This mosque was built by an orientalist, Dr. Leitner in 1889 with funds from Muslims in India and later, a Trust was formed to run it. That was the period when Mirzaiyat (Ahmadiyyat) had not shown itself fully in its true colors and the Trust readily agreed to hand over the management of the mosque to the Lahori section of this Movement
Msikiti huu ulijengwa na Mustashirikina, Dkt. Leitner mnamo mwaka 1889 kwa fedha zilizotoka kwa Waislamu wa India na baadaye likaundwa baraza la wadhamini kuuendesha msikiti huo. Hicho kilikuwa ni kipindi ambacho Ahamdiya ilikuwa bado haijaonesha kikamilifu ile picha yake halisi na baraza la wadhamini likakubali kuukabidhi uongozi wa Msikiti kwa Jumuiya ya Lahori ya harakati hizi.