The Need for the Imam — Page 81
D ar u rat-ul-Imam 81 be thought of as being rich. The whole record of the in- quiry conducted by me is enclosed with this file. I beg leave to submit this report in compliance with your or- ders. Dated: 31 st August, 1898. The humble one, Taj-ud-Din, Tehsildar, Batala, submits that the attorney for Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has been directed to appear in your court on 3 rd Sep- tember, 1898. Dated as above, under official signature. Copy of interim order on Tax Objection, filed in the court of T. Dixon, Deputy Commissioner, Distt. Gurdaspur. File Income Tax Objection : Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, son of Ghulam Murtaza, caste Mughal, resident of Qadian, Tehsil Batala, Distt. Gurdaspur. Papers seen and report of the Tehsildar heard today. For the time being this file is to be kept under consideration. Shaikh Ali Ahmad, pleader and attorney for the appellant are pre- sent and are informed. Dated: 3 rd September, 1898. Under official signature. Here I reproduce the original copy of the final orders [English] along with the Urdu translation: In the court of F. T. Dixon Esquire, Collector of the Dis- trict of Gurdaspur. Income Tax objection case No. 46 of 1898. Mirza Ghu- lam Ahmad son of Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, caste Mughal, resident of mauda Qadian Mughlan, Tehsil Batala, Distt. of Gurdaspur objector. Order This tax is a newly imposed one and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claims that all his income is applied not to his