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60 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american is waiting for a reply from me if arrangements can be made to see you. Yours obediently, Rashid Ahmad The Khal ī fah’s answer to the letter: If he is staying tomorrow he may come here for dinner at 8:30pm, but if he is leaving Quetta before this time, I can arrange another time. This time the attack of gout is very very severe. I could not sleep throughout the night. I cannot move my legs and I am completely confined to my bed. As I am very ill, probably you will have to take the dinner by the bedside. JULY 4, 1950 The American, Mr. Darrell Berrigan of the Saturday Evening Post , came to dinner with a group including a French friend who is a photographer, one cameraman, and an Indonesian woman. As the Khal ī fah ra was confined to his bed, I suggested that he let the female guest have dinner with his wife as it would be inappropriate that she have dinner at the bed of the Khal ī fah ra in what would appear to be pajamas ( shalw a r kam ī z ) and turban. To this he agreed and his wife entertained the Indonesian female. Mr. Berrigan held a conversation with the Hazrat on several different points, and he found himself in agreement with the Khal ī fah ra on all points. They were speaking in English.