First Grain of Sand — Page 179
CHAPTER NINETEEN The Journey to Home W diferent e took the train from Moscow through many different cities until we arrived in Baku, where I stayed for a few days in their prison. I knew I wouldn't be here long and very soon would be taken by ship to Iran, where they would then hand me over to the Iranian government. So I requested to meet with the Baku prison's head officer, who then summoned me to meet him. I told him I have spent two years in different prisons around his country. I told him that he and his government suspected that I was a spy of the British government. But after a thorough inves- tigation, since they have realized this is not the case and, instead, I am a religious missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I requested that he allow me to stay here for a short while so that I can preach openly as my master had commanded me. I was very aware that due to my dangerous situation, captivity, poor health and exhaustion, I had sadly not been able to preach in this country openly, which pained me deeply. I told him we have a golden rule that whatever country we enter to preach, we cooperate fully with the government of that country, because unless there is peace in