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It was in Mussoorie in 1929 that Shri Nathji met Istafa Khan who was a bigoted, orthodox Muslim but whose orthodoxy disappeared the moment he cast eyes upon Shri Nathji.“Kyaa khoob shakl iss bute kaafir adaa ki hai“What beauty surrounds this non-believer’s image before meIstafa Khan was a very ordinary person when he first met Shri Nathji, but unprecedented prosperity followed him in the years that followed. Shri Nathji gave him the title of Nawab and thereafter he was known as Nawab Istafa Khan. When people would ask him whether the British Government had given him the title of Nawab, he said: “No, it was the Divine Government!” “Partition “I suffered the greatest loss of the partition–I am left bereft of getting a glimpse of thee!”