White Minaret

White Minaret
White Minaret
	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 and also (sometimes with rays of light) in the movement's major publications.^[4] It is classified as a historical monument.^{[clarification needed]}

^ 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.

[1] Majmooa Ishtiharat, Vol 3, pp. 294, 295

[2] Valentine, Simon (2008). Islam and the Ahmadiyya jamaʻat: history, belief, practice. Columbia University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8.

[3] Minara-tul-Masih

[4] Roose, Eric (2009). The Architectural Representation of Islam: Muslim-commissioned Mosque Design in the Netherlands. Amsterdam University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9789089641335.

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