Tadhkirah — Page 427
1898 427 Soon thereafter he was appointed in the State of Jammu and Kashmir to a post which he found better than the judicial post. That is, he was promoted as the Inspector of Schools for the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih , p. 213, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 591] About 1898 468 At one time, the eyes of my son, Bash i r Ahmad, gave him great trouble. His eyelashes fell off and water ran constantly from his eyes. Finally, I supplicated on his behalf and received the revelation: Meaning [Arabic] My boy Bash i r’s eyes have recovered. Within a week God Almighty bestowed healing upon him and his eyes were restored to perfect health. Before that we had tried both the Allopathic and Ayurvedic medicine for several years but none of them did any good and the condition of his eyes had gone on deteriorating. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih , p. 230, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 608] 468 According to this date, which is an estimate, Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra was five years old at the time of this revelation. However, he was suffering from eye disease up to the age of seven years. Thus this revelation seems to belong to the year 1900. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]