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. i - ~ aie ree a ; she = " bis wares. As he contacted his fellow Negroes state Masood Gtr “Detroit, he convinced them of his ministerial abilities. Soon informal house meetings were being held under the guidance of the peddler, known variously -as W. D. Fard, Prophet W. D. Fard, W. D. Foard, Mr. Wali Farrad, Professor Ford, Mr. Farrad Mohammed, and Mr. F. Mohammed Ali. To. . law enforcement authorities, ‘he was known as Wallace Doa Fard, FBI #56062, who had served a three-year sentence in San Quentin Penitentiary for violation of a narcotics law. Very little of Fard's background was ever authentically exposed, but his impressionistic adherents, overawed by the mysterious aura surrounding him, began to come forward with controversial information regarding his back- ground. Some asserted that he was born in Mecca, the son of wealthy parents of the tribe from which Mohammed had come; that he was closely related by blood to the dynasty of the Hashimite sherifs of Mecca who became kings of the Hejaz; thet he was educated at a college in England in preparation for & diplomatic . BO Bey, gS TF ye ett fay My EE 2 a . a : cet > CALPUGL y WALL LE Be 8 Gat ayers gy whndeae, BAY Ste tes ” slavery in “the wilderness of North America." Go Gradually there began to seep into the minds of hic followers the ides, Sear Virweny yt = veneration. I appears that the surrounding ait of mystery aiiected Fard es mu!