Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 88
88 Ḥaḍrat Syeda Maryam Siddiqa states: Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ishaq ra was dear to Ḥaḍrat Ammāñ Jān ra like her own son, but she was proud of Abb ā J ā n ra ( Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail). 53 Ḥaḍrat Syeda Maryam Siddiqa states that if ever Ḥaḍrat Ammāñ Jān ra compli mented any belonging of Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra , he would instantly present it to her as a gift. Ḥaḍrat Ammāñ Jān ra would do her best to evade receiving the gift but Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra would insist and have the thing delivered to her. Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra address ed Ḥaḍrat Ammāñ Jān ra as “ Ā p ā ”, an Urdu expression, used with love and affection for an older sister. Ḥaḍrat Ammāñ Jān , according to the Delhi tradition, addressed her younger brother as "Mian". Ḥaḍrat Syeda Maryam Siddiqa narrates about her father: “ He loved his children. Yet, he was watchful too. Till the fifth grade, I received education at home. Till this day, I recall his endearing method of teaching. After teaching me, he would tell me to pass on whatever I had learned to my younger brothers and sis ters. I was the eldest. He would often say that one should pay special attention to the training of the eldest child. It affects the younger children too. . . . . . He was so keen about proper language and pronunciation, that once, when I incorrectly pronounce d the word " ghala t " as " ghal t ", Abb ā J ā n ( Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail ra ) , while having his breakfast, asked me to keep repeating " ghala t , ghala t " for as long as he was having his breakfast. When he had his breakfast, I was given leave. ” 54