Life of Ahmad — Page 625
as POLICE HARASS AHMAD as 625 publication of the fatwa of my murder a second time in the Saif-e-Masl u l (Drawn Sword). Not being satisfied with this, he hired the services of a certain mullah, Muhammad Bakhsh, Editor of Ja‘far Zatall i , Lahore, for abusing me. Grossly indecent writings were published by Muhammad Husain under the name of the latter and were often reproduced and exultingly referred to in his Ish a‘ atus-Sunnah. It is known to everyone that Mullah Muhammad Bakhsh is an ignorant man and that the real author of these foul writings publishes them under his name merely to escape the clutches of the law. It would not be out of place to reproduce one passage from a supplement, to the Ja‘far Zatall i , dated June 11th, 1897, to show the character of these vile attacks: "Mirza is ready to carry the filth and dirt of the Christians and to rub his face on their shoes. He has given to the British Government the dignity of God. This donkey of an Antichrist has published such nonsense regarding His Majesty the Sultan that one has a strong desire that this Satan of impure mind. . . should be beaten with shoes 200 times. . . Curse on this offspring of a dog! He should have better become an open apostate to Christianity than use contemptuous words for the Sultan. I have made five prophecies about him. (1) The Kadiani shall be involved in a serious case and