Perseverance — Page 66
66 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american We arrived in Hyderabad at 12:00 noon. We were staying at an Ahmadi’s house which was very large and beautiful. At 4 am we started the journey to Hazrat S a hib’s land. AUGUST 30, 1950 We spent a few weeks in N as irab a d. Hazrat S a hib’s program was to make a tour of all of the lands owned by Tahr ī k-e-Jad ī d and Sadr Anjuman. Leaving N as irab a d, some by motor, some by horse, to a distance of a mile to Hazrat S a hib’s land was Ma h m ū dab a d. The program was to stay there three days. Hazrat S a hib was met by a representative during his stay there. He inspected the land of Ma h m ū dab a d, which is made up of 4,000 acres, upon which much cotton is grown. Hazrat S a hib, due to his poor health, would go by car to the fields while those who would accompany him would travel by horse. It’s quite a ride when you’re trying to keep up with a jeep on a horse. Completing the three day stay, we then went to Ahmedabad for the land owned by the Sadr Anjuman. Hazrat S a hib made an inspection of that land, which was made up of 8,000 acres divided into sections. One section was named N ū rnagar after the First Khal ī fah ra. Another was named after Syed Abdul Lat ī f ra , as Lat ī fnagar , and another after Abdul Kar ī m ra , named Kar ī mnagar. Sindh is very hot and wet this time of year and malaria abounds everywhere. The water that we drank was the water used for irrigation. Many men contracted malaria because of the water and this kept Dr. Hashmatullah very busy.