Ahmadiyya (UK: /ˌɑːməˈdɪə, ˌæməˈdiːjə/,[1][2][3] US: /ˌɑːməˈdiːə/),[1] officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community[4] or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية‎, romanized: al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-Aḥmadiyyah; Urdu: احمدیہ مسلم جماعت‎), is an Islamic revival[5] or messianic[6] movement founded in Punjab, British India, in the late 19th century.[7][8][9][10] It originated with the life and teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who claimed to have been divinely appointed as both the promised Mahdi (Guided One) and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times and bring about, by peaceful means, the final triumph of Islam;[11][12][13][14] as well as to embody, in this capacity, the expected eschatological figure of other major religious traditions.[15][16] Adherents of the Ahmadiyya—a term adopted expressly in reference to Muhammad's alternative name Aḥmad[17][18][19][20]—are known as Ahmadi Muslims or simply Ahmadis.