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! 46 Sayyeda Nawab Mubarika begum Sahiba gave one thousand rupees. Similarly, Hadhrat Nawab Amatul Hafeez begum sahiba, the wife of Mirza Sharif Ahmad S ahib, the wife of Mir Muhammad Is ḥ ā q S ahib, and wife of “Khan Bah ā dur ”Mirza Sultan Ahmad S ahib , made signi ficant contributions. Hadrat Sayyeda Umme Nasir Sahiba used to attribute her success in collecting monetary funds to her prayers. Hadhrat Sayyeda Am a tul Hayee Sahiba gave mon etary donat ion and Hadhrat Sayyeda Umme Tahir gave her necklace and some cash. Other ladies from Qadian including families of Hadhrat Sheikh Yaqub Ali Sahib Irfani and Hadhrat Qazi Ameer Hussain Sahib and Hamida B egum Sahiba , daughter of P ī r Man ẓ ū r S ahib, made signif icant contributions. One poor, elderly, Pakhtoon lady who was an immigrant [to Qadian] and could barely walk with the help of a cane came in person to meet Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) and offered two hundred rupees. This woman was so poor that she had four hens and sold their eggs for living expenses, and to meet the rest of her needs she received financial assistance from the [Jama’at] office. One Punjabi woman gave the only piece of jewelry that she owned for this mosque. One widow woman who was raisi ng orphans did not have any cash or jewelry, so she donated the crockery that she owned for her own use. The wife of a friend from Bhagalpur brought two goats and said that these two goats are all that we have for donation, so please accept these. 34 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 34 Tarikh - e - Ahmadiyyat vol. 5, p. 376