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and Nazims. Prior to 1969. however, the only national office in place was that of Mutam1d (Secretary) who worked with the m1Ss1onary in charge who himself was Naib Sadr (Vice President) ofKhuddam under the International Sadr at the headquarters in Rabwah. One such Mutamid was Basha rat Sa bur of Chicago who informed brothers of his election in a letter dated July 1967 US Khuddam Get Organized at National Level In 1969, the missionary in charge, Imam A R Khan Bengali appointed Munir Hamid of Philadelphia as the first National Qaid. This appointment may seem insig- nificant in the scope of history, but it was actually ex- tremely significant Early Khuddam were both zealous and active. One Khuddam act1v1ty which embodied this zeal was the reprinting of the pamphlet Real Revolution as a senal. In 1969 Qaid Munir Hamid had the responsibility of setting up a National Cabinet It should be noted here before giving the names and offices of the first Cabinet, that Khalifatul Masih 11 had divided Khuddam act1v1t 1 es into ten general areas of concentration. But throughout the history of Khuddam- ul- Ahmadiyya m the u SA these ten areas had mostly been regrouped and reorga nized to best suit the needs and personnel available. All the ten departments as originally set up were always included however Thus in 1969 there were ten departments but one original department called lsar- o-lstiqlal (Sacrifice and Steadfastness) which had been incorporated into other departments was deleted and a department called lsha'at was added to run the publications. Below is the 1969 National Cabinet. It should be noted that Maqbool Ahmad Qureshi was the Naib Sadr Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . sarwer M Bashir Religious Instruction. . . . . . Balal Abdus Salaam Propagation. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hussain G Abdul-Aziz Moral Vigilan ce. . . . . . . . . . Munawer A. Saeed Boys naimng. . . . . . . . . . . . Yahya S Abdullah Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zacharia Hussa in Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hussain G Abdul- Aziz Personal Fitness. . . . . . . . . . Lateef Ahmad Social ServtCe. . . . . . . . . . . . Bashara! Sabur Labor service. . . . . . . . . . . . Muhammad Ameen Later, WaJid lsratil became Nazim- i-Tabligh (Propaga- tion). Bashiruddin usama. Khidmat (Service); Jamil-ud- Din Ahmad, Mal (Finance) ; and Nasir Ahmad, Atfal Also, Nur Ghazali (now Nurrudm Abdul LatiO was appointed Motamid or Nazim i Ala by Maqbool Quereshi Many of the young men elected had been ac llvated for the first lime at national conventions in the late 60's So me khuddam and ansa1 together in 19 72. (Photo by Al>dus Sam1 Khal1q1 28 - Centenary Souvenir