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10 Had Nadir Khan happened to be the Ruler of Afghanistan without this country first having achieved ·its independence, he would have, ~t best, been known and called an Amir and not a sbah (King). This revelation, therefore, predicted a great change in the government of Afghanistan ·in. consequence of which it ~as _to. ha,ve. become a wholly independent country. ~n i. 905 wh~n this revelation was published nobody could po_ssibly. <:onceive of an independent Afghanistan. The Russian bqgey. ila4 so' much frigli1ened British statesmen that they C!?uld Il~. t for a singie mom·en t think of recognizing the indepen- dence ·of Afghanistan. When a strong ruler like Amir Abdur R. ~hm'a:·~ could not aare , demand the independence of Afgbariist~n from the British, then how cou. Id a much weaker man, as Amir Habib UH. th Khan evidently was, make in the 'th~rI existin·g circums ances this preposterous demand. . His relations with the British Government had, on the contrary, become warmer and mor~ friendly and for this he was rewarded v. ith the enhancement of his stipend. So iq. ~hose days the wildest stretch of b,uman imagini,i. tion could p. _ot_ think of. a free and independent Afghanistan and its Amir a~. a ~ull-fledged Shah (Kinq-). But when the hμman mind could riot possibly conceive of an independent Afghanistan, the Promised Messiah was told in his revelation that it would some day·be successful in acquiring the. status of a fully independent an. d ·sovereign, country and its Amir would be regarded and ~nawn. as a Shah (King) and Nad'ir'Khan who was then an ·ordinar¥ military officer would, helped by God's special grace, :-seeure its throne and crown. . Leave alone. the other parts. of the prophecy. O. nly consider and reflect over its latest portion and- you will be amazed to see how the independence of a subsidiary State has been predicted and how again the destruction. and downfall of its ruler who had raised it from the condition of a dependent p~{hcipality to the status of a full- :'fl. edged kingdo!U enjoying all the rights and privileges of a '·Gl:lfril'petely·free and sovereign country has been foretold and then again the accession to the throne of Afghanistan of Nadir Khan-betwee~ whom and that throne there were many r. ightful claimants and heirs-has been told beforehand and ~-0\d'. 25 years before these moinentous and far-reaching changes q. ~t. nally - ··~ake place. Are these not living signs ? • And are they not simply m:uvellous and wonderful·?--.