Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 56
MAHARAJA’S PHYSICIAN Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 56 the State were bitterly hostile to him and he might incur their ill-will on account of his hospitality to him. This was waived aside as of no account and the Maharaja’s Physician took up his residence with Shaikh Fati h Muhammad. He stayed with him for ten years. He was throughout made most comfortable, and not only the host but all the members of his family vied with each other in studying his convenience and anticipating his every wish. Neither he nor his students, who had recourse to him, lacked anything at any time. Rare indeed is such large- heartedness. The host was truly worthy of his guest. If there were in the town such specimens of perfidy as the Estate Officer, there were also Shaikh Fati h Muhammad and the members of his household. 15 His skilful treatment of a couple of cases soon won him high repute as a physician. A daughter of M i y an L a l D i n, a wealthy and respected citizen of Jammu, fell ill of dysentery and despite every effort of the physicians whom the father called in her condition continued to deteriorate. The father disapproved of some religious views of H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra and was reluctant to have recourse to him. But when his daughter’s illness began to cause anxiety he begged him to come over and undertake her treatment. He called in aid his knowledge of allopathy and prescribed accordingly. The patient immediately responded favourably to the treatment and recovered completely within two or three days. The grateful father presented a robe of honour and a Y a rqand i pony complete with riding harness to the physician. An officer of the Octroi Department sent for him in the middle of the night. He was in agony from severe colic. The physician gave him a compound which brought him instant relief.