Tadhkirah — Page 399
1897 399 but the District Magistrate rebuked him and told him that he could not be provided a chair. Therefore, it was a divine Sign that what he wished to do to me [humiliation] was inflicted upon himself. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih, pp. 199–200, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 577–578] October 1897 In the beginning of October 1897, I was shown that I had appeared as a witness before an English Judge who asked me the name of my father but did not administer an oath to me, as is customary. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih, p. 221, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 599] October 8, 1897 Then on October 8, 1897, I saw in a dream that a constable had brought summons for my appearance in Court 439. I related this dream to the people in the mosque and it happened accordingly. A constable brought summons which showed that the editor of N a z imul-Hind , Lahore, had cited me as a witness in his case…. Accordingly, I went to Multan to make my statement and it so happened that the presiding officer forgot to put me on oath and started recording my statement. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih, p. 221, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 599] 1897 439 The reference is to the case for which the Promised Messiah as went to Multan as a witness on October 29–30. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad]