Life of Ahmad — Page 705
as THE WALL 705 gatherings in which there come 300, 400 or even 500 guests. I do not remember exactly. The boarding house was built three or four years ago. The Gol Kamra was built by me. I had it constructed myself when my brother was seriously ill, the illness from which he did not recover. The enclosure in front of the Gol Kamra was built about four years ago. It is approximately a year or two since the house with the small bunyan tree was built. Six or seven months earlier an effort was made to build the house but Imam D i n tried to create a riot. As we are peaceful we gave up the idea. We tried a second time; he again tried to stir up trouble and we gave it up again. The third time we learnt that the defendants meant only mischief. The women told them, I have heard, to cease and they did so. A policeman came and we told him that we did not want a riot and that if we were stopped we would resort to the civil court. As they desisted, so we built the house. The place where the wall has been erected has been used as a thoroughfare for the last 36 years or thereabouts. There is a door of the Gol Kamra through which I can go to the big mosque. The small mosque is a part of our house. If I want to go to the big mosque through the interior of the house I have to go up to the roof and then come down at the other