Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 125
Hakeem Sahib's Election As First Caliph 125 Debates at Rampur and Mansouri At the urging of the ruler of Rampur, and at the request of Hadhrat Zulfiqar Ali Khan, a leading personality of Rampur, who had accepted Ahmadiyyat, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra decided to participate in a religious debate so that the people of Rampur could become familiar with the claims of the Jama ‘ at-i- Ahmadiyya. A debate was thus held for four days from June 15 to 19 in 1909. The Jama ‘ at was represented at this debate by a team of Ahmadi scholars, which included Maulavi Syed Muhammad Ahsan, Hadhrat Maulavi Syed Sarwar Shah, Maulavi Muhammad Ali, Haafiz Raushan Ali and Mir Qasim Ali, and the opposing party was headed by Maulavi Sanaullah. The subject of the debate was that no new prophet could come and override the ordinances of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , or could cancel any verse of the Holy Qur'an and nobody could surpass the level of spiritual height and accomplishments as attained by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. It was also to be established that Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as was true in his claims. In November 1909, at another debate in Mansouri, Jama ‘ at's scholars were led by Maulavi Muhammad Ali. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra directed the leader of the team to keep in view the following matters in the debate: "Obedience to Amir, and complete trust in God. " Maulavi Muhammad Yahya Bihari represented the other party, which was to be represented by Maulavi Sanaullah, and a very successful debate was held on the life and death of Jesus Christ. Lecture on Islam In December 1909, the Christians in Lahore had organized a series of lectures on Christianity and an open invitation was extended to the Muslims of Lahore to come and listen to these