The Holy War — Page 23
Second Paper Debate 23 May 1893 Proceedings The session was held again today, and today Reverend G. L. Thakur Dass also took part in it. It was proposed and agreed that no statement issued by anyone would be considered reliable in this debate that does not have the signatures of each of the two Presidents. After this, at 30 minutes past 6, Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib started dictating his question, but his reply had not yet been com- pleted when time ran out. And Mr. Abdullah Atham and the Christian President permitted Mirza sahib to finish his reply, and in 16 additional minutes, the answer was completed. After this it was mutually agreed upon that in the future, no party would be allowed extra time to com- plete their answers. Mr. Abdullah Atham started documenting his rebuttal at 8:11. During this time, five minutes were spent on a dispute regarding the reading out of the list of verses; thus, 5 extra minutes were added to the time allotted to Mr. Abdullah Atham. His reply was completed at 9:16. Mirza sahib then started dictating his rejoinder at 9:27 and com- pleted it at 10:27. After this, the Presidents of both parties signed the respective papers, and these were then given to each other, and the ses- sion was adjourned. Signature— English Signature —English Henry Martyn Clark Ghulam Q a dir Fasih (President) (President) Representing Christians Representing Muslims