Foundation of the Ahmadist Sect

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad first claimed he was the real Messiah around 1882 and did so multiple times afterward. After which he amassed a group of followers and wrote scriptures explaining his belief in his own messiahhood. His arguments were mostly based on the idea Jesus survived his crucifixion before dying a natural death in Kashmir at the tender age of one-hundred and twenty, thus delegitimizing the idea Jesus was appointed by God to die for man's sins and that instead Moses was supposed to be viewed as the Messiah. Even after his death in 1908, some maintain he was the second coming, or at least appointed by God, including his successor Khalifah up until 1914.