Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 92
92 AHMADIYY AT Afghanistan for nearly a quarter of a century, yet they all remained steadfast in their faith. Two of his sons died of fever in jail in Afghanistan. Eventually his widow; three sons, a sister and some of his grandchildren moved out of Afghanis- tan on 2 February 1926, and came to Bannu, in British Indian territory, where there was some property belonging to the family. The assassination of Sahibzada Abdul Latif was followed by a number of significant events. On the day of his execu- tion a fierce storm of extraordinary violence passed over certain parts of the country, a little after sunset. On the following day a severe epidemic of cholera broke out in the city of Kabul and its environs which carried away large numbers of people everyday over a period of weeks. The wife ofSardar Nasrullah Khan and one of his sons and several members of the royal family died of cholera, and also some of the Muftis who had condemned the Sahibzada Sahib. The Punjabis who had been instrumental in inciting the Afghan Mullas against the Sahibzada Sahib were three brothers, Dr Abdul Ghani, Maulvi Najaf Ali and Muham- mad Charagh. Amir Habibullah Khan condemned them to I I years' imprisonment for treaso~. Dr Abdul Ghani had been the umpire in the discussion between Sahibzada Abdul Latif and the Muftis. He was still in prison when his wife died in Landi Kotal and his grown up son was murdered in broad daylight in Kabul. After he had served out his sentence he was expelled from the country. His brother Maulvi Nataf Ali was declared an infidel and an apostate in the time of Nadir Shah and was sentenced to be stoned to death, but was permitted to return to India through the intervention of the British Ambassador in Kabul. His brother Muhammad Charagh was also expelled along with him. The condemnation of Sahibzada Sahib had been certified by Qazi Abdur Razzaq and Qazi Abdur Rauf, of whom the former was the superintendent of schools arid was the Mullah in attendance upon the Amir. He was subsequently charged with some offence and having been found guilty forfeited all