Intro
MGA knew Mir Hisamuddin (aka Hakim Hassam-ud-Din) since the 1860’s and MGA’s life in Sialkot. MGA allegedly lived in the house of Mir Hisamuddin (also spelled Hassam ud Din)(MGA called him the Chief of Sialkot). Mirza Ghulam Ahmad said that he was in Sialkot 7-8 years (See ROR of Nov-1904), and some time before the publishing of the Barahin (see Lecture Sialkot, page-60). Thus, MGA was in Sialkot from 1860-1868. After MGA died, this was changed to 1864-1868 (see Seeratul Mahdi, 1923( Vol. 2, p. 178). However, it was changed again soon thereafter. MGA moved from this house eventually and moved to “Kashmiri Mohalla”, this is the same neighborhood wherein Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti was born. In 2018, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Pakistan tried to build a museum in one of these houses and failed. Mir Hamid Shah of Sialkot alleges that MGA would listen to commentary of the Quran at the house of Sheikh Nur Muhammad (Allama Iqbal‘s father) in Sialkot. Syed Mir Hassan was also around and was MGA’s friend in Sialkot in this era (1860–1868).
Hakim Hassam-ud-Din and his son (Mir Hamid Shah) were mentioned by MGA in 1891 via Izala Auham-Part-2. Specifically, Mir Hamid Shah was mentioned as a follower of MGA, in fact, he stayed an Ahmadi his whole life and even sided with the son of MGA during the split of 1914.
In 1892 MGA visited Sialkot and stayed at the house of Hakim Hassam-ud-Din. He made a speech in Hakim Hassam-ud-Din’s mosque after the zuhr prayers. The famous poet Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a fellow student of mine in those days, and was sitting on the roof
of the porch of the mosque. Seeing me, he said: Look how the devotees are swarming around the light. He was very much favourably disposed towards Hazrat Mirza in those days. So when a poet of Sialkot, who used to have the pen-name jalwa, composed satire to ridicule Hazrat Mirza, Dr. Iqbal wrote a rejoinder in poetical form too, greatly praising Hazrat Mirza (See Mujadid e Azim).
In Lecture Sialkot (1904)(see page-60), MGA spoke of working in Sialkot for 7-8 years in his youth and how he was back in the city many years later as a King. MGA mentioned Mir Hisamuddin as if he was alive, however, he was dead by 1890.
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1860’s
MGA knew Mir Hisamuddin (aka Hakim Hassam-ud-Din) since the 1860’s and MGA’s life in Sialkot. MGA allegedly lived in the house of Mir Hisamuddin (also spelled Hassam ud Din)(MGA called him the Chief of Sialkot). Mirza Ghulam Ahmad said that he was in Sialkot 7-8 years (See ROR of Nov-1904), and some time before the publishing of the Barahin (see Lecture Sialkot, page-60). Thus, MGA was in Sialkot from 1860-1868. After MGA died, this was changed to 1864-1868 (see Seeratul Mahdi, 1923(Vol. 2, p. 178). However, it was changed again soon thereafter. MGA moved from this house eventually and moved to “Kashmiri Mohalla”, this is the same neighborhood wherein Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti was born. In 2018, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Pakistan tried to build a museum in one of these houses and failed.
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1891
Izala-e-Auham, Ruhani Khazain, Vol. 3, p. 524
100 Years Ago… – The Late Hazrat Mir Hamid Shah r.a. (alhakam.org)
“Syed Sahib is a true friend and the son of one of my most sincere friends. The command of poetry and eloquence in writing that God has gifted him with is evident in the magazine Qaul-e-Fasih. The essence of truth, sincerity and love can be seen in Mir Hamid Shah Sahib’s appearance and I have firm faith that he will be of great service to Islam through his prose and poetry. I cannot even begin to comprehend the deep sincerity and pure love I have witnessed in him. I am extremely happy that he is the son of my old friend Mir Hisamuddin Sahib, chief of Sialkot.”
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1892
https://ahmadiyya.org/bookspdf/iqbal.pdf
In 1892 MGA visited Sialkot and stayed at the house of Hakim Hassam-ud-Din. He made a speech in Hakim Hassam-ud-Din’s mosque after the zuhr prayers. The famous poet Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a fellow student of mine in those days, and was sitting on the roof
of the porch of the mosque. Seeing me, he said: Look how the devotees are swarming around the light. He was very much favourably disposed towards Hazrat Mirza in those days. So when a poet of Sialkot, who used to have the pen-name jalwa, composed satire to ridicule Hazrat Mirza, Dr. Iqbal wrote a rejoinder in poetical form too, greatly praising Hazrat Mirza (See Mujadid e Azim).
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1904
LectureSialkot.pdf (alislam.org)
pages 60-61
“””Dear people! though you may not know the number of people who have visited me in Qadian, and how graphic was the fulfilment of this prophecy, you must at least have noticed how thousands gathered at the railway station to welcome me at my arrival in this city and how hundreds of men and women pledged allegiance at my hand. Indeed, I am the same person who lived in this very town for seven years prior to Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, and no one knew me or my circumstances. Just imagine how this prophecy was made in Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya as much
as twenty-four years ago, long before this fame and renown, when I was of little consequence in the eyes of the people. As I have said, even though I lived in this town for about seven years before the writing of Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, only a few among you gentlemen could claim to know me, for I was then an anonymous person, a mere solitary soul among the multitudes, with no significance in the eyes of the people. Nevertheless, those were very sweet times for me because I enjoyed total solitude among the multitude, and I was a unity in diversity. I lived in the city like a dweller in the wilderness. I love Sialkot as I love Qadian because some of my early years were spent here and I walked around a great deal in the streets of this city. Hakim Hassam-ud-Din, a respectable gentleman and sincere friend from those days, who even then had great affection for me, can testify to the times I lived through, and what an obscure person I was.
Now, let me ask you, is it humanly possible for such a solitary person to make such a mighty prophecy and claim that one day he shall rise to such eminence that hundreds of thousands shall become his devoted followers; people shall pledge allegiance at his hand in vast numbers; people’s rush to acknowledge him shall remain unaffected in spite of severe opposition from
the opponents; and so many people would come to see him that he would nearly become weary of them! Does such a thing lie within the power of man?””
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2018
MGA knew Mir Hisamuddin (aka Hakim Hassam-ud-Din) since the 1860’s and MGA’s life in Sialkot. MGA allegedly lived in the house of Mir Hisamuddin (also spelled Hassam ud Din)(MGA called him the Chief of Sialkot). Mirza Ghulam Ahmad said that he was in Sialkot 7-8 years (See ROR of Nov-1904), and some time before the publishing of the Barahin (see Lecture Sialkot, page-60). Thus, MGA was in Sialkot from 1860-1868. After MGA died, this was changed to 1864-1868 (see Seeratul Mahdi, 1923(Vol. 2, p. 178). However, it was changed again soon thereafter. MGA moved from this house eventually and moved to “Kashmiri Mohalla”, this is the same neighborhood wherein Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti was born. In 2018, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Pakistan tried to build a museum in one of these houses and failed.
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Links and Related Essay’s
100 Years Ago… – The Late Hazrat Mir Hamid Shah r.a. (alhakam.org)
Seerat Ashab-e-Ahmad: Hazrat Hakeem Mir Hassam-ud-Din (ra) (alislam.org)
Who is Sheikh Noor Muhammad (1837-1930) – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
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