The book gives details of a meeting that was called by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr (February 2, 1900). More than a thousand Ahmadis had gathered in Qadian from Afghanistan, Iraq and different parts of India. After the Eid prayers led by Hazrat Maulvi Hakim Nuruddin (ra) in the old Eid to the west of Qadian, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) delivered an impressive address. Drawing a picture of the tyrannical Sikh rule in the Punjab from which the British rescued the Muslims, he urged the audience, in accordance with the Islamic teachings, to pray for the success and victory of the British in the war with South Africa. In his sermon, the Promised Messiah (as) gave an illuminating commentary on surah aN-Nas and enumerated the favours done by the British Government. The meeting ended with a long prayer for British victory in Transvaal, South Africa, which certainly did not go in vain; the tide of war turned in favour of the British. On account of the prayer rendered by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) in favour of the British Government, it has since been called Jalsa-e-Du‘a’ (Meeting for Prayer). On February 10, 1900, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) issued an appeal for funds to help the orphans, widows and wounded of the war, and Rs. 500 were immediately collected and sent to the Chief Secretary to the Punjab Government and, later, the Lt. Governor thanked Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) for this donation on behalf of the Government. (Life of Ahmad by A.R. Dard (ra), edition of 2008, pp. 720-721).

(Taken from An Introduction to the hidden Treasures of Islam)