The dramatic story of Badshah Khan, the Muslim freedom fighter who raised the world's first nonviolent army. 242 pages
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Badshah Khan, inspired by the example of Mahatma Gandhi, raised the world's first nonviolent army from the Pathans, the fiercest clan in India. This book tells his history the story of a nonviolent Muslim fighting for the freedom of his country and people. His life shows that nonviolence can be followed by those who have a tradition of violence, that it can work effectively against ruthless repression, and that it does have a natural place in Islam.
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About the Author
Eknath Easwaran was a graduate student in India when Badshah Khan's influence was at its zenith. Years later he came to the U.S. on the Fulbright exchange program, and in 1961 he founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in California. He has written 26 books which include biographies, commentaries on the important books of Eastern and Western religious traditions, and translations of the Indian classics. More than 700,000 copies of his books are in print, and they are translated into fifteen languages.
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Fakhr-e-Afghan, Bacha Khan, Baba, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Aug 3 1998
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This is the story of a man who devoted his whole life to the betterment, advancement, and upliftment of the Pakhtun people, culture, and society. He spent more than half of his life in jails. He united the Pukhtuns to fight against the British, something that for a long time, nobody has been able to do. Among his people he is known as Fakhr-e-Afghan (Pride of the Afghans), Bacha Khan (The King Of Kings)(in Hindi and Urdu written as Badshah Khan), and simply Baba (Grandfather). To the outside world he is known as Frontier Gandhi, and Fakhr-e-Hind (Pride of India, as Nehru called him). His son Rahbar-e-Afghan Khan Abdul Wali Khan (Supreme Leader of the Afghans) has continued in his father's footsteps. While Baba Struggled to get the British out of India, his son is fighting for the rights of the opperessed people of Pakhtunkhwa, (land of Pakhtuns). This book is very insperational. In this day and age of violence and brutality, this book can do a lot of good. People can le! arn a lot from the non-violent struggle of Baba and his Khudai Khidmatgars (The Servents of God)(Mistakenly known as Red Shirts). Baba was a Valiant and Honorable son of the Pakhtun Nation. (to clear up some confusion, the words Afghan and Pakhtun mean the same thing.) Bacha Khan: Our great leader, passed away in 1988, and is barried in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. He refused to be barried in Pakistan, because it was a slave nation.
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Who said that there was never a Muslim Ghandhi
April 12 2009
By Yahya Merchant
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The story of Badshah Khan, contemporary and friend of Ghandhi who defied and defeated the British Empire without a single gun. In fact he persuaded the fiercest people in Asia to lay down their weapons and use civil disobedience to achieve what guns could never do. Fascinating reading.
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Interesting read
Jan 23 2009
By Ronan Rooney
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Eknath Easwaran's biography on the non-violent Islamic peace movement of Badshah Khan in A Man To Match His Mountains presents model by which non-violent resistance may be practiced through Islam. Set in the hills of India and Pakistan in the first half of the twentieth century, the book details Khan's extraordinary transformation from a life of a Pathan warrior to a non-violent leader of the peaceful resistance against British colonial occupation. Khan further set the model for relationships across religious boundaries by becoming a close confidant and co-agitator with Ghandi, a Hindu man fighting the same forces from within and without of the region as Khan.
Having never heard about this element of Indian/Pakistani history, I enjoyed learning something that went against my presumptions. That being said, the book does move slowly at times and linger on topics a little bit longer than necessary, but otherwise a very enjoyable read.
Having never heard about this element of Indian/Pakistani history, I enjoyed learning something that went against my presumptions. That being said, the book does move slowly at times and linger on topics a little bit longer than necessary, but otherwise a very enjoyable read.
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