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( viii ) (f) The Zamindar wrote: “The Lahore Section of the Mirzais are far more dangerous for the Muslims. ” ( Zamindar , February 17, 1935) 5. Admission by Maulvi Mohammad Ali himself He says: It is true literature produced by us has become very popular. But why has it not yielded the fruit it should have? The answer is there is no one here to do the work. ” ( Paigham-i-Sulha , May 19, 1937) His point here is that the Section has failed to produce missionaries capable of gathering the harvest. 6. An other proof of failure of the Lahore Section lies in the lack of a proper adjustment between Maulvi Mohammad Ali himself and Maulvi Sadruddin, Amir of the Section these days, who kept Maulvi Mohammad Ali in torture for 21 years. The unpleasantness which characterised the relationship between these two leaders of the Section at last became so painfully acute that Maulvi Mohammad Ali found himself forced by his feelings to stipulate in his last Will and Testament that after his death, Maulvi Sadruddin should not be allowed to touch his body during the funeral rites before burial. But please note the irony of the situation: Maulvi Sadruddin, so unwelcome to Maulvi Mohammad Ali, was chosen to be the next Amir following Maulvi Mohammad Ali’s death. At that time Maulvi Mohammad Ali happened to be in Karachi, from which place he wrote to a friend: “My dear brother: I have just now received a copy of the notice sent to people outside, under the signature of seven members of the General Counsel, that on July 15 a meeting would be held at the Ahmadiyya Building at 11 a. m. which they should not fail to attend. The men at the back of this Notice are Dr. Ghulam Mohammad and Maulvi Sadruddin. From the time when I recovered from my last illness these two, helped by Sh. Abdul Rahman Misri, have been doing their utmost in propaganda directed against me. Making a mountain of every molehill, they are creating serious disruption. ” Maulvi Mohammad Ali wrote further in this letter: “ Not only are they taking full advantage of my ill health, by forcing me to take up my pen on these matters, they are also aggravating the malady I am suffering from. ” He wrote further : “By issuing this notice not only have they applied the axe to the basic administrative set up of the Jama’at, and created a spirit of