Kabul Witnesses a Sign — Page 15
1& word 'Khan' is not incompatible with and derogatory to the dignity of a King, yet Nadir Khan should be known and called Nadir Shah so that in accordance with the divine prophecy not only should Nadir Khan become a king but should take for himsel~ the name of Nadir Shah. Some ignorant people are disposed to ask why Nadir Khan has been called Na:dir Shah in the revelation. But they conveniently forget the well-known fact that Nadir Khan ha:s come to be known as Nadir Shah throughout the world so much sci that even those "ho out of spite and malice now take objection to calling Nadir Khan Nadir Shah have themselves on several occasions before written in their journals and papers Nadir Khan as Nadir Shah A conspicuous example of such objectors is Maulvi Sanaullah of Amritsar. Almost all tl. e British papers have invariably used the words Nadir Shah in preference to Nadir Khan In Afghanistan itself people called their late monarch by the name of Nadir Shah and the Afghan Government have always insisted that he should be called Nadir Shah. In an interview which Sardar Shah Wali Khan gave to the proprietor of the Siasat of Lahore, and which was published in its issue of 11th December, 1929, the Sardar is reported to have said: " In India p<::ople write His Majesty's name wrongly. From the moment he was announced to have ascended the throne of Afghanistan His Majesty became Shah instead of Khan and his correct designation is Nadir Shah, Shall of Afghanistan. " This testimony ·Of no less a person than that of the con- quernr of Kabul and a younger brother of Nadir Shah conclu- sively establishes the fact that the late-lamented King of Afghanistan had changed his name from Nadir Khan to Nadir Shah and the word 'Shah' had become an integral part of his name, because Sardar Shah \Vali Khan in his interview (referr- ed to above) emphatically stated that the correct name of the King was Nadir Shah, Shah of ·Afghanistan. The repetiton of the word Shah in the full title signified that the first Shah was an integial part of the King's na. me and the second signified his official designation. So in order to fulfil His word revealed to His Messenger 25 years ago God had completely changed the riame of Nadir Khan and he came to be known officially and privately as Nadir Shah.