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ACCUSED OF SEDITION AGAINST THE BRITISH. It is a matter of history that while the present generation of anti. Ahmadiyya mullahs accuse Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of being the protege of the British Raj, their spiritual ancestors not only accused him of being a traitor and an enemy of the Imperial Government but also a menace much more serious than the pseudo Mehdi Mohammed Ahmad who routed the British rule in Sudan. . Maulana Muhammed Hussain Batalvi of the Ahle Hadith Jamaat in. India, who subsequently received a 100 acre estate from the Raj 69 warned the resident British Governor of India: 'The argument in favour of his deceit is that at heart he considers it lawful to put an end to the authority of a non Muslim government and the plunder of its property a commendable act. It is therefore not advisable for the Government to trust him and it would be necessary to beware of him, otherwise such harm may be occasioned at the hands of the Mehdi of Qadian as was occasioned at the hands of the. Sudanese Mehdi. ” '70. Another prominent Muslim leader, Munshi Muhammed Abdullah accused Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of sedition against the British and warned: 'He wants to instigate his followers to wage war against the British in accordance with the injunctions of the Holy Quran. "71. These allegations and warnings by the then leadership of the non. Ahmadiyya organisations were taken seriously by the Resident British. Governor of India who already begrudged Hazrat Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad's professed views on Christian doctrines and dogmas. The Civil and Military Gazette reported: 'In the Gurdaspur District of the Punjab, there is a religious fanatic who calls himself a Muslim and a Messiah. He is certainly under police 69. Ibid 70. Ishaatus Sunnah: Vol 6. No 4: 1893 71. Shahadat e Quran: Islamia Steam Press: pg 20 51