Life of Ahmad — Page 811
as QADIAN IN 1901 811 extremity of the Hindu bazaar; and ekkas plied between Qadian and Batala for two or three annas per head; one-third, even half, of the way had often to be traversed on foot to give the horse some relief at the request of the ekka-wala. The road from Batala was in as bad a state as could be but the length from the main road to Qadian was even worse. The Al- H akam drew the attention of the District Board to the condition of the road but nothing was done. Ekkas brought Ahmad’s as visitors to the chauk Masjid Mub a rak where they were given a noisy reception of rank abuse by Ahmad’s as cousins and ekka-walas had also to put up with a lot of rebukes and threats. The Langar kitchen was placed in what is now called Nawab Sahib’s ra house to the east of the Gol Kamra , in which were accommodated distinguished guests. Even European visitors were lodged in the Gol Karma. Mention has already been made of the wall which was erected in those days by Ahmad’s as cousins to block the lane on the west of the Gol Kamra. The Masjid Mub a rak was just the roofed lane and the site of the present treasury (below the extended Masjid Mub a rak) was occupied by a Khola of small bricks where stood a Khar a s. The Anw a r Ahmadiyya Press (not a machine worked with electric power but a simple hand-worked machine) which printed the Al- H akam was housed in the kacha long room (adjoining the Ma t ab ) which is now used as a motor garage. The kacha rooms on the