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cost of maintaining a sizeable army, therefore to counter these dangers the Ameer was relying on the narrow minded and greedy mullahs who were propagating the fallacious concept of 'Jehad'. The Ameer would have people believe that whoever kills a non- Muslim becomes a Ghazi (victor). Although as a matter of routine the Ameer secretly received financial assistance from the British, on the surface he posed as their opponent. In public he held that it was permissible to enslave the wife and children of the despatched non-Muslim and that it was a laudable act to confiscate and plunder the assets of non-Muslims. Obviously he felt that it was in the best interest of his Kingdom to propagate 'Jehad' referred to above. In accordance with the wishes of Sahibzada Abdul Lateef Shaheed his faithful pupil Abdur Rahman visited Qadian two or three times. On each occasion he stayed there for several months. It so happened that when he returned to Kabul after his last visit the Promised Messiah (PBUH) had just published certain books opposing the concept of 'Jehad' as presented by the paid mullahs. Ameer Abdur Rahman became convinced that the Ahmadiyya community was opposed to 'Jehad' which the mullahs had him believe was essential for the achievement of his political objectives. Khwaja Kamal-ud-Deen, a lawyer, met Moulvi Abdur Rahman in Peshawar. The Khwaja had also published a booklet opposing the misinterpreted version of 'Jehad'. On his return to Kabul. Moulvi Abdur Rahman expressed the opinion in various places that as millions of Muslims live peacefully and enjoy complete religious freedom under the British rule it would be wrong to engage in 'Jehad' against them. Gradually the news reached Ameer Abdur Rahman. He was awfully disturbed and ordered that rvfoulvi Abdur Rahman be 25