letter congratulating those he was writing to on the occasion of the Prophet (PBUH)'s birthday, which that year fell on 28 November.
In Salih Özcan's description of the visit, Bediuzzaman requested him to act as interpreter, since their common language was Arabic.
Bediuzzaman explained the Risale-i Nur and its method of service to his visitor, but when the discussion became more complex, Salih Özcan had difficulty in interpreting. "Whereupon", he writes, "Bediuzzaman straightened himself up onto his knees [on the bed on which he sat] and began to speak in the most eloquent Arabic. I had never before heard spoken such fluent and eloquent Arabic."
The Deputy Minister was exceedingly pleased at the visit and spoke his appreciation in the most fulsome terms on returning to the hotel they had put up at in Emirdag, wanting to visit Bediuzzaman again in the morning before leaving. Bediuzzaman did not consent to the second visit. However, as the bus they were to take to Ankara was about to leave, Bediuzzaman appeared to see the Minister off, and travelled in the bus some seven or eight kilometers sitting next to the minister before alighting. Ali Ekber Sah was most happy at this. In Ankara, he addressed a gathering of university students on the subject of Bediuzzaman and the Risale-i Nur, and on returning to Pakistan did much to make them known. He had in fact invited Bediuzzaman to Pakistan offering him access to all the media, but Bediuzzaman replied that "the front" was in Turkey, since the fundamental sickness had started there Seyyid Ali Ekber Sah was subsequently appointed Rector of Sind University and together with corresponding with the Risale-i Nur Students in Turkey, continued to serve the cause of the Risale-i Nur.
During the 1950's the Risale-i Nur found numerous new Students and readers in many different parts of the world, including Pakistan. The last section of Bediuzzaman's `official' biography, first published during his lifetime in 1958, is devoted to these developments and includes letters from Risale-i Nur students from as far afield as Finland and Washington, as well as various Islamic countries. Articles began to appear in such countries as Iraq and