Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 284
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 284 you shall be beheaded. " In the dream Khaw a ja Sahib was conducted to the place of execution and when the axe wielded by the executioner fell on his neck he woke up in terror. In 1912 Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n’s wife died and he was overwhelmed with grief. His thoughts turned more and more towards religion and he undertook an extensive tour of the sub-continent for the purpose of delivering lectures on Islam. When he arrived in Bombay a wealthy nobleman of Hyderabad, Deccan, who was favourably disposed towards the Ahmadiyya Movement, requested him to undertake a confidential mission of a purely domestic character on his behalf and proceed to England for its execution. He was offered a very substantial fee, and as the mission was of a quasi-legal character, and involved no difficulty, he needed little persuasion to undertake it. He arrived in England towards the end of 1912. Having carried out his mission he made up his mind to settle in England and devote himself to the propagation and service of Islam. There were at the time only three Ahmad i s in England. One was studying medicine in Newcastle, Dr. Ibadullah was pursuing a course of higher training in dental surgery in London, and I was studying law. On Khaw a ja Sahib’s arrival, Dr. Ibadullah made shift to provide accommodation for him at considerable inconvenience and discomfort to himself, in the house where he was residing. For his part Khaw a ja Sahib was determined to live simply and cared little for creature comforts. Soon, however, a comfortable room became available in the house in which I lived, and he moved over to us. We were thus closely associated during the time that he lived with us and I got to know him very well. He was then thinking of starting a monthly journal which he called Muslim India and Islamic Review. Subsequently