The Afghan Martyrs — Page 96
F. Martin who was an eye witness of the event of death by stoning says the following concerning Sardar Nasrulla Khan: "Then cholera came, and, according to former outbreaks, another visitation was not due for four years to come, and this was also regarded as part of the fulfillment of the moullah's prophecy and hence the great fear of the Arnir and the prince, who thought they saw in all this their own death, and it accounts also for the prince losing control of himself when his favourite wife died. The murdered mouUah was a man with a large and powerful fo Howing, and the two moullahs who gave the verdict for his death lived in constant fear of the retaliation of his followers, who had sworn to avenge him. One of them got cholera, and almost died of it. " In short, within a few days Sardar Nasrulla Khan seemed condemned to the (Dungeon) lowest region of Hell and his remaining days became Hell. A Divine sign was unveiled on 2nd February 1919 when the bullet of an unknown assailant put an end to the life of the Ameer. A detailed account will follow. Then the Almighty arranged for Ameer Amaanulla Khan to ascend the Afghan throne and Sardar Nasrulla Khan was charged with assassinating Ameer Habeebulla Khan. After arrest, on 4th March 1919 he was heavily chained and shackled and moved from Jalalabad to Kabul. It surely was a strange spectacle. Possibly on an imaginary screen he could see a film being projected which reminded him that only a few years earlier he had played the central role in driving an innocent sage who was also heavily chained and shackled, to the place of execution. This day he was chained and shackled and had become the quarry of King Amaanulla. He endured the long journey from Jalalabad to Kabul 96