A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 23
i‘j a zul-Ma si h —A Miracle of the Promised Messiah as 23 the above announcement, at least three days in advance, so that I may be informed of the event. 2. The second thing which is a condition for my arrival in Lahore, is that three chiefs of Lahore, namely: Naw a b Sheikh Ghul a m Ma h b u b Subh a n; Naw a b Fate h ‘Al i Sh a h; and retired Extra Assistant, Syed Barkat ‘Al i Kh a n, should publish a mutually agreed statement to the effect that ‘we take responsibility for the disciples of P i r Meher ‘Al i Sh a h and their ilk, that they will not utter any abuse nor commit any uncivilized act. ’ Bear in mind that there are no more than 15–20 people in Lahore who support me and I can make arrangements to deposit a sum of 2,000 rupees with the three said chiefs, stipulating that if any of my followers were to abuse or beat someone, they may confiscate my deposit. I promise they will remain quiet as if they were not even breathing. However, P i r Meher ‘Al i Sh a h, who has good relations with some of the chiefs of Lahore, and some of them may possibly have allegiance to him, need not deposit any money. It will be sufficient that the above-mentioned chiefs agree to take responsibility for the words and deeds of the incitable people from the Frontier [Province] who accompany the P i r at present. They should also accept the responsibility for the actions and statements of other disciples, supporters and other maulavis of Lahore, who are openly pronouncing religious fatwas that I deserve to be put to death. When the afore-mentioned chiefs will publish these few lines of assurance, with their signatures, and after the above-mentioned announcement of P i r [Meher ‘Al i ] has been published, if I do not speedily go to Lahore, I may be openly