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HADHRAT AHMAD 51 brickbats at him, but the police thwarted it. On the second day after the lecture, the Promised Messiah left for home. On this occasion also all mischief was prevented through the vigilance of the police. . When the rabble saw that no opportunity could be found to injure him, some of them went out some distance from the town and waited by the side of the railway line and as the train came up they pelted it with stones, breaking a few of the window panes of some carriages. . Death of Maulvi Abdul Karim. On 11th October 1905, one of the principal disciples of the. Promised Messiah, Maulvi Abdul Karim, who had on many occasions been charged with the reading of the Promised Messiah's lectures, died after a protracted illness. The Promised Messiah directed that a Theological seminary should be established at. Qadian to prepare Ulema thoroughly conversant with Islam, who might take the places of those removed by death. . Second Visit to Delhi. A few days after the death of Maulvi Abdul Karim, the. Promised Messiah once again proceeded to Delhi and stayed there for nearly a fortnight. Although it was not the same Delhi of 15 years before when its inhabitants had displayed such frantic excitement, yet his presence in the city created great commotion. . During the fortnight he delivered no public lecture, but discourses were delivered almost daily at his residence. The accommodation was however, limited and not more than 200 to 250 persons were able to attend at a time. On one or two occasions attempts were made to create a disturbance and on one occasion hostile elements made entry into the place. Nevertheless, the general atmosphere was remarkably better than the one that prevailed during his first visit to the city. . Visit to Ludhiana and Amritsar. On his way back from Delhi the members of the community at. Ludhiana persuaded him to stop for a couple of days in their town and he delivered a public lecture there which passed off very well. . At Ludhiana a delegation arrived from among the members of the community at Amritsar and prayed that the Promised Messiah should stop for one or two days in that city. The request was