| White Minaret | |
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.jpg) The minaret in Qadian | |
| Location | Qadian, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar Division, Punjab, India |
| Coordinates | 31°49′4″N 75°23′31″E / 31.81778°N 75.39194°E |
| Height | ~105ft |
| tt | 13 March 1903 |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Owner | Ahmadiyya Muslim Community |
  Location of White Minaret in Punjab | |
The White Minaret is a stone minaret beside the Aqsa Mosque in Qadian, Punjab. It was constructed under the direction of the Indian religious leader Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. It serves as a lighthouse symbolising the ultimate pre-eminence of Islam.[1]
The minaret has three stages, 92 steps, and a total height of about 105 ft or 32 m.[2][3] Its construction was completed in 1916 and has since become a symbol and distinctive mark in Ahmadiyya Islam. The minaret features on the Ahmadiyya flag[broken anchor] and also (sometimes with rays of light) in the movement's major publications.[4]
| Part of a series on
Ahmadiyya |
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- ^ Majmooa Ishtiharat, Vol 3, pp. 294, 295
- ^ Valentine, Simon (2008). Islam and the Ahmadiyya jamaʻat: history, belief, practice. Columbia University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8.
- ^ Minara-tul-Masih
- ^ Roose, Eric (2009). The Architectural Representation of Islam: Muslim-commissioned Mosque Design in the Netherlands. Amsterdam University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9789089641335.