Original: At the end of the 19th century , Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian proclaimed himself to be the '' Reformer of the age '' ( Mujaddid ) , Promised Messiah and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims and obtained a considerable number of followers especially within the United Provinces , the Punjab and Sind .
Simplified: Ahmadiyya ( Ahmadiyya ) is a movement founded in the 19th Century by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad from Qadian ( Punjab , India ) .