“NEW MESSIAH.”
ANOTHER DISTURBER IN THE EAST. By Cable—-Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Araaclation. LONDON, March 28. According to a Delhi report, certain followers of tho Aga. Khan, one of the most romantic figures on the English turf, as-wcll as the greatest religious and political force East of Suez, have proclaimed him as the new Messiah. Newspapers point out that the enormous spiritual power of this great Moslem, who is a. direct descendant from Mohammed, and the acknowledged leader of 70,000,000 Mohammedans, would have an incalculable effect in India if tile y v ast millions of Jew caste Hindus could be induced to rccept him as tho reincarnation of Visfnin, one of the supreme Oriental dieties.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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