100 Years Ago… – News of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II’s arrival at Port Said and departure to Cairo, 1924

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Safe arrival at Port Said

“Hazrat Khalifatul Masih and his travel companions have safely arrived at Port Said. (Alhamdulillah)  

“Please send 200 copies of each of the following to London by mail: 

“‘The [Philosophy of the] Teachings of Islam,’ ‘English Translation of the Holy Quran – Part I,’ and ‘Islam and Other Religions.’ 

“Moreover, if the ‘Risala Ahmad,’ authored by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, has arrived from Madras, send 300 copies of it to London by mail. If it has not arrived yet, please arrange to send it through the Secretary of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Bombay [now Mumbai].  

“Rahim Bakhsh. 

“From Port Said. Time: 10:10 am. 29 July 1924.”

Departure to Cairo and Damascus

“Sorry, no news (from Qadian) received at Port Said. Cable news through Coupon Jerusalem. 

“Leaving Cairo to-night for Jerusalem and Damascus. Many influential persons and Ulema visited at Cairo which seems to be a good field for our cause.

“Khalifatul Masih. 

“From: Cairo. Time: 10:40 am. Date: 31 July 1924.”

(Translated by Al Hakam from the original Urdu, published in the 2 August 1924 issue of Al Fazl, and transcribed from the original English published in the August 1924 issue of The Review of Religions)

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