When Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra), Khalifatul Masih II, returned from his tour of Europe in 1924, he sent two missionaries to Syria. These two missionaries were Syed Zainul Abideen Waliullah Shah and Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Shams (ra). 

They started their work by establishing a markaz (centre) in Damascus. Although they had to face opposition at the beginning, at last some people got attracted, and started paying attention to the teachings of Ahmadiyyat.

Syed Zainul Abideen Waliullah Shah returned to Qadian in 1926, upon the instruction of Huzoor (ra) but Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Shams (ra) continued preaching there. 

By witnessing the progress of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Syria, the opponent Muslim ulema got worried, and one day a person attacked Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Shams (ra) with a knife and injured him, but he survived by the grace of Allah. 

Then, due to the increasing opposition by the ulema, the French government of Syria did not allow Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Shams (ra) to reside in Damascus.

In accordance with Huzoor's instruction, he moved to Palestine in March 1928, and established the markaz in Haifa, and expanded his preaching to Egypt as well. The seed of Ahmadiyyat had already been sown in Egypt, through Sheikh Mahmud Ahmad Irfani, when he went to Egypt for studies in 1922.

Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Shams (ra) had great success, and established sincere jamaats in both countries. Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Palestine started publishing a magazine, titled Al-Bushra, and a small press was also established.