Life of Ahmad — Page 128
128 CHAPTER 11 VISITS LUDHIANA & SANAUR Early in November 1883, Ahmad as went to Amritsar in connection with the printing of the Br a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya. As M i r ‘Abb a s Ali and other friends were requesting him to visit Ludhiana he intended to go there from Amritsar; but there he became indisposed and his visit to Ludhiana was postponed. So he returned to Qadian on November 9th, 1883. On December 19th, 1883 Ahmad as was ready to go to Ludhiana on a short visit to comply with the repeated requests of his friends but he recieved a letter from the Riy ad -e-Hind Press, Amritsar, informing him that the printing of his book was being delayed. The Chashma’-e-N u r Press, Amritsar, had promised to print a portion of the book but the manuscript given to them had been destroyed. So it was necessary that Ahmad as should go to Amritsar and supervise the work personally. Probably he had to stay at Qadian during the Christmas holidays, because he was expecting some friends to come there in those days to see him. Accordingly he left for Amritsar on February