Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 8
8 HAZRAT RA Ghulam Rasool. Regardless of circumstances, he ensured that his children received the best education possible. For example, Madan Chand was a knowledgeable Hindu scholar. However, he contracted leprosy, an infectious disease that can spread so quickly that an entire village can become infected within a short period of time. For this reason, the people of Bhera built a house for Madan Chand outside of their city. Haafiz Ghulam Rasool sent one of his sons, Hazrat Maulawi Noor- ud-Deen's brother, to study Persian from Madan Chand since Persian was very popular in those days and Madan Chand was an expert in the language. People objected to this, saying that he was endangering his son's life. But he replied that he just wanted his son to have as much knowledge as Madan Chand. Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud- Deen ra also said later in life-after he had moved to Qadian and his father had passed away-'My father was so ambitious for us that had he lived at this time he would have sent me to the United