Intro
Dr. Henry Martyn Clark (Peshawar, c. 1857 – Edinburgh, April 1916) was an Afghan-born adopted British medical missionary stationed in Amritsar in the late 19th century. Clark was born to Afghan parents and was adopted after his mother’s death by Elizabeth and Rev. Robert Clark in 1859. It is thought that he was named Henry Martyn after the Anglican missionary to Persia and India. Clark was educated at the University of Edinburgh (MB, CM 1881) and received his MD in 1892. In 1881 he was accepted by the Church Missionary Society to start the Amritsar Medical Mission as a Medical Missionary. He left for Amritsar to join his father on 4 February 1882. The same year he married his wife Mary Emma. He was editor in chief of the Dictionary of the Punjab, and wrote a biography of his adoptive father, Robert Clark of The Panjab: Pioneer and Missionary Statesman. He retired to Edinburgh in 1905 where he lectured in tropical diseases. He is buried in the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. His birth date on the stone is 19 September 1859 and the death date is 10 April 1916. The inscription reads “Physician to both soul and body” He was survived by his wife Mary Emma Ireland, and their sons Walter Ireland Foggo Martyn-Clark and Robert Eric Noel Martyn-Clark. Their sons were both born in Amritsar and like their father studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
In 1893, he chaired the written debate between MGA and Athim. However, before the debate, he objected to MGA representing Muslims, since there were sooo many edicts of disbelief vs. MGA by 1893 (Fatwa’s of Kufr)(See “Holy War” [1893], forward). The debate continued as planned and took place at the residence of Dr. Henry Martyn Clark. It began on the 22 May 1893 (Dr. Clark was the President on the side of the Christians) and lasted for fifteen days, ending on 5 June 1893. The proceedings took place every morning from six o’clock to eleven o’clock, each side allotted 50 audience admission tickets.
In 1897, MGA and his team sent an Ahmadi named Abdul Hameed to murder Dr. Clark. On 1 August 1897, Henry Martyn-Clark filed a lawsuit of attempted murder against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad with Deputy Commissioner Montagu William Douglas in Ludhiana. Dr. Clark is mentioned extensively in Kitab ul Barriya. MGA was saved by a british officer in this case, as he exhonerated MGA (Captain Douglas). MGA always got bailed out as such, him and his whole family were above the law in British-India. The ROR of Nov-1935 mentions Dr. Clark and his case, and the intervention of Captain Douglas, who saved MGA from getting arrested. Later on, in 1936-39, Dard met Captain Douglas and celebrated him. Dr. Clarke is mentioned in the ROR of May-1943.
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1859
He is buried in the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. His birth date on the stone is 19 September 1859 and the death date is 10 April 1916. The inscription reads “Physician to both soul and body” He was survived by his wife Mary Emma Ireland, and their sons Walter Ireland Foggo Martyn-Clark and Robert Eric Noel Martyn-Clark. Their sons were both born in Amritsar and like their father studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
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1881
In 1881 he was accepted by the Church Missionary Society to start the Amritsar Medical Mission as a Medical Missionary. He left for Amritsar to join his father on 4 February 1882. The same year he married his wife Mary Emma. He was editor in chief of the Dictionary of the Punjab, and wrote a biography of his adoptive father, Robert Clark of The Panjab: Pioneer and Missionary Statesman. He retired to Edinburgh in 1905 where he lectured in tropical diseases. He is buried in the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. His birth date on the stone is 19 September 1859 and the death date is 10 April 1916. The inscription reads “Physician to both soul and body” He was survived by his wife Mary Emma Ireland, and their sons Walter Ireland Foggo Martyn-Clark and Robert Eric Noel Martyn-Clark. Their sons were both born in Amritsar and like their father studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
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1882
The-Holy-War.pdf (alislam.org)
See Foreward
Dr. Henry Martyn Clark appeared and founded the Amritsar Medical Mission in 1882.
In 1881 he was accepted by the Church Missionary Society to start the Amritsar Medical Mission as a Medical Missionary. He left for Amritsar to join his father on 4 February 1882. The same year he married his wife Mary Emma.
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1883–1889
He was editor in chief of the Dictionary of the Punjab, and wrote a biography of his adoptive father, Robert Clark of The Panjab: Pioneer and Missionary Statesman. He retired to Edinburgh in 1905 where he lectured in tropical diseases.
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1893
The-Holy-War.pdf (alislam.org)
In 1893, he chaired the written debate between MGA and Athim (See the Forward).
Allegedly, In 1893, he penned an open letter challenging the Muslims of Jandiala to a decisive debate, declaring that if Muslims shy away from this contest or suffer a crushing defeat, they would forfeit their right to confront the scholars of Christianity in the future, or to boast of Islam’s truth. When the challenge was brought to the attention of the Promised Messiah as and he was petitioned to represent the Muslims, he happily agreed and dispatched his disciples to Henry Martyn Clark to agree upon the conditions of the debate.
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1893?
The-Holy-War.pdf (alislam.org)
See Forward
(The Church Missionary Intelligence—1894, p. 98).
On the day appointed the verandah was filled in no time by the lucky ticket-holders, while the police turned away hundreds not so provided at the compound-gate. For some time a surging mob filled the road in front, very quiet, orderly, and intensely anxious to get in. … In addition to the disciples of the Mirza, there was a very large attendance of orthodox Mohammedans, men mostly of affluence and position, and, as such, not usually reached by existing methods of work. … There they were, influential wealthy men, Government servants and what not—men,
as a whole, quite beyond ordinary reach—sitting hour after hour for a couple of weeks, listening most attentively to expositions of Scripture…
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1897
On 1 August 1897, Henry Martyn-Clark filed a lawsuit of attempted murder against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad with Deputy Commissioner Montagu William Douglas in Ludhiana (See “The India List and India Office List Great Britain. India Office – 1900 p436 “DOUGLAS, Montague William, CLE., Major, Indian Army (dep. commr , Punjab). — In mil. employ from 21st March, 1887; asst. commr., April, 1892 ; dep. commr., Nov., 1899 ; CLE., June, 1903.” and “The Cyclopedia of India: biographical, historical, administrative 1992 p154 “Major MONTAGU WILLIAM DOUGLAS, c.i.e., Deputy Commissioner, Punjab, entered the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, in February .1884. He was Private. Secretary to the late Sir Henry Norman when Governor of Jamaica”).
A few months after Lekh Ram was murdered, MGA sent Abdul Hameed to murder Dr. Clark. This plan backfired as Dr. Clark initiated legal proceedings vs. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. MGA wrote about this extensively in Kitab Al Barriya (see the Lahori-Ahmadi abridged englsih edition).
Statement of Shaikh Rahmatullah on solemn affirmation 13th August 1897
Son of Shaikh Abdul Karim, caste Shaikh, resident of Gujrat, at present Lahore. Age 40 years. Stated: I am a merchant. I have been a follower of Mirza sahib for about six years. I do not know the number of followers. I had seen Abdul Hameed perhaps in the month of May in the city of Lahore. He had come to my shop. He had not been sent to me by the Muslims of Gujrat. Amir-ud-Din had not sent him to me. I do not remember the exact date. He had said to me: “I am the paternal nephew of Burhanud-Din. I had become a Christian, but now my belief has changed. I want to become a Muslim.” I had heard earlier also that a paternal nephew of Burhan-ud-Din was a Christian. I do not know who had said this. He had stayed for two or three days at my house for men. He made up his mind to go to Qadian and asked me for the fare. I had given him 8 annas cash. I did not receive any information that he had reached there. I had come to know from some visitor that he had reached there. He returned four or five days later, but I was not there. My men said: “He had come and has gone to Jhelum”. I did not see him subsequently. I usually go to Qadian. By the grace of God, I am wealthy. I pay 153 Rupees tax. At Qadian I stay at the guest house which is separate from Mirza sahib’s house. Mirza sahib does not have a private meeting room, he meets the ordinary people, the general public, in the mosque. I am not aware of any special place where he holds consultations. If it is within my power and money is needed for the sake of Islam then I am ready to give help to Mirza sahib. I had gone to Gujrat between 16th and 22nd July 1897. I cannot say by what name Abdul Hameed had made himself known to me. I know Yusuf Khan. He never led prayers in my presence nor is he fit to be appointed to lead prayers.
(On a question of the lawyer of the defendant) I know Abdul Hameed to be a rogue. He had said to me: “I have some doubts [on religious matters]. To remove them I am going to Qadian”. There is a bathroom adjacent to the mosque. It is for urinating and bathing. There is no place for sitting there. There is no closet. During a period of six years I never got an opportunity to meet Mirza sahib in privacy inside the house. If sometimes on the occasion of a gathering, three or four hundred people assemble, then the female section is vacated and all persons assemble there. Otherwise no one goes there. He does not meet any one except at the times of the five prayers.
Question: Did Mr. Clarke send [horse-drawn] carts to Qadian at night? Answer: The said gentleman had sent three carts. Question: Do you know Girdhari Lal the Arya? Answer: I have seen him; there is no personal acquaintance. I had gone to Qadian at night. Abdul Hameed has gone to Qadian in the morning. I know Ganga Ram. He was a teacher at Qadian. He also has gone to Qadian along with Abdul Hameed. I know Ganga Ram is an Arya. On a question from the advocate: The bathroom has a door which can be closed. There is a storey above it. It is an open courtyard, and is commonly used for prayers. Mirza sahib also comes here. From the mosque a door leads to Mirza sahib’s house, and another from the stairs.
Signature in English. Read out. Is correct. Signature of the Judge.
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1897
Siraj-e-munir, online English edition, page 94
The Shining Lamp
“”On the contrary, he spent those days in utter silence as though he was observing a fast of silence. And then the amazing thing is that despite being offered 4,000 rupees, he did not make a declaration under oath! Martyn Clarke tried his utmost, but he did not file a lawsuit and was not able to prove his accusations regarding a trained snake, etc. Due to all these reasons”””
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1899
North Wales Chronicle – Saturday 25 February 1899
Athim and Clark are mentioned.
Scan
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1916
He is buried in the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. His birth date on the stone is 19 September 1859 and the death date is 10 April 1916. The inscription reads “Physician to both soul and body” He was survived by his wife Mary Emma Ireland, and their sons Walter Ireland Foggo Martyn-Clark and Robert Eric Noel Martyn-Clark. Their sons were both born in Amritsar and like their father studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
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1970
The Muslim Sunrise of Oct-Nov-1970 was edited by Maulvi A.R. Khan Bengali. The magazine reports on the World Conference of Religion and Peace that was held in Kyoto, Japan on Oct 16-21, 1970. Major Abdul Hamid and Zafrullah Khan were there and represented Ahmadiyya. The newspaper also reports on the tour of West Africa by the 3rd Khalifa (on April 27th, 1970)(Mirza Nasir Ahmad) and how visited Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A lecture by the 2nd Khalifa on May-29-1922 is reproduced. The same lecture by Mirza Mubarak Ahmad is continued, in this write up, Seth Ghulam Nabi is mentioned, Maulvi Abdul Karim and his book, “Sirat Masih-e-Maud”. Munshi Zafar Ahmad of Kapurthala is also quoted, a book named “Ashab-e-Ahmad” is quoted. Sheikh Yaqub Ali Irfani is also quoted via his book “Shamail Hazrat Masih e Maoud”, he quoted Lalah Sharampat of Qadian and Lala Malawamal, Mirza Bashir Ahmad alleges that Lala Malawama lived to be over 100. The story of Dr. Henry Martyn Clark is also given , as well as the role of Captain Douglas in the case. Muhammad Hussain Batalvi is also quoted. 4 Ahmadiyya locations are given out, the Dayton Mosque-temple at 637 Randolph St, Dayton, Ohio, the Fazl Mosque, 2141 Leroy Place, Washington D.C., the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Chicago, IL, on Wabash Ave and an Ahmadiyya mission in NY, on 147-20 Archer Ave, Jamaica-Queens.
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Links and Related Essay’s
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/?s=Dr.+Clark
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2019/02/13/who-is-the-british-military-officer-captain-montague-william-douglas/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2016/12/26/the-mirza-family-was-above-the-law-in-british-india/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Martyn_Clark
- Gerald H. Anderson Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions – 1999 p136 0802846807 entry by Jocelyn Murray: “Clark, Henry Martyn (c. 1857-1916), Church Missionary Society (CMS) doctor in North India. In 1859, when his Afghan mother died outside Peshawar. Clark was taken into the family of Robert *Clark, CMS missionary in the “
- ^ Jeffrey Cox Imperial Fault Lines: Christianity and Colonial Power in India, 2002 p173 “Another Indian doctor, Henry Martyn Clark, was described in the CMS register as “An Afghan of Peshawar” but was nonetheless included in the list of “foreign missionaries” serving in India, presumably on the basis either of his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh or his status as the adopted son of CMS missionaries Robert and Elizabeth Clark.”
- ^ Clark, Henry Martyn (1892). Some observations concerning malaria: especially as met with in Indian practice (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/23796. Farina Mir The Social Space of Language: Vernacular Culture in British .. 2010 p20 “Religious reformers often engaged one another in public, and some of their debates seem to have been public spectacles. In one famous example, when Mirza Ghulam Ahmad accepted the Christian missionary Henry Martyn Clark’s invitation to debate, Ahmad held Henry Martyn-Clark in ex- tended dialogue for fifteen days.50”^The India List and India Office List Great Britain. India Office – 1900 p436 “DOUGLAS, Montague William, CLE., Major, Indian Army (dep. commr , Punjab). — In mil. employ from 21st March, 1887; asst. commr., April, 1892 ; dep. commr., Nov., 1899 ; CLE., June, 1903.”^The Cyclopedia of India: biographical, historical, administrative 1992 p154 “Major MONTAGU WILLIAM DOUGLAS, c.i.e., Deputy Commissioner, Punjab, entered the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, in February .1884. He was Private. Secretary to the late Sir Henry Norman when Governor of Jamaica”
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