The Qadian Diary — Page 64
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 50 ordain the restoration of peace and harmony in this land of ours so that Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims may again live as peaceful citizens of their common motherland. So far as our own attitude towards other communities is concerned anybody who contacts the local Hindu and Sikh population of Qadian will readily see that our own treatment of them has been not only neighbourly but also brotherly. This is why no incident has so far occurred in Qadian proper except that as already stated two days ago an innocent Ahmadi was killed by kirpans in Qadian by some Sikhs of the neighbouring villages. I may mention that I am the younger brother of Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad present Head of the Ahmadiyya Community who is at present in Lahore. P. S. —(Dated Lahore the 1st of October 1947). Since the above was written much has happened. Searches have been carried out in the private houses of several members of our family including that of the Head of the Ahmadiyya Community who is at present in Lahore and though nothing incriminating was found. Several licensed weapons were taken away. During the last rainy spell many thousand heads of cattle worth lacs of rupees were forcibly snatched away by the neighbouring Sikhs under the very eyes and probably at the instigation of the local Police and several refugees have been shot dead and their women reported to have been raped. May God help us all. It is rumoured that food grains of even zamindars and those holding permits will be confiscated. M. B. A. (This letter, the latter part of which was written on 1st October 1947 still remains unanswered).