An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 214
214 Background The Christian missionary of Amritsar, Dr. Henry Martyn Clark, brought a charge of conspiracy to murder under Section 107 of IPC against the Promised Messiah as on August 1, 1897, in the court of Mr. A. B. Martineau, District Magistrate of Amritsar. Dr. Clark stated that the Promised Messiah as had sent a young man, ‘Abdul H am i d, to murder him. ‘Abdul H am i d’s statement was also recorded. The Magistrate immediately issued a warrant of the arrest of the Promised Messiah as under Section 114. The news of the issue of the warrant of arrest spread like a fire and the scribes and the elders looked forward eagerly to seeing the Promised Messiah as alight handcuffed from the train at Amritsar railway station. They gathered every day at the station waiting for him. Fain would they if they had the chance, to spite in his face and buffet him and smite him with the palms of their hands, saying: “ Prophecy unto us, thou O Promised Messiah, who is he that smote thee?” But it was not to be that God would let him to be humiliated at the hands of his enemies. The warrant of arrest never reached its destination and was never served on the Promised Messiah as. On the other hand, the District Magistrate Amritsar later realised his own mistake that he had no jurisdiction outside Amritsar. Therefore, the case was transferred to District Magistrate of Gurdaspur on August 8, 1897. ( Life of Ahmad by A. R. Dard ra , edition of 2008, p. 542) The Book The book contains full details of the proceedings of a criminal case of conpiracy to murder which was originally brought against the Promised Messiah as by Dr. Clark, and later, the Christians joined hands with Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i - the inveterate enemy of the Promised Messiah as. Other enemies of the Promised Messiah as also joined hands with the Christians in this case with the