The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 37
Part II—Introduction 37 the Promised Messiah as for Hazrat Sahibzada ra and gave them to him and then returned to his hometown in Mangal. During this time, someone reported to Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan that Maulvi Abdur Rahman ra, who receives 240 rupees from the Ameer, went to a foreign country. The Governor of Khost received an order of arrest from Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan for Maulvi Abdur Rahman ra. The Governor informed Hazrat Sahibzada ra of the order of arrest he had received from the Ameer. When Maulvi Abdur Rahman Sahib ra learned of the situation, he went into hiding. Subsequently, another order came to seize all his wealth and assets and that his family should be brought to Kabul. As a result, Maulvi Abdur Rahman Sahib ra was forced to go to the Ameer. The Ameer asked why he had gone to another country, to which he responded that he went in the service of his master and that he has brought back books for the Ameer from an individ- ual who has claimed to be the Messiah as. The Ameer confiscated his books from him and threw him in jail. Since then, it is not known what came of him, or where he went, or if he disappeared. Allah knows best. It is rumored that Maulvi Abdur Rahman Sahib Shaheed ra was suffocated to death by pillows and, therefore, achieved the lofty status of a martyr. To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return. . . The Ameer found out about Maulvi Sahib’s trip when Hazrat Sahibzada ra informed all officers, rulers, young and old that the Reformer has come in Qadian, after receiving the books of the Promised Messiah as. Consequently, many declarations of excom- munication were issued against Sahibzada Sahib ra.