Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 75
CHAPTER EIGHT Bai ‘ at of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as And Stay at Qadian It was in 1885 that the first contact of Hakeem Sahib was established with Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian and in the very first meeting with Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , Hakeem Sahib expressed his wish to accept his Bai ‘ at whereupon Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as advised him that he had not yet been Divinely commissioned to accept the Bai ‘ at , and then he expressed his wish that once he was Divinely commissioned to accept Bai ‘ ats , he would be among the first person to do so to which Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as agreed that Hakeem Sahib would be the first person to be honoured as such. Later, Hakeem Sahib left for Jammu. It was on December 1, 1888, that Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as through Sabz Ishtihar (green handbill) announced that he had been Divinely commissioned to accept Bai ‘ at and, on January 12, 1889, he announced the terms and conditions of the Bai ‘ at , and through another handbill, he announced that a meeting in Ludhiana would be held to accept Bai ‘ ats. The wordings of this handbill were as follows ( Collection of Handbills , v. 1, p. 193): From March 4 to March 25, 1889, this humbleself would be staying in Ludhiana and people who wish to visit me can come after March 20, and if there is some difficulty in visiting Ludhiana, then they could come to Qadian after March 25, for Bai ‘ at. In addition to this handbill, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , the Promised Messiah , also informed individually those who were close to him, and he also wrote one letter to Hakeem Sahib. Hakeem Sahib arrived in Ludhiana, and it was at the house of the