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Secondly, this historical perspective which allegedly makes it obvious to Abdul Hafeez that Hadhrat Ahmadas was a seedling of the British suggests that this delegation of journalists and. Christian leaders, if it ever did come to India to find a solution to its Governments problems, came in the year 1869. First of all, one is at a loss to understand as to why should the British. Government have used journalists and church leaders to advise it on a question which required the finesse and secrecy of the diplomatic and intelligence services. One is also lost as to why, if such a delegation was ever sent to India, then, it has only been recorded in publications hostile to the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community and not any other independent historical work, whether British or Indian. And then, why is it so that there is no trace whatsoever of any such alleged report of this delegation, titled 'The Arrival of British Empire in India. ' If ever there was such an alleged report published, then why is it not available anywhere in the world?. The other question which needs to be addressed here is that this entire scenario is stated to have allegedly taken place in 1869 and it was at this point in time that the said delegation which came to India recommended that the 'Government acquire the services of a person who claimed to be an apostolic prophet. ' But, in 1869, Hadhrat Ahmadas was occupied with the management of his family's land under the supervision of his father and led a life of an unknown person in Qadian. He had not stated himself to be a spiritual leader of any congregation at that point in time nor had he claimed to be an apostolic prophet. Nor did he have any people gathering around him. Hence, there was absolutely no reason whatsoever for the British to either short list him or interview him nor find him suitable for this alleged task. It was not until March 1889, some twenty years later that he first announced the initiation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement and 1891, twenty two years after this alleged recommendation by the said delegation in 1869, that Hadhrat Ahmadas set forth his claim of being the Imam Mahdi and the Promised Messiah. . How does Abdul Hafeez explain all this in the light of his historical perspective? 248