When Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), the Promised Messiah, was divinely instructed to take the Bai’at (initiation) and establish a Jamaat, he published a tract titled Takmil-e-Tabligh wa Guzarish-e-Zaruri (Completion of the Call and an Important Request). In this tract, he put forward the ten conditions that one must pledge to enter the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. This blessed service, commonly known as Bai’at-e-Ula (the first Bai’at) was held on 23 March 1889, in Ludhiana.

A notebook (commonly known as Register Bai’at-e-Ula) was prepared to note down the names of the fortunate persons in attendance. Hazrat Hakim Maulvi Nuruddin (ra) was the first person to be called in the room where Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) was seated and was to take the Oath of Initiation. The rest of the people who had travelled from distant places followed one by one.