Later in 1920, Merwan Seth told Sayyed Saheb, "I wish to remain in a secluded place without the slightest disturbance. Can you find me such a place?" Sayyed Saheb suggested a few remote locations, but Merwan Seth did not approve any. At last, Merwan Seth told Sayyed, "I have chosen the Bhorgad Cave near Nasik, where Upasni Maharaj had fasted for almost a year. I want you to go with me." Sayyed Saheb agreed.
They took a train to Nasik and walked through the wooded area to the village of Gavalwadi, where they climbed the Bhorgad Hill and found the cave that Upasni Maharaj had shown Merwan Seth. Sayyed Saheb stayed along the rocky hillside while Merwan Seth remained in the cave alone for 40 days and nights, fasting only on milk which Sayyed Saheb would bring from the village each day.
After the 40 days, Merwan Seth left the remote region and stayed at Sayyed Saheb's family's house in Nasik. While there, he instructed Sayyed Saheb to telegraph all in Poona — Sadashiv, Behramji, Gustadji and others — to come to Nasik to be with him. Sayyed Saheb was profoundly impressed with Merwan Seth's great spiritual strength and attributes, but no longer liked the name Merwan Seth — believing it sounded too ordinary. When those from Poona were gathered in Nasik, Sayyed Saheb brought up the topic of changing Merwan Seth's title. Each man agreed, but what new name should they give? One of the men suggested Mehru Baba — meaning Great Father, but that was not approved.
After several other choices were suggested and rejected, Sayyed Saheb himself, in the end, proposed the name Meher Baba — meaning Compassionate Father. It was immediately endorsed by all. Soon after, they returned to Poona — including Merwan Seth now rechristened Meher Baba. It seemed to Age that the whole purpose of the men coming to Nasik was to choose this new name — which was to remain for all time.
Another Muslim who became intimately associated with Meher Baba was Abdul Ghani, whose family members were neighbors of Merwan's family in Butler Mohalla for almost fifteen years. As mentioned, Ghani, as he was called, was a close friend of Merwan while growing up. Ghani's father was employed in the Military Accounts Department in Poona and was transferred to Calcutta. Later during World War I, he worked in France. The family, however, stayed in Poona during the course of the father's travels.