Star of the Empress — Page 4
4 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD establishment of the British government, that it was as if he had discovered a treasure-trove. He was a great well-wisher and devotee of the British government. It is for this reason that he provided fifty mounted horses to the British government as assistance, during the mutiny of 1857. Even afterwards, he always remained vigilant so that if his assistance was ever required, he would most willingly afford it to this government. Had the mutiny of 1857 went on any further, he was prepared to provide the help of up to an additional hundred cavalry-men. In short, this is the manner in which his life was spent. After his demise, this humble one detached himself completely from worldly matters and became occupied with God the Exalted. The service that I have rendered in support of the British government is that I arranged for the publication of a quantity of approximately fifty thousand books, journals and posters, which were then distributed throughout the country as well as in other Islamic countries. These were published on the subject that the British government is a well- wisher for us, the Muslims; therefore, it should be the obligation of each and every Muslim to be truly obedient to this government and be sincerely grateful for this good fortune and continue to supplicate for it. I wrote these books in various languages, namely, Urdu, Persian and Arabic, and distributed them throughout the Muslim world, so much so that they were even published widely throughout Makkah and Mad i nah, the two sacred cities of Islam. Moreover, they were distributed in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire; in Syria, Egypt, Kabul and in other cities of Afghanistan insofar as possible. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people gave up their false notions on Jihad, which had taken root in their hearts due to the teachings of ignorant