Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 7
7 People of all ranks and classes i. e. , those belong- ing to the self-styled higher castes, as well as those belonging to the so-called low castes have joined the Movement. For instance, during the last two years about three thousand persons, who had originally been mem- bers of certain low castes in the Punjab and the United Provinces have joined the Movement, and this number is being added to every month. Similarly, several hun- dred low-caste people in the Hyderabad State have been under the instruction of the Movement during the last year. Followers of the Movement are to be found in every province of India, and in both the Pashto speaking and Persian speaking parts of Afghanistan. Of the countries to the south and east of India, members of the Movement are to be found in Ceylon, Burma, the Malay States and the Straits Settlements. Two papers, in the Malay and English languages, are issued by the members of the Ahmadiyya Community in Ceylon. There is no regular mission in China, but a book named, The Muslim World , printed at Istanbul in Turk- ish, written by a famous traveller, Sheikh Abdur Rash i d Ibr a h i m, who is one of the learned men of Qazan and is a member of the Russian Parliament, mentions that members of the Movement are to be found in that country also, although those in the interior have not yet been able to establish connection with the headquarters of the Movement at Qadian.