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Fazle Umar 114 the Khalifa the dull and easy going youth, who did not possess sufficient energy or the intelligence to get through the ordinary course of a secondary school, was deserving of better regard than fell to their share. What were these men to do in this situation? 71 On the sixth day after allegiance had been sworn to the Khalifa, Khawaja Kamal Uddin happened to arrive in Qadian. In the course of a conversation with Hadhrat Sahibzada Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad he observed, as if casually: “Mian, we have slipped into a mistake, which can be corrected only by our somehow defining the authority of the Khalifa. He should take the pledge of allegiance from new members, should lead the Prayer services, should perform marriages and lead funeral prayers and no more. ” This was a sounding to which the Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib’s reaction was: “It is too late for the entertainment of any such notion. You should have thought of it before taking the pledge of allegiance. The Khalifa had made it quite clear that the pledge would involve complete obedience. We took the pledge on this understanding. Our relationship with the Khalifa is now of master and servant. We have no right to define the authority of our master. ” Khawaja sahib realised that his approach was misconceived and did not pursue the matter. 72 T H E S A d R A n j UM A n The Promised Messiah [as] set up the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya (Central body of Ahmadiyyat), in 1906 to look after the administrative affairs of the Movement. All the different Anjumans, working under different names, were placed under the super- vision of this central body. Hadhrat Maulvi Nooruddin was appointed the president of this Anjuman by the Promised Messiah [as]. 73 Simultaneously with the institution of Khilafat currency began to be given to