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1892 261 August 14, 1892 August 14, 1892 CE, Mu h arram 20, 1309 AH. I saw in my dream last night that Muhammad i (Begum), concerning whom a prophecy has been made, was sitting with some people in a village rest-house and perhaps her head was shaven and she was naked and she looked very repulsive. I said to her three times: The interpretation of your head being shaven is that your husband will die. I placed both my hands over her head and again stated the same interpretation during my dream. The same night Ma h m u d’s mother saw in a dream that my marriage with Muhammad i (Begum) had been performed and my wife had a document in her hand which specified that the dower for the marriage was one thousand rupees. Some sweets were sent for. Then Muhammad i Begum was seen standing near me in [my wife’s] dream. [Register of Miscellaneous Memoranda by from the Promised Messiah as , p. 34] August 20, 1892 Last night about 2 a. m. I saw a serpent creeping about in the house of Sahib J a n (deceased) and then it stopped on the floor and Muhammad Sa‘ i d put his finger on the head of the serpent designing to kill it. I, too, put my finger on its head and its head caught fire, but I felt that it had bitten me on my right forefinger, which had become swollen. I was apprehensive lest the poison might affect my heart, but I did not perceive such an effect. I learnt in the same dream that Ma h m u d had also been hurt in some way, but was apparently all right. Lord, safeguard us against every trouble. A m i n. [Register of Miscellaneous Memoranda by from the Promised Messiah as , p. 43]