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the S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ' at - e - ahmadiyya name should be given to our Jama'at. I request everyone to suggest a name. ” Present on this occasion were Hadrat Maulawi Nuruddin Sahib1 3 , Hadrat Maulawi Sayyed Muhammad Ahsan A m rohf3, Hadrat Maulawi ‘Abdul Karim Sahib Sialkotf3, Hadrat Maulawi Qutbuddin Sahib13, Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Sahibra and Hadrat Pir Sirajul Haq Sahib N aum anf3. The Promised Messiah (as) asked them to deliberate upon this matter and respond within three days, upon which Hadrat Pir Sirajul Haq Sahib N aum anf3 said: “If you would kindly permit me, could I offer my suggestion right now. ” The Promised Messiah (as) told him to go ahead, and he suggested that the sect should be called Ahmadi. The Promised Messiah3 5 * did not give any immediate response, but the next day he published an announcement, under Divine guidance, in which he named the Jama'at Musalman Firqah Ahmadi (The Ahmadi Muslim Sect). [Tadhkira-tiil-Mahdl, by Plr Sirajul Naumani, part 1, pp. 145-147] Hadrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Sahib1 3 has similarly enlightened us upon the Promised Messiah’s consulta tions with members o f the Jama'at. He says that whenever matters like Jalsas or publication o f an nouncements required deliberations, the Promised Messiah3 S would summon his Companions for consulta tion. This could happen up to three or four times a year. [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1927, p. 144] 39