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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on the other hand, was neither decorated nor knighted by the British Government nor was any other member of his family honoured with any civil award by the British Raj. . On the contrary, his family suffered considerably at the hands of the. British. . When the British consolidated their rule in the Punjab, ‘they resumed the entire patrimony of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's ancestors and granted his father and uncle an annual pension of 700 Indian Rupees only. '64 The ancestral estate of the family which the British refused to revert to its rightful owner and for the recovery of which Hazrat Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad's father spent over 70,000 Indian Rupees in litigation 65 had, according to non-Ahmadiyya sources, previously yielded the family a revenue of 8 million Indian Rupees per annum. 66. Hence, instead of bestowing any favours upon his family the British. Raj it appears, filled the coffers of its own Imperial exhequer with income generated from the land which rightfully belonged to the feudal lords of. Qadian. . The meagre pension which the British bestowed upon Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad's father and uncle was infact gradually reduced and before he inherited the family's assets, it was discontinued. 67 Hence, he did not receive a single penny from the British, not even in the form of a pension which had previously been granted to his ancestors who incidentally were not members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community but belonged to the Jamaat e Ahle e Sunnat in India, one of the many. Jamaat's which today vehemently oppose Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his Community. . In sharp contrast to the treatment meted upon the founder of the. Ahmadiyya Community, such respected and revered Muslim leaders as. Maulana Muhammed Hussain Batalvi received regular stipends and huge estates from the British in appreciation of the services rendered to the Raj in India. 68 64. Griffins, Sir Lapel & Massey, Colonel: Punjab Chiefs 65. Dard, A. R: Life of Ahmad 67. Ahmad, Mirza Tahir: The British Connection. 66. Singh, G: Shamsher Singh 68. Ibid 50