The Afghan Martyrs

by B. A. Rafiq

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The Afghan Martyrs — Page 103

from his borders and later, unknown and disgraced he died and even his name seems to have been erased from memory. The End of Mulla Abdur Razzaque Qazi Mulla Abdur Razzaque had issued the edict of apostasy and death by stoning against the Sahibzada and in the presence of the King he had cast the first stone, thus his own honour and prestige were reduced to rubble. When in contravention of the Royal command he was walking on the right side of the road he was apprehended by a soldier. Ameer Habeebulla ha,ppened to see what was going on when the mullah quarrelled with the soldier and he levied on him a fine of Rs 1,000. Later, during the reign of Ameer Amaanulla Khan Haji Abdur Razzaque was whipped like a common criminal and was ordered to report to the authorities every day. Soon after that he disappeared and died ignominiously. (Shohada-ul-Haq by Hadhrat Qazi Mohammad Yusuf of Peshawar) How Did the Children Fare After the Event of Martyrdom? Even after the martyrdom of the Sahibzada the blaze raging in the bosom of Sardar Nasrulla Khan, the brother of the Afghan King, did not subside. In fact he raade further headway in his persecution. He ordered the martyr's children to be brought to Kabul and ordered that all the property and assets belonging to the Sahibzada be confiscated. After a while he exiled the devout family to Turkistan where from July 1903 until 1911 they lived in Mazar Shareef in absolute poverty. They were ~llotted a small 103