The Turkish Peace — Page 40
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 40 and would have united with their fellow Muslims to express sympathy for the plight of the Turkish people. I repeat that had this recommendation been accepted, the Arabs would not have declared that the rightful khilafat belonged only to the Quraish. At the time, influenced by what was happening around them, the Arabs were inclined to enter into friendly relations with the Turks and sympathy for their cause ran high. And even despite their differences, they could have voiced their support in unity with the Turks. Owing to certain grievances that had arisen between them and certain European governments, the Arabs were ready to reach a settlement with Turkey within certain parameters. If my recommendation had been endorsed, the Wahabis of Arabia would have had no problem in making common cause on this issue with [Muslims] from other countries. Moreover, the Europeans would not have found an opportunity to deride the Muslims by taunting them that they have to appeal to the kindness of Christian nations to preserve the khilafat of Islam. And if my written recommendation had been followed in order to resolve this issue, then the terms of the peace treaty would have been different to what they are now. The sending of delegations was so delayed that