The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 85
Part III—Introduction 85 hillock when he fell on a rock and broke his leg. The Governor announced, “Whoever returns this maulvi will receive a reward of 100 rupees. ” A few peasants happened to also be travelling on the same path where the Maulvi was sprawled out with his broken leg. They put him on their camel and took him to the Governor’s court and the Governor imprisoned him in the military encamp- ment. The Maulvi’s relatives and students would come to see him. During this time, the Maulvi also wrote to his teacher in Mantarki and other fellow maulvis of his religious order, explaining his imprisonment to them. Since this maulvi himself had many stu- dents, they formed an army and waged an attack on the military encampment. The Governor quickly fled and joined the rebel Mangal people, and the mob was able to enter the encampment and free the Maulvi. When Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan got word of the events, he sent Sharandal Khan—a relative of the Ameer—with a large force to Khost to subjugate the rebels. Sharandal Khan subju- gated them with awe-inspiring leadership and a state of peace prevailed. At the same time, Sharandal Khan started to sit in on Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra lessons and began listening to the truths he taught. As a result, he developed a love for Hazrat Sahibzada ra. Sometimes, he would visit Hazrat Sahibzada ra and sometimes Hazrat Sahibzada ra would visit him. There developed a mutual feeling of love and affection between them. Sharandal Khan was nurtured in Hazrat Sahibzada’s ra care similar to a child in a father’s company. In those days, a student of Hazrat Sahibzada ra went to per- form Hajj. When he arrived at Delhi, someone informed him of the coming of the Promised Messiah as and also spoke well of