That supposes some sort of concerted action by the British Raj, which I don't think was the case. Rather, the early Ahmadi Caliphs were keen to state their loya

That supposes some sort of concerted action by the British Raj, which I don't think was the case. Rather, the early Ahmadi Caliphs were keen to state their loyalty to the British as their temporal masters, and that the hands-off British rule was preferable to native princes, especially the Sikhs. Like other evangelical movements in such an environment, they flourished.