Tadhkirah — Page 440
440 Thereafter towards the end of July 1899 a very sincere friend of mine, Dr. Muhammad B u rhey Kh a n, Assistant Surgeon, died suddenly in Qasur. He first lost consciousness, then suddenly entered into a swoon and then passed on from this mortal world. There was a difference of only 20–22 days between the time of his death and this revelation. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , pp. 213–214, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 223–224] 1899 Maul ana ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra writes in a letter: This morning the Promised Messiah as saw in a dream as if the Empress of India (may Allah preserve her) had arrived in the house of the Promised Messiah as. The Promised Messiah as told my humble self, ‘Abdul-Kar i m, in his dream, while I was sitting close to him, that: ‘The Queen Empress had most graciously arrived in my house and had stayed for two days; some means should be found of thanking her for her graciousness. ’ The interpretation of the dream was that the Promised Messiah as would soon witness some divine help. 487 [Letter written by Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra , al- H akam, vol. 3 no. 24, July 10, 1899 p. 3] 487 The most wonderful and interesting event of this week was… the receipt of a letter by the Promised Messiah as in which it is set out in detail and with full proof that in the vicinity of Jalalabad (Afghanistan) there is a platform which is known as the platform of Prophet Y u z A saf. The local tradition is that this Prophet came from Syria about two thousand years ago. There is a j a g i r attached to this platform granted by the Afghan Government…. The Promised Messiah as was so delighted with this letter that he observed: ‘God Almighty is a witness and knows that if someone had brought me millions of rupees that would not have given me so much joy as this letter has brought me’…. Thus the fulfilment of his dream of the morning was manifested at the time of D uhar.