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208 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad seek a verdict through the civil court. However, since they desisted, we followed through in building the house. The place at which this wall has been erected has been a thoroughfare for approximately 36 years, perhaps give or take 2 or 3 years. There is a door in the Gol Kamrah which I can use to go to the large mosque (Aqsa Mosque). The small mosque (Mubarak Mosque) is a part of our home. If I was to go to the large mosque through the door in the women’s quarters, I would first have to go up to the roof of my house and then come down from the other side to make my way to the large mosque. If I do not go to the roof, there is no exit; the wall blocks the way. The erection of this wall has caused me immense personal suffering. What I mean by personal suffering is the financial harm that I have incurred, because I have had to construct a well and the printing press has suffered a substantial loss as well. Travellers and my visitors who are very respectable and noble men long to see me, but I am on the upper level and they are barred at ground level. I do not have the words with which to express how painful this is for me. About eight or nine months ago, an Arab gentleman came to meet me and he sustained injuries because the path is winding, rough and rocky. During the rainy season especially, it is unusable. I have seen no paving underneath the disputed wall. The street is paved in the bazar, but our lanes are not paved. I am not aware whether other streets are paved or not. ” 1 On further questioning the Promised Messiah as said: “The winding path is rocky, and is very difficult for a person to walk on. If the water carrier were to bring water to us in the small mosque (Mubarak Mosque) from the well of the defendant’s home, the disputed wall would block his passage. The defendant and I share a common, ancestral water carrier. He brings water for us from this well on account of his relationship with the family. The carriages of our guests stop in the same open field where the well is situated. Almost 30,000 guests come to visit me during the year and their carriages stop in this very field. During the summer nights, these guests sleep in this open area as well. Even if the water carrier collects water from the new well and brings it to the small mosque, he will still have to use the passage that is now blocked by the wall. Before this wall was erected, my guests would eat with me twice a day, they would offer their Prayers with me, and listen to the teachings that I would impart, which is the very reason that I have been sent from God. Now, in order for them to come 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 28, dated 31 July 1901, pp. 7-8 p. 190