Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 20
SOJOURN AT BHOPAL Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 20 had received for arranging the digging of Ma h m u d’s grave, but also transported him and his bundle to Bhopal. Arriving in Bhopal he deposited his bundle in a traveller’s inn outside the gates, tidied himself and, taking only one rupee with him, headed towards town. On the way he took a meal at a baker’s which cost him half a rupee. Having obtained permission from the guard at the gate he entered the town and soon discovered that he had somehow lost his remaining half rupee. When he returned to the inn he found his bundle intact, but the money had disappeared. The next day he was carrying his bundle into town when passing the baker’s shop where he had eaten the previous day, the baker hailed him and invited him to eat. He deposited his bundle with him and ate a hearty meal. Inside the town he came upon a large mosque, agreeably situated on the edge of a pond. He found it a pleasant place and spent most of his time in it. After he had passed two or three days without any nourishment he felt very weak and apprehended that he would not survive for much longer. After the afternoon Prayer service he stretched himself out on a platform on one side of the mosque in a cold sweat. Munshi Jam a ludd i n, Chief Minister of the State, who had attended the Prayer service, and who may have noticed him, sent the Imam of the mosque to enquire about him. The Imam’s queries met with curt responses from the weary stranger who was at the end of his tether. On the Imam’s report the Chief Minister himself, attended by his entourage, came over and put some questions to him, and then asked him to examine his pulse, which he did and told him he had