Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb
Re: Who was Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb (1846) USA
He was a Ahmedi Muslim. In 1887 Webb was introduced to Islam by the works of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement. Webb wrote two letters to Ghulam Ahmad. Webb’s first clear step toward Islam was expressed in these correspondences. These letters were published then in Ghulam Ahmad’s book “Shahne-e-Haqq” page 372 and 439.
At that time he had yet to meet a Muslim but was put in contact with several Muslims in India by a local Parsi businessman. A newspaper publisher, Budruddin Abdulla Kur of Mumbai, published several of Webb’s letters in his paper. A local businessman, Hajee Abdulla Arab, a follower of Ghulam Ahmad, saw these letters and went to Manila to see Webb. In 1888, he formally declared himself to be a Muslim.