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second lecture and Maulawi Mamduḥ was not given even a few minutes extra to complete his speech. (Gist) General-o-Gohar Āșifi, Calcutta 24 January 1897. (The following article was published under the dual title of 'The Conference of Great Religions' and The Victory of Islam'). Before discussing the conference in general, we would like to point out that (as our readers know) we have in previous editions already argued as to which learned divine presented the most powerful case on behalf of Islam. Keeping a fair and open mind, one of our distinguished correspondents elected Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian as the champion of Islam and another correspondent, in a letter to us, has expressed the same opinion. Maulawi Fakhruddin Şahib Fakhr strongly argues that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian heads the list, followed by Sir Syed Ahmad Ṣāḥib of Aligarh. The other names he suggested as possible champions of Islam were: Maulawi Abu Saeed Muhammad Hussain Sahib Batalwī, Haji Syed Muhammad Ali Ṣāḥib Kanpuri and Maulawi Ahmad Hussain Ṣāḥib ‘Azīmabādī. It would not be out of place to mention here that one of our xxvii