Life of Ahmad — Page 656
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 656 holding a meeting 158 at Qadian on May 2nd, 1898, in support of the Government measures for the suppression of the bubonic plague when there was much excitement in other parts of the country on account of the rules framed by the Government. And if I preach against my former and well-known teachings I would falsify myself. The papers containing my teachings are herewith attached. 2. The residents of this town, amongst whom I have passed 60 years of my life, will bear testimony to my peace loving and quiet disposition and I can produce as many of them as the Court thinks fit. 3. Some of my respectable followers may be called and asked what I have been teaching them and the Court may satisfy itself whether there can be any apprehension of a breach of the peace occurring through them; as for instance, Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan ra , Rais Malerkotla; M. Muhammad Nawab Khan ra , Tahsildar, Jhelum; P i r Qamar-ud-D i n ra , E. A. C. Kohat; Shaikh Ra h matullah, merchant, Ana r kali, Lahore; Munshi Rustam Ali, Court Inspector, Ambala City; Sayyid Hamid Shah, Deputy Superintendent, Sialkot; Khw a ja 158 A report was drawn up by S. Rahmatullah, to whom the Government addressed a letter as a token of its pleasure.