Amire Kabul

[This article was posted By HH Priya Nathji on facebook, about the meeting which took place between King of Kabul and Shri Babaji Maharaj. It has been presented in its original form. Under this article I have given some information about the life of Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan.]

  (Left) MY GRANDFATHER (As written by Priya Nathji) (1867 - 1940)

(Right) AND THE KING OF KABUL (1857-1914)

My Grandfather, Devi Das Mehta, who was later known by the name of Babaji, was a millionaire in the regions of Batala in Northern India, known as the Punjab.

At a very young age he gave away all his wealth to the poor and took to the spiritual path. Multitudes flocked to him to receive peace and beatitude, and he was known as Babaji, an intensely spiritual personality in whom people saw the Glory of God.

There was a time when he was in the city of Lahore and he asked a devotee of his:

"Tell me is there a lover of God in Lahore?"

His devotee, a certain Pandit Dewan Chand, said to him:

"No Sire! Regretfully Lahore has become a very materialistic place. I can think of no lover of God in this place!"

Babaji said to him: "Then is there anyone who loves his fellowmen?"

Dewan Chand said:" I think there is! But he is under house arrest by the British Government. He is the former King of Afghanistan - Amire Kabul - Sardar Mohammad Ayub Khan!"

Babaji said : 'My heart urges me to go and meet him!"

And Shri Babaji took a horse carriage and went to the palatial bungalow in which Amire Kabul was kept under house arrest.

When Amire Kabul set eyes on Shri Babaji he was so struck by the glory of God that emanated from his face that he said:

"O what a Unique Man of God stands before me today! I am experiencing a bliss I have never experienced before in my entire life!"

And Babaji said: "If you are experiencing this bliss, then let me tell you that I am experiencing the same bliss on meeting you!

After Babaji had spoken to Amire Kabul and the gathering of his family members and courtiers, Babaji said to him:

"Amire Kabul! I am very pleased with you! Ask what you will and it shall be granted to you!"

And this was what the King of Kabul said:

"I would not ask for anything of the world as I do not want to be thrown again into the web of material attachments. I ask of you but one thing:

"When you are sitting in your Divine Meditation in the Divine Court of God, then pray for me that my name be put in the list of those who sweep the floors there!"

Babaji was greatly pleased with the humility of the king and left after bestowing his blessings on the man.

When Babaji came to Lahore again six months later in 1914 he learnt that the King had passed away peacefully in his chambers.

Babaji had been absorbed in his Meditation at the time.

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Short note on Amire Kabul Mohammad Ayub Khan -

Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan was born in Kabul in Kabul 1857. His father was Sher Ali Khan the King of Afghanistan and his mother was the daughter of an influential Mohmand chief of Lalpura, Saadat Khan.

He  was also known as The Victor of Maiwand or The Afghan Prince Charlie and was, for a while, the governor of Herat Province in Afghanistan. He was Emir of Afghanistan from October 12, 1879 to May 31, 1880 and was also the leader of Afghans in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. He is today remembered as National Hero of Afghanistan and is buried in Peshawar

His father was Sher Ali Khan and his mother was the daughter of an influential Mohmand chief of Lalpura, Saadat Khan.

On July 27, 1880, with the help of Malalai of Maiwand he defeated the British Army of George Burrows at the Battle of Maiwand. This was the biggest defeat for the Anglo-Indian army in the second Anglo-Afghan war. He went on to besiege the British forces at Kandahar but did not succeed. On September 1, 1880, he was defeated and routed by General Frederick Roberts at the Battle of Kandahar, which saw the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

A year later Ayub again tried to take Kandahar, this time from Amir Abdur Rahman Khan but again failed. Subsequently he had escaped, and became a pensioner in British India until his death in 1914. Later his brother Mohammad Yaqub Khan was Emir of Afghanistan from February 21 to October 12, 1879 but he too was disposed by the British.
He was buried in Peshawar. The tomb, which s shown in the photo is located just outside the walled city of Peshawar. This small but beautiful tomb was build at him burial in 1929 by the Afghanistan Government. Amire Kabul is considered a hero in Afghanistan because he defeated the British in the battle of Maiwand,