The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 33
Part II—Introduction 33 villages in the province of Khost and also owned land in Bannu, which was under the governance of the British. He received his education in India and was a highly qualified scholar in numerous prominent fields of study. He would fre- quently deliver lectures on the Quran and Hadith. He had memo- rized thousands of Ahadith. Consequently, King Abdur Rahman at the time would praise him, saying: In our region there is an individual who not only is very knowledgeable, but also acts according to the knowledge and knows countless Ahadith. Any new governor that would be appointed from Kabul [the cap- ital] to Khost would live under his guidance, and would live with him as if he were Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra child. Hazrat Sahibzada ra also enjoyed archery and target practice and was a very skillful marksman. His yearly income from the gov- ernment was 1,100 rupees. The Ameer [king] had also appointed him to oversee the division of the borders between Parachinaar and Khost with the British. Many times he would go to these land division meetings alone. In the last few years of Ameer Abdur Rahman’s life, he invited Hazrat Sahibzada ra and his family to Kabul. As a result, Hazrat Sahibzada ra resided there for a few years. As a part of his routine, he continued to give lessons on the Quran and the Hadith. I per- sonally was with him in Kabul. Once, some students complained to him, saying, “Whenever you are giving a lesson, you always divert your attention towards Ahmad Noor ra and you never directly address us. ”