Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 287
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I PERSONAL REMINISCENCES 287 and its appurtenances, including Sh a h Jahan Mosque and Sir S a l a r Jang Memorial House, had been built and established with funds provided by Muslims, they were trust properties which should be managed and administered as a public trust by and on behalf of Muslims. This was not acceptable to the Leitners, who claimed the whole estate as their property. The matter was then placed in the hands of lawyers and after prolonged negotiations it was agreed that the mosque and the Memorial House and their surrounding area should be handed over to the Muslims and the Leitners may retain the Institute and the large area attached to it. At this stage Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n called on the Right Honourable Sayyid Amir ‘Al i and suggested that the management of the Shah Jahan Mosque and the Memorial House may be entrusted to him; in which case he would take up his residence in the Memorial House, and would arrange for regular Prayer services in the mosque. Sayyid Amir ‘Al i consulted Mirz a Abbas ‘Al i Baig and other Muslims in London and Khaw a ja Sahib’s proposal was accepted. The Woking Mosque Trust was set up and Khaw a ja Sahib moved into the Memorial House, and undertook the management of the mosque, but the Friday noon service was held in a hall rented for the purpose in Netting Hill Gate, London, which was led by Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n, who came up from Woking for the purpose. His responsibilities in connection with the management of the mosque and the publication of the Islamic Review entailed work that Khaw a ja Sahib found difficult to carry through satisfactorily single- handed. He requested assistance from Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra who sent Chauhdry Fati h