Truth About the Split — Page 185
185 Ahsan, and who had become attached to the Promised Messiah as at a time before the said Sayyid Sahib had even heard his name. For example, there is Shaikh Hamid Ali Sahib ra 6 who was the third of those who accepted the Bai‘at of the Promised Messiah as , and Munshi Rura Sahib, 6 retired Tahsildar of Kapurthala, who was the seventh or eighth of those who entered into the Promised Messiah’s as Bai‘at. This last gentleman, some years ago, migrated to Qadian. He is one of those who possessed a special attachment for the Promised Messiah as , and about him the Promised Messiah as wrote on page 799 of Izala’-e-Auham. "He is attached to me by a bond of love. " The Promised Messiah as entertained a special affection for him, a fact well-known to visitors to Qadian. Munshi Rura Khan belonged to the Ahmadiyya Jama'at of Kapurthala. With regard to this Jama'at, the Promised Messiah as was pleased to remark, "I hope that by the grace and bounty of God you will be with me in this life and the next. " (Letters of the Promised Messiah as to Muhammad Khan Sahib of Kapurthala, dated 27th January, 1894—reproduced from the Badr , October 1 st , 1908). All members of this Jama'at are in my Bai‘at. Similarly, there is Mir Inayat Ali Shah Sahib ra 6 Both of them were living at the time of the writing of the book, but have since died.