Life of Ahmad — Page 685
as JESUS as IN INDIA 685 Sekhwa Ĕ , were selected by casting lots on October 10th, 1899. A meeting was called on 12. 11. 1899 to say farewell to the party. The meeting was held on the 12th and Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra and Maulaw i Abdul Kar i m ra made speeches in the Masjid Aq sa. It may also be mentioned here in passing that at this meeting Sardar Sundar Singh, son of Sardar J i wan Singh, Chief of Dharamkot Bagga, District Gurdaspur, read out a paper giving reasons for his acceptance of Islam, his name was changed to Fa d l H aq. Ahmad as also wrote a book in Arabic entitled Lujjatun N u r with a Persian translation. It addresses the people of Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Khorasan. It gives an account of Ahmad’s as family and his Movement and claims. The Idea behind this book was that the three men who were to be sent abroad in connection with the proposed research about Jesus as should take it with them and distribute it among people of the countries through which they would pass. The expedition, however, did not materialise for various reasons.