[This is the English translation of the original facsimile given on the subsequent page, which appears in Ruhani Khaza’in, Volume 19, Kashti-e-Nuh, p. 78, Islam International Publications, 2009 Ed.]

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(The testimony of an Israelite scholar of the Torah regarding the tomb of the Messiah)

‘I testify that I have seen the illustration, which is in the possession of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, and indeed, the illustration is an accurate depiction of the tombs of the children of Israel, and of their eminent personalities. I saw this illustration on the same day that I write this testimony on 12 June 1899.’

[Signed]: Salman Yusuf Ishaq, the trader

‘Salman the Jew wrote this testimony in my presence.’

[Witness]: Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Bherwi,
Clerk—Office of the Accountant General, Lahore.

‘I bear witness in the name of Allah that this document was written by Salman ibn Yusuf, an eminent personality from among the Israelites.’

Signed: Sayyid Abdullah of Baghdad