A Conclusive Argument in Favour of Islam — Page 51
The Proposed Conditions of the Debate between the Christians & the Muslims (Translation from English)18 1. This debate will be held in Amritsar. 2. Each party will be represented by no more than fifty people. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad will issue fifty tickets to the Christians, and Dr Clark will release fifty tickets to Mirza Sahib for the Muslims. The Muslims will collect tickets from the Christians and vice versa. 3. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian will represent the Muslims at the debate and Deputy Abdullah Atham Khan will do so on behalf of the Christians. 4. Except for the two aforementioned gentlemen, no one else will be permitted to speak in the debate. They can, however, each select three persons as assistants but they will not have the right to speak. 5. Both parties will accurately note down the proceedings for the purpose of publication. 6. No speaker from either side will be permitted to 18 The heading in parenthesis is taken dirctly from the Urdu, and the section given herewith was re translated from Urdu. The original English text could not be found. [Publisher]