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Sahibzada Abdul Latif (* 1853, - July 14, 1903), an Afghan of Khost He was born in a small village of Sayed Ga of Tani District in Khost Province, in 1853, in Afghanistan to his father Sahibzada Mohmmad Shareef . He had two brothers, Sahibzada Abdul Aziz and Sahibzada Abdul Haleef . He is often called the Sayyed-ul-Shuhada (leader of the Martyrs) within the Ahmadiyya Community. Sahibzada Zahoor Ahmad , the grandson of Sahibzada Abdul Latif, is now an active member of Ahmadi community in Pakistan and attended the 100th anniversary commemoration of death 14 July 2003, narrating his life history. Sahibzada Abdul Latif was called Raees-e-Kabul (wealthiest of Kabul ). He used to own 400 000 kanals of land in Tani in Khost and belonged to village Sayed Ga in Khost. He knew the languages of Arabic , Persian , Pushto and was a learned man. He had visited Hoshiarpur and frequented Deoband Markaz in Hyderabad India. He was the Royal Advisor on the European influence in Afghanistan to both Amir Abdur Rahman Khan , 1880 to 1901 and to his son Amir Habibullah Khan , 1901–1919, The Kings of Afghanistan. Sahibzada Abdul Latif was an eminent member of the Ulama of Afghanistan. He had great influence on the kings of Afghanistan and its darbar ; as claimed by Sahibzada Zahoor Ahmad , he had the honour to place the Afghan amir's crown on the head of Amir Habibullah Khan himself on the eve of his coronation in 1901 . He claimed to be the direct descendant of the renowned Islamic saint Data Ganj Baksh , who is buried in Lahore . He heard about Mirza Ghulam Ahmadof Qadian when Mirza claimed to be the 'Promised Messiah' and Mahdi and established Ahmadiyya Movement on 23 March 1889. As he was in the king's court, he could not go himself so he sent his colleague and friend Maulvi Abd ur-Rahman to Punjab District Qadian, which is near Gurdaspur Punjab . His friend Maulvi Abd ur-Rahman returned After having pledged his allegiance to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian and joining Ahmadi Movemnet, bringing with him some books written by Mirza and his Ahmadi Movement's publicatons from Qadian for him to read. In 1902, Sahibzada Abdul Latif himself visited Qadian near Gurdaspur after he took permission from Amir Habibullah Khan, for Haj to Mecca but Instead, he went to Qadian on his way and he publicly announced his allegiance, to the Ahmadiyya movement publicly offering Bay'ah to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, which he did not before . He was able to convert before 1902: many Tribes men of Tani in the province of Khost of Afghanistan started to become Ahmadi, which enabled him to earn the ire and punishment of death by stoning from Amir Habibullah Khan. The final nail in the coffin was placed after he published an article about the peculiar and signature, Ahmadiyya's views on jihad in Kabul. He banned jihad against the British occupiers, who were supposedly enemies of Afghans. He was sentenced to death by Amir Habibullah Khan on 14 July 1903. On 14 July 1903, he was stoned to death and killed after he was buried half underground by the order of Amir Habibullah Khan of Afghanistan for belonging to the Ahmadiyya movement and opposing jihad against British. He is the second recognized martyr of the Ahmadi community.¹

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An old photograph believed to be of Syed Abdul Latif. Syed Abdul Latif (1853 – July 14, 1903) or Sahibzada Abdul Latif Shaheed among the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was the Royal Advisor to Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah Khan , the father and son kings of Afghanistan between the late 19th century and early 20th century. It is believed that Abdul Latif helped King Abdur Rahman Khan during the negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with the British India in 1893. It is also believed that in 1902 he became a follower of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and is remembered as the first martyr of the Ahmadiyya movement.

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Sayyid Abdul Latif (1853 – July 14, 1903) or Sahibzada Abdul Latif Shaheed among the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was the Royal Advisor to Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah Khan , the father and son kings of Afghanistan between the late 19th century and early 20th century. It is believed that Abdul Latif helped King Abdur Rahman Khan during the negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with the British India in 1893. In 1902 he became a follower of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and is remembered as one of the first martyrs of the Ahmadiyya movement.

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Afghan royal adviser and Ahmadi martyr (1853–1903) "Syed Abdul Latif" redirects here. Sayyad Abdul Latif (1853 – July 14, 1903) more commonly known as Sahibzada Abdul Latif among the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam , was the Royal Advisor to Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah Khan , the father and son kings of Afghanistan between the late 19th century and early 20th century. It is believed that Abdul Latif helped King Abdur Rahman Khan during the negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with the British India in 1893. In 1902 he became a follower of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and is remembered as one of the first martyrs of the Ahmadiyya movement.

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Afghan royal adviser and Ahmadi martyr (1853–1903) "Syed Abdul Latif" redirects here. Sayyad Abdul Latif (1853 – July 14, 1903) more commonly known as Sahibzada Abdul Latif among the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam , was the Royal Advisor to Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah Khan , the father and son kings of Afghanistan in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It is believed that Abdul Latif helped King Abdur Rahman Khan during the negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with the British India in 1893. In 1902 he became a follower of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and is remembered as one of the first martyrs of the Ahmadiyya movement.

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