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Fazle Umar 130 drug administered by Khawaja Kamal Uddin (in a painless injection nobody knew was given) that letters of protest from some Ahmadis, of the places he visited, began to pour in upon Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih [ra]. Mian sahib was young, said these letters, and his way of saying things was raw and inexperienced. His lectures would raise a storm of opposition that might well prove fatal to the interests of the Com- munity. Huzur read these letters and left them at that hence approving of the course Mian Mahmud was pursuing. 86 On 26 September 1912, Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, with the permission of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih [ra] , set off on a tour of the educational and religious institutions of Egypt and the Middle East as the head of a three-man delega- tion. The delegates also had the good fortune of performing Hajj before returning to Qadian on 6 January 1913. As well as learning about the institutions, they took every opportunity to spread the message of Ahmadiyyat throughout the tour. In order to have competent Arabic scholars, two senior scholars were sent to Egypt and Syria. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih [ra] initiated the sending of these delegations in order to equip Madrassa Ahmadiyya with the best possible talent. 87 T H E A L – F A Z L The more discerning element in the Community felt uneasy over the policy that was coming to be followed more and more everyday by those who were in a position virtually to control the programme of the Community. But scattered all over India, they were helpless. Anjuman Ansarullah however, gave them a rallying point; a common sense of danger gave them cohesion and the dire need of the moment gave them a programme. As membership of this Anjuman increased, its scope of influence began to expand, and soon it rose like a sudden wall between the Community and the point of fusion with non-Ahmadiyyat to which Khawaja Kamal Uddin and his friends were carefully leading it.