Life of Ahmad — Page 71
as AFTER HIS FATHER’S DEATH 71 those days Mirza Ghulam Q a dir also did some work on the same canal, M i r Nasir Nawab ra became acquainted with him. M i r Sahib’s wife was once indisposed; and Mirza Ghulam Q a dir suggested to him that he should consult his father, who was an experienced physician at Qadian. M i r Sahib accordingly brought his wife to Qadian and consulted the Mirza Sahib, who wrote out a prescription for her and also talked with the M i r Sahib ra about the visit that he paid to Delhi for the study of medicine. The Mansh u r-e-Muhammadi Vol. 3, No. 24, dated 13 Ramadan, 1291, (25. 10. 1874) contains a note from Mirza Sultan Ahmad to the effect that through the efforts of M i r Nasir Nawab a Hindu of Sathyali, Bans i Dhar by name, who was secretary to the then canal contractor, had been converted to Islam and given the Muslim name of Abdul H aq. The M i r Sahib and his wife saw Ahmad as also for the first time while he was reading the Holy Quran in a small room on the ground floor. Little did they realise the full significance of their short visit to Qadian at that time. They came there to consult a physician and having done so went away. But this acquaintance proved to be the seed of a most intimate relationship between the two illustrious families. The glimpse they had of the son of their physician was a glimpse of their own future son-in-law. When they came a second time to Qadian, Mirza Ghulam Murtaza had been dead a year and this time it was again at the suggestion of Mirza Ghulam Q a dir