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as TURKISH CONSIL VISITS QADIAN 535 of the Promised Messiah as. The affair created quite a commotion 125 among the Muslims of the Punjab and indeed of the whole of India. The fulfilment of Ahmad’s as prophecy is engraved on the pages of history. Subsequent events proved the truth of the Promised Messiah’s as words. 126 What befell Sultan Abdul H am i d is only too well known. History records the fact that the Sultan had no confidence in the persons who surrounded him. He went in constant terror of secret attacks upon his life and throne. Confusion and disorder assumed gigantic proportions in Turkey and financial embarrassment became acute. Never was the outlook in Turkey so gloomy and deplorable. 125 See the N az imul Hind (Lahore) & The Chaudhw i Ĕ S ad i , June 1897. A curious incident is worth recording here in this connection. In his leaflet dated June 25th, 1897, Ahmad as prayed that if he was an impostor God should destroy him, but if he was the Promised Messiah sent by Him, then He should within 12 months, expose the so-called venerable man who was quoted against Ahmad as in the Chaudhw i Ĕ S ad i as saying: By this the 'venerable' man meant to convey that through the presump- tuous and unpleasant remarks which Ahmad as had made against the righteous Sultan, God had exposed Ahmad as himself. Ahmad as did not know the man; but so great was the effect of Ahmad’s prayer that this unknown 'venerable' man was frightened and he openly repented in the pages of the same paper. He wrote to Ahmad as from Rawalpindi on October 29, 1897, and requested Ahmad as to pray for his forgiveness. Thus he was saved from Divine punishment. 126 The Consul himself became the target of Ahmad’s as prophecy: i. e. I will humiliate him who seeks thy humiliation. A grave charge of embezzlement was brought against him. (Vide Nayyar Asafi , dated October 12th, 1897. Madras). He misappropriated about Rs. 1,600 from a public fund, as a result of which his property was confiscated and he was removed from services.