Life of The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 3
3 On another occasion, the Raja of Batala, Teja Singh, became afflicted with a painful blister. When no treatment worked, he sent for Mirza Ghulam Murtaza whose treatment cured the Raja. As was customary at the time, the Raja offered Mirza Ghulam Murtaza a reward of a few villages and a large sum of money but Mirza Ghulam Murtaza refused as he provided such services only to please God. He said, ‘I consider accepting these villages a disgrace for my progeny and myself. ’ During the Moghul rule in India, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s ances- tors held responsible posts at the royal court and had control over a large area around Qadian. At the rise of the Sikh rule in Punjab, his family started to lose control of this territory, which was eventually confiscated in the nineteenth century by the British Government in India. The Promised Messiah’s father wanted this land back and spent his entire life in litigation trying to regain possession of his ancestral estate. He spent a great deal of money and effort towards this end, but did not gain much. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as was a dutiful son so, despite con- sidering such time better spent in the cause of Islam, he worked in