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264 a Saeed Sahib in Guine Conakary. I did not know the person but I dialled the number. Someone answered and said, ‘Saeed speaking‘. I introduced myself. He told me that the Ameer of Sierra Leone was also expected but he could not make it because he did not get the visa for Guinea Conakary. I told him that I was at the restaurant of such and such hotel. He told me not to book in the hotel, that his employee would come shortly and pick me up. I had not finished my tea when the man arrived and took me straight to Saeed Sahib’s factory; he received me cordially. I remembered that I had met him a few years earlier at the international trade fair in Dakar. Saeed Sahib took me to his house which was quite big. He prepared one particular room for me with appropriate facilities. He told me that I could spend my day wherever I liked but must return home and dine with him. Then he put a chauffeur driven car at my disposal for the whole pariod that I was to stay at Conakary. I stayed in Conakary for ten days and I can never forget the sincerity and love with which Saeed Hodraj treated me. I was surprised by the way Allah provided me help and support. I conveyed the message of Ahmadiyyat to the people as much as I could. There were Ahmadis at two places in Conakary; I visited them. Likewise, I had the opportunity of going to government offices with Saeed Sahib for tabligh and gave some literaure to some digatories. Brother Saeed Hodraj is a Lebanese settled in Sierra Leone. His mother is African and father a lebanese. His father entered the fold of Ahmadiyyat during the time of Maulana Nazir Ahmad Ali Sahib. He has a big business in Sierra Leone and had started his