“Amiruddin is first one among Mawlana’s directly appointed Khalifas to come to India. He has a special connection directly from Shah-e Mardan. He hears from Shah-e Mardan and is guided by him in his heart…I heard Mawlana appointing him a Khalifa, that’s not an easy thing to be appointed a Khalifa by Sultan ul-Awliya. I heard Mawlana say it about him…his name among the Forty Deputies of Mahdi ‘alayhi salam is secret, there is no permission for me to disclose it…” – Madad ul-Haqq as-Sayyid al-Sharif Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani