Life of Ahmad — Page 814
QADIAN IN 1901 as 814 Ahmad as proposed to hold a meeting on the next Eid ul-Adha and invited his friends and followers to attend it. By January 25th, promises to purchase about 200 copies of the magazine had been made, 50 by Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra. On March 31st, 1901, the meeting was held in the Masjid Aq sa after Z uhr prayers and Ahmad as delivered a speech which is reported in the Al- H akam , dated April 17th, 1901. Khw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n then presented his report and suggested that the magazine should not be run on purely business lines. Sh. Ra h matullah of Lahore and Qazi Khw a ja Ali of Ludhiana strongly supported the suggestion. But no decision was taken. A sub-committee was formed to draft rules and regulations of an Anjuman which should undertake the work. Its members were Maulaw i Muhammad Ali, Sh. Ra h matullah, Maulaw i Abdul Kar i m ra , Dr. Ra h mat Ali ra and Khw a ja Kam a l- ud-D i n. The next meeting took place on April 1st after Maghrib prayers in the Masjid Mub a rak. The rules and regulations were adopted and Ahmad as again addressed the meeting and it was decided to raise Rs. 10,000 by issuing 1,000 shares, which might be bought as an investment or if any one preferred as charity. A board of directors (with Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra as President) and a working committee were set up. The board of directors met again the same evening and it was resolved that the name of the magazine