At Manzil-e-Meem he continued to chew it throughout the day. Although at times he looked weak and emaciated, his walk had a deer-like spring to it; his stride was light and quick.
His face glowed with an otherworldly expression and his almond-brown eyes had magnetic power. His eyes were filled with a light that burned with compassion and radiated mercy and pity that touched the broken-spirited or brokenhearted. In a second, his eyes would reveal the story of every person who met him, and when his sight fell upon anyone, it would change the course of each toward God. In a moment his sweet smile wiped away the pain of each person's lifetime, and conveyed the inspiring message that one should live every moment with a joy-filled heart.
On Sunday, 10 September 1922, a snow white pigeon flew into the Manzil. The bird looked ill and exhausted and, when an attempt was made to catch it, it was easily trapped. The bird was taken to Baba, who lovingly held and caressed it. But it was so sick it was unable to walk. It was an exceptionally beautiful bird, and Baba looked after it the whole night. The next day, he told the men that despite his care the pigeon had died. He had been up three times during the night to nurse it. He told all the men to come and see the bird, for it had died in a peculiar position — on its legs with its head bent — as if offering namaskar (salutations) to Baba.
Baba then posed this question to the mandali, "Tell me how this pigeon suddenly happened to be here and then, just as suddenly, died?" As no one could reply, he explained, "Do you remember some time ago when I told you that I would be receiving an important message from Babajan?
This pigeon has come from her with that message. The importance of the message can well be imagined and gauged in that, soon after delivering the heavy burden, the pigeon died."
Thereafter, Baba himself dug a hole in the backyard of the Manzil and buried the bird. The grave was made in the form of a small tomb which was covered with a green sheet (according to Muslim burial rites) as flowers were strewn over it. He then wrote the following ghazal in Persian dedicated to this bird: