The Devotion of Life — Page 147
147 Appointment of Chaudhry Fateh Mohammad Sayal Sahib ra to England Similarly, the first regular Missionary was sent abroad to England during the first Khilafat. In 1912, when Chaudhry Fateh Mohammad Sayal ra came to Qadian to fulfil his pledge of ‘Waqfe Zindagi’ after completing his Master’s degree in Arabic, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra made an appeal that the Jama’at required a Missionary for the London Mission. On this appeal, Chaudhry Sahib ra and Master Mohammad Din Sahib ra put forward their names. For their travel, Hadrat Sahibzada Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad ra donated 300 Rupees from the fund collected by Ansarullah for the purpose of foreign missions. Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawab Sahib ra donated 105 Rupees and some other members also made donations but the total was less than 700 Rupees and the Anjuman gave 105 Rupees on the orders of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. Out of that money, 150 Rupees were spent to buy essential books like Bukhari and Muslim etcetera. No new clothes were bought and Chaudhry Sahib left for London as he was and arrived in London on 25 July 1913 and on 11 August 1913, he went to Woking. After the demise of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra he moved to London on the instruction of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra and set up the first Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission. By the Grace and Blessings of Allah, this Mission House had the honour of becoming the Centre of Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya in April 1984.