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may provide helpers for its fulfillment. Weare anxiously waiting for a breeze to blow with which will bear glad tidings. " In this letter, while the Promised Messiah (PBUH) has concluded that publication of hundreds of thousands of books and other attempts by the Christian clergy to convert Muslims to Christianity is the biggest mischief of the age, he has at the same time praised the religious tolerance shown by the British Government in India. Addressing Ameer Abdur Rahman he wrote, "0 King of Kabul, if you pay heed to me today and make up your mind to help I will pray that He may grant you whatever you ask for, save you from all kinds of adversity and grant you a long, blissful life. " This letter was despatched to Ameer Abdur Rahman in the month of Shiwal in 1313 H. It was published in the 'AI Hakam' on 17th February 1907 A. D. Some say that It was Moulvi Abdur Rahman who personally took this letter. Alas, since the Ameer was intoxicated with power he did not respond. However in his paper'Munade~-e-Khwaja', Khwaja Hasan Nizami has recorded that in response to this letter the Ameer merely said, "Come here. " Quite possibly that was true for that is all that could be expected from a Ruler of his kind. At the time Ameer Abdur Rahman was engaged in suppressing rebellions. Fearing external aggression he had established a special intelligence network and had awarded frightful punishments. After having subdued the sub continent the British had reached the Afghan borders and from the north there was a real danger from the expansionist policies of the Russian Tsar. The economic situation in Afghanistan could not bear the 24