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30 Lebanese, however, there is one place where you will not see any. ” Surprisingly, I asked, “which is that place”. He said, “paradise”. As there is large population of Lebanese who have settled in this city for several generations, all luxuries of the world are available if one can afford. We spent a few days with this kind watchmen, had his food, enjoyed sleeping in his verandah. Then unwillingly we left for Tambacounda, spent the night at the bus stand and next day returned to our town, Basse. Appointment as Central Ahmadiyya Muballigh for Senegal In 1985, Choudhry Hameedullah Sahib, the Vakil-e-A’ala, toured some countries of West Africa including the Gambia. He visited the jama’ats throughout the country for tarbiyyat purposes. Later he held meetings with different departments of the jama’at, including one with Muballighs and Mu’allims during which he reviewed their performance. During the meeting, he instructed the Ameer to send me to Senegal as a Muballigh. The Ameer complied. I made the necessary preparations, and set out for Senegal. According to the instructions of the Ameer I was to go to Kaolack because that was the only place in Senegal where we had a small jama’at. Other than that, there were just a few Ahmadis in the suburbs of Kaolack. Arrival at Kaolack Kaolack was counted as the second most populated city of Senegal then. All the Ahmadi brothers there were labourers.