmad Khan, Dr. S, M. Shahid, Sufi Basharat-ur-Rehman, Habibullah Khan, Q. M. Aslam (Principal), Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad-Khalifatul Masih III, Mian Ata-ur-Rehman, Ch. Mohammad Ali, Sh. Mahboob Alam Khalid
Standing 1st row: M. A. Anwar, A. Rashid Ghani, Sahibzada Mirza Khurshid Ahmad, A. Rashid Fauzi, Habibur-Rehman, M. Arshad, M. Sharif Khalid, Malik Mohammad Abdullah, M. Sharif Khan, Masood Atif, Nasir Parwazi, M. Ibrahim Nasir, Ch. Ataullah, Mubarik A. Ansari, Rafiq A. Saqib, Ch. Hamidullah, Mirza Anas Ahmad, Ch. Hamid Ahmad, Lal Din, M. Sultan Akbar, Rashid, Saeedullah Khan, Munawar Shamim Khalid
Standing 2nd row:Rashid A. Javed, Ijazul Haq, M. Aslam Sabir, M. Arshad Tirmazi, Lutful Mannan, A Jail Sadiq, Anwar Hasan

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Graduates after receiving degrees at the Convocation in 1965

(Sitting L. to R.) Mohammad Ahmad; Mahmood Ahmad Mirza, Mahmood Ahmad Zaman, Naeem Ahmad, Naeem Ahmad Tayyab, Inamullah Hashmi, Lurfur Rahman Naz
Standing (1st Row; L. to R.) Maqbool Ahmad Malik, Iqbal Ahmad Najam, Zaferul Islam, Sirajul Haque, Ch. Mohammad Saddique, Mujeebud Din Amjad, Muneer Ahmad, Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad M.A. (Oxon) (Prinicipal), Mohammad Akram, Mansoor Ahmad, Ch. Nasirud Din, Nasir Ahmad, Massod Ahmad, Mohammad Azim Khan, Munawar Ahmad
Standing (2nd Row; L. to R.) Hamid Ahmad Khalid, Hasan Mohammad Khan Arif, Zafar Iqbal Piracha, Bashir Ahmad Khalid, Abdul Rashid Sharif, Nasir Ahmad, Abdus Subhan, Lutful Mannan, Rashid Ahmad, Mohammad Ashraf Chaudhry

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Graduates after receiving degrees at the Convocation in 1969 with Prof. Qazi M. Aslam and Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Mansoor Ahmad, who was the guest of honour at the convocation.

Tahir Bajwa, Ameer Ahmad Pirkoti, Habibur Rehman Tahir, unrecognised, Prof. Qazi M. Aslam, Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Mansoor Ahmad, unrecognised, unrecognised, Mobashar Solangi, Moeen shah Noor Mohammad, Malik Khalid Masood, Abdul Hayee Basharat, Mahmood Khalid, Waseem Ahmad Chaudhry, unrecognised, Shafqat Dhilon, Shahid Ahmad Saadi, Abdul Majeed Tahir, Shahid Ahmad Saadi; Munawar Ahmad Bajwa, Masroor Ahmad Bajwa, Malik Masood, Khalid, Mabroor Ahmad Bhatti, Asif Ali Parwez, Shahid Taqab Makhdoom, Mubarik Tahir, Abus Salam Cheema and many others are easily recognisable. The other names shall be added as soon as available (help will be appreciated - Photo provided by Abdul Hayee Basharat)

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Some of the graduates after receiving degrees at the Convocation in 1969 with the Principal Prof. Qazi M. Aslam

(First Row) Shahid Tawab Makhdoom, Munawar Ahmad Bajwa, Abdul Majeed Tahir, Prof. Qazi M. Aslam, Waseem Ahmad Chaudhry, Tahir Ahmad Bajwa, Abdul Hayee Basharat, Shahid Ahmad Saadi
2. Row: Abdus Salam Cheema, Mubarik Ahmad Tahir, Shafqat Dhilon, Noor Mohammad, Mahmood Khalid, Masroor Ahmad Bajwa, Malik Khalid Masood, (Photo provided by Abdul Hayee Basharat)

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Some of the staff with Principal Prof. Qazi M. Aslam after annual function of the Fazal-e-Omar Hostal in 1966 (Photo provided by Prof. Dr. M. Sharif Khan)

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T. I. College Mathematics Society with Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam, who visited the college frequently

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Hazrat Maulana Arjumand Khan and Hazrat Maulana Ghulam Ahmad Badhomalhi taught Theology in the college. They were both kind fatherly figures.

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Prof. Habibullah Khan receving a prize from Soofi Basharat-ur-Rehman


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   A brief history of the college

 

From Hamid Ahmad Chaudhry, President TICOSA

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      Hamid Ahmad Chaudhry

 

Our alma mater, the esteemed institution - Talim-ul-Islam College, where we have all studied, was founded by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II, in 1944 at Qadian to fulfil the wish of Hazrat Masih-e-Maood Alaih-e-Salam, who wanted that people should not only learn true Islam, but also learn the so-called secular branches of knowledge, particularly the material sciences.This was a time when the then Muslim Ulema in India had alomst unanimously declared that acquiring Western Education leads to atheism. It was at in these times that Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, founded the Ali Garh Muslim University, in spite of vehement opposition from the Muslim clerics. Financial resources of the small Ahmadiyya community at the start of the 20th century were extremely limited. So the dream of Hazrat Masih-e-Maood could not materialise then.
But as soon as the finances of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat improved, the College started in the beautiful building that belonged to T. I. High School, for which a new building was erected. Most of the professors and the Principal, Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad himsself, were Waqifeen (Life devotees).
 

Hardly three years had passed, when the college had its first major crises. The sub-continent was divided and the college had to vacate its building at Qadian. The the homeless college had to migrate to Pakistan. The determined leadership of its founder, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, ordered that the college must resume its function immediately, whereever a shelter was found. So the college found refuge in an abanded building near the Forman Christian College. It looked like an animal shed, without doors and windows. An arrangement was made with F.C.College, whose principal permitted the use of his science labs and in return our professors taught their classes, since most of their own staff had left for India. The College authorities remained looking for a more suitable building. Soon an ideal place was found. It was the building vacated by the D.A.V. college, near Government College and District Courts Lahore. It was a good location, but since the buidling had been used as a refugee camp for several month, it was in ruins. It was adequately repaired and college had once again a comfortalbe campus. Thanks to the charismatic leadership of the Pincipal Hazrat Mirza Nasir Amad and the devotion of his colleagues, the teaching staff, T. I. College attained a position of respect among colleges affiliated with the University of the Punjab. Its achievements, both in the academic and athletic fields, were beyond expectation of a young institution with limited resources that had been rendered homeless within three years after its inception. But the college had to undergo still another test. The father of the college, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, directed that the college be shifted to Rabwah. The financail means of the Jamaat were extremely limited, but the determination of its leadership was not. If I remember correctly, Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, used to say that the Khalifatul Masih II, gave him Rs 50.000 for construction of the building and told him to ask for no more money. That meant the Principal had to use every penny sparingly. He decided to personally supervise the construction during the summer vacation. He used to stand in the scorching heat of summer, that threatened his health. He therefore purchased a sun umbrella. When the bill went for authorisation, the auditor objected that an umbrella could not be bought for the principal with the funds meant for construction. So stringent were the checks on spending the money of the Jamaat. Anyway, the college shifted to its new campus in Rabwah in 1954. Some of its staff could not shift to Rabwah and decided to remain in Lahore. Professsors Maqbool Elahi, Faiz-ur-Rehman Faizi, Abbas bin Abdul Qadir had were teaching in the Punjab University, beside being permanent members of the T.I. College staff. They decided not to come to Rabwah. Professors like Mohammad Yaqoob and Motasim Himayatull (both non Ahmadis) shifted with the college. But the college maintainted the tempo of its progress at Rabwah. Some photographs of the opening ceremony performed by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II are given on the website elsewhere.
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A historic convocation address delivered by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II in the year 1950 - please click here.

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An address of Jutice M. R. Kiyani on a Convocation of T.I. College, Rabwah - Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad (the then Principal and Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (raziallah) were also present during the speech

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Our Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sharif Khan has sent a detailed article on BABA SHADI with his photos. This article can seen on the page for the deceased. Dr. Sharif Khan deserves our gratitude for his patronage of the website. May Allah bless him.

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Message from Hamid Ahmad Chaudhry, President T. I. College Old Students Association.

It may look reidulous to give two photos of the same person, but this is being done to enable viewers recognise the man, and secondly to request them to send two of their own photos with the message - a photo of your JAWANI and another of your NAUJAWANI. This double photo will be deleted from the site if it does not find acceptance. The Website is being divided into several chapters. Please click each one to see if there is anything of your interest therein. Some chapters may still be empty, waiting for relevant material. We need your co-operation to make the website more useful and interesting. Please Send your photos and messages to.

chaudhry1937@hotmail.com

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For History of T.I.C. by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sharif Khan, please click here.

Another version of History of T.I.C. by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sharif Khan, please click here.

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