Sahibzada Abdul Latif (1853 – July 14, 1903), an Afghan of Khost He was born in Sayed Ga of Tani District in Khost Province, Afghanistan in 1853, to 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 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 .[1]
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 Qadian, which is near Gurdaspur Punjab.
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 .[1]
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 Qadian, which is near Gurdaspur Punjab.


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