Truth About the Split — Page 384
384 the meeting in their individual capacities. The supporters of Maulawi Muhammad Ali at Lahore accepted the opinion of these 42 members as the deliberate opinion of the whole of the Ahmadiyya Community and announced that my Khilafat was irregular and invalid. But what actually happened was that even out of these 110 members, a further 10 subsequently came over to me and entered my Bai‘at. One of these was the same Mir Hamid Shah Sahib, now deceased, whom previously they had selected as a person suitable for the Khilafat. This left to them only 100 men. According to the Lahore party, the decision of these 100 men was the authoritative decision of the entire Ahmadiyya Community, while the decision of the very much more numerous gathering at Qadian was the result of collusion and conspiracy on the part of the Anjuman Ansarullah! The whole of the Jama'at at Qadian, with the exception of four or five individuals accepted my Bai‘at , and the other party came ultimately to abandon all hope of success at Qadian. Accordingly they decided to transfer their headquarters at Lahore. An excuse was sought for Maulawi Muhammad Ali to leave Qadian. One day news came to me that while Maulawi Muhammad Ali was leaving the mosque after performing the Friday prayers, 3 or 4 children