An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page xxxvi
xxxvi The written words have been published and collected in the form of books. Al-Shirkatul Isl a miyyah, Rabwah, has painstakingly collected all the books and published them in a collection of twenty-three volumes, and in order to enable the reader to refer back to the original of Writings of the Promised Messiah as , the reference to the original page numbers has been retained and quoted. All posters, handbills and tracts that were published from time to time to meet a challenge or to counter a lie or rebut an allegation, have also been collected in three volumes under the title Majm u‘ ah Ishtih a r a t (Collection of Flyers or Posters). Ishtih a r a t Volume I Contains 115 posters, leaflets and handbills, covering the period of 1878 to 1893. Volume II Contains 65 posters, leaflets and handbills, covering the period of 1894 to 1897. Volume III Contains 105 posters, leaflets and handbills, covering the period of 1898 to 1908. All these volumes spread over 1, 556 pages, comprising 285 posters, leaflets and handbills. Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah Letters written by the Promised Messiah as from 1883 to 1908 to various personalities and some of these letters relate to the importance