Originally a follower of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, he joined forces with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in the 1890s.
He used to translate Mirza's writings into Farsi and Arabic, and also read out his speeches and sermons. He has been variously described as one of the two 'angels' on whose shoulders the Messiah landed.
He fell ill on 10 October, 1905, and died on 11 October, probably of the plague, as Mirza did not visit him on his deathbed despite his request. On December 27, 1905, his body was exhumed and re-buried in the Bahishti Maqbara with new funeral prayers.
Notice of his death appeared in the Review of Religions. Abdul kareem's death was apparently caused by a huge carbunkle that was on his back..which later turned into a disease of pleurodynia. I wonder if pleurodynia has anything connection with plague?
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http://www.aaiil.org/text/articles/revi ... sh1905.pdf
"Suddenly on the 10 October 1905 Maulvi Abdul Karim suffered an attack of pleurisy and high fever. His body temperature rose to 106 degree. This condition continued for one and half days and finally he passed away on 11 October 1905. The Promised Messiah, who had spent those sleepless nights in prayers for his recovery for over two months and had procured every kind of medicine and food required by the doctors for his treatment and recovery, submitted to the will of God and became composed and asked Maulvi Muhammad Ali and Dr. Yaqub Beg, who were weeping, to stop crying.
Inna illahi wa inna ilaih rajeoon. The next morning the Promised Messiah led Maulvi Abdul Karim’s funeral prayer and he was temporarily buried in general a graveyard of Qadian. During the Salana Jalsa of 1905 his coffin was dug out and on the morning of 27 December 1905 once again his janaza prayer was led by the Promised Messiah and he was given the honour of being the first person to be buried in Bahisti Maqbrah (the Ahmadiyyah graveyard in Qadian). May Allah rest his soul in eternal peace and shower His choicest blessings on him. Ameen.
The Promised Messiah wrote a poem in Persian for Maulvi Abdul Karim’s tombstone. The first verse of that poem reads:
Transliteration:Kay Twan Kardan Shumaar-e-Khubi-e-Abdul Karim;
_Ankeh Jan Daad Shujaat Bar Srat-e-Mustqeem._Translation: How can the excellence of Abdul Karim be counted;
The one who courageously gave his life on the straight path.
see http://www.aaiil.org/text/articles/hope/2008/hope200802_abdulkarimsialkotipromisedmessiah.pdf
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