Documents of the Right Word

Hamd [1] and Salawât, [2] he cited the names of the four Khalîfas,
saying, ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’, after each name. Yet when the turn
came to hadrat ’Umar, he uttered the name ’Umar in munsarif
(declined) case, though he knew Arabic well (enough not to do it
by mistake). (That is, he said ’Umari’ instead of ’Umara’). Thus
he severed (the qualities of) adl (justice) and ma’rifat (occult
spiritual knowledge), which makes the name ghayr-i-munsarif
(not declined), from hadrat ’Umar. It was obvious that there was
some trick in this. With the Shâh’s order, benedictions were
pronounced, first over the welfare and majesty of hadrat
Mahmûd Khân bin Mustafa Khân, who was the Khalîfa-i-
Muslimîn, and then over the welfare and majesty of Nâdir Shâh.
The Jum’a (Friday) sûra was recited in the first rak’at (of the
Friday namâz). After the namâz, I asked for Nâdir Shâh’s
permission and returned to Baghdâd. I related all the events to
Ahmad Pashâ. I submitted a copy of the covenant made between
the two parties and a copy of the Fermân-i-Shâhî, which Nâdir
Shâh proclaimed to the Persian people. These, and an account of
the event was sent to Istanbul and presented to the Khalîfa. This
incapable person (hadrat Abdullah Suwaydî means himself) was
honoured with so many favours and gifts by His Highness the
Khalîfa, that I should confess I would fall short of paying the debt
of gratitude were I to pronounce benedictions over His Highness
till my death.
[Sultan Mahmûd I ‘rahimahullâhu ta’âlâ’ was born in 1108, and
passed away in 1168 [A.D. 1754]. He became Khalîfa in 1143 [A.D.
1730]. He is in the graveyard called Vâlide (Mother) Turhan
Sultan, beside the Yeni Câmi’ (New Mosque), at Eminönü,
Istanbul. This graveyard contains (the graves of) Turhan Sultan
and her son, Mehmed IV, Mustafa II, Ahmad III, Osmân
(’Uthmân) III, and Murad V ‘rahimahumullâhu ta’âlâ’].
The Arabic original of the book Hujaj-i-Qat’iyya was
reproduced by offset process in Istanbul in 1400 [A.D. 1980].
[1] Praising, lauding, and thanking Allâhu ta’âlâ.
[2] Special prayer for asking a blessing on our Prophet’s soul, e.g. ‘sall-
Allâhu ta’âlâ alaihi wa sallam.’
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