Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page xi
x i humble effort to furnish a concise account of both in English. The author thereby seeks to discharge a minute fraction of the heavy debt of gratitude that he owes to that august, revered, gracious and deeply loved personage from whom he had received numerous personal favours and bounties. For his facts the author has, except for Chapter XVII, drawn almost exclusively on H ay a ti N u r , a detailed biography of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih , first compiled by the late Shaikh ‘Abdul Q a dir (known as Saud a gar Mal) which is in Urdu. Every statement in that most valuable compilation is vouched for by the citation of the source upon which it is based. But as all the references are also in Urdu it has not been considered necessary to cite them in this volume, as they would serve little purpose so far as the average reader is concerned. A research student will find them easily in H ay a ti N u r. All references, unless otherwise specified, are to the Holy Quran.