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[[File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya 1-2.svg|right|thumb|The ''Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya'', the flag of the [[Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]] and accordingly the battle flag of the Furqan Force]]
[[File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya 1-2.svg|right|thumb|The ''Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya'', the flag of the [[Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]] and accordingly the battle flag of the Furqan Force]]
[[File:Mirza_Nasir_Chating_with_Furqan_Force_Colonel_Sahibzada_Mubarak_Ahmad.jpg|right|thumb|[[Mirza Nasir Ahmad]] (left) chatting with Furqan Force colonel Sahibzada Mubarak Ahmad]]
[[File:Mirza_Nasir_Chating_with_Furqan_Force_Colonel_Sahibzada_Mubarak_Ahmad.jpg|right|thumb|[[Mirza Nasir Ahmad]] (left) chatting with Furqan Force colonel Sahibzada Mubarak Ahmad]]


The '''Furqan Force''' or '''Furqan Battalion''' was a uniformed [[Battalion]] force of volunteers (''khuddam-i-din''<ref name="Report of the Court of Inquiry constituted under Punjab act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab disturbances of 1953">{{cite book|title=Report of the Court of Inquiry constituted under Punjab act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab disturbances of 1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFzRAAAAMAAJ|year=1954|publisher=Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Printing, Punjab}}</ref>) in newly formed [[Pakistan]], composed of the minority [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]]. Formed in June 1948<ref name="Aḥmad1994">{{cite book|author=Bashīr Aḥmad|title=The Ahmadiyya Movement: British-Jewish connections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l7YAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=4 April 2012|year=1994|publisher=Islamic Study Forum}}</ref> at the direction of Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, [[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad]], at the request of Pakistan government, the unit fought for Pakistan against India in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|First Kashmir War]].<ref name="Valentine2008">{{cite book|author=Simon Ross Valentine|title=Islam and the Ahmadiyya jamaʻat: history, belief, practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q78O1mjX2tMC&pg=PA204|year=2008|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-70094-8|page=204}}</ref> In addition to its troops being drawn from the Ahmadiyya population, the expenses of maintaining the unit were also paid by that community.<ref name="Khan1978">{{cite book|author=Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan|title=Ahmadiyyat: the renaissance of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HY7YAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Tabshir Publications}}</ref>
The '''Furqan Force''' or '''Furqan Battalion''' was a uniformed [[Battalion]] force of volunteers of the minority [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]] in the [[Dominion of Pakistan]]. Formed in June 1948<ref name="Aḥmad1994">{{cite book|first=Bashīr |last=Aḥmad |title=The Ahmadiyya Movement: British-Jewish connections |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l7YAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=4 April 2012 |year=1994 |publisher=Islamic Study Forum}}</ref> at the direction of Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, [[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad]], at the request of Pakistan government, the unit fought for Pakistan against India in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|First Kashmir War]].<ref name="Valentine2008">{{cite book|first=Simon Ross |last=Valentine |title=Islam and the Ahmadiyya jamaʻat: history, belief, practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q78O1mjX2tMC&pg=PA204 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |isbn=978-0-231-70094-8 |page=204}}</ref>{{not in source|date=May 2022}} In addition to its troops being drawn from the Ahmadiyya population, the expenses of maintaining the unit were also paid by that community.<ref name="Khan1978">{{cite book|first=Muhammad Zafrulla |last=Khan |title=Ahmadiyyat: the renaissance of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HY7YAAAAMAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Tabshir Publications}}</ref>


The unit was disbanded on 7 June 1950. Following the anti-Ahmadiyya [[1953 Lahore riots|Lahore riots of 1953]], a Pakistani court of inquiry cited the Furqan Battalion in discussions of the Ahmadi role in Pakistani society.<ref name="Report of the Court of Inquiry constituted under Punjab act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab disturbances of 1953">{{cite book|title=Report of the Court of Inquiry constituted under Punjab act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab disturbances of 1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFzRAAAAMAAJ|year=1954|publisher=Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Printing, Punjab}}</ref>
The unit was disbanded on 7 June 1950. Following the anti-Ahmadiyya [[1953 Lahore riots|Lahore riots of 1953]], a Pakistani court of inquiry cited the Furqan Battalion in discussions of the Ahmadi role in Pakistani society.<ref name="Report of the Court of Inquiry constituted under Punjab act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab disturbances of 1953">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFzRAAAAMAAJ |title=Report of the Court of Inquiry constituted under Punjab act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab disturbances of 1953 |publisher=Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Printing, Punjab |year=1954}}</ref>


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The Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya, the flag of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and accordingly the battle flag of the Furqan Force
Mirza Nasir Ahmad (left) chatting with Furqan Force colonel Sahibzada Mubarak Ahmad

The Furqan Force or Furqan Battalion was a uniformed Battalion force of volunteers of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Dominion of Pakistan. Formed in June 1948[1] at the direction of Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, at the request of Pakistan government, the unit fought for Pakistan against India in the First Kashmir War.[2]Template:Not in source In addition to its troops being drawn from the Ahmadiyya population, the expenses of maintaining the unit were also paid by that community.[3]

The unit was disbanded on 7 June 1950. Following the anti-Ahmadiyya Lahore riots of 1953, a Pakistani court of inquiry cited the Furqan Battalion in discussions of the Ahmadi role in Pakistani society.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Aḥmad, Bashīr (1994). The Ahmadiyya Movement: British-Jewish connections. Islamic Study Forum. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Valentine, Simon Ross (2008). Islam and the Ahmadiyya jamaʻat: history, belief, practice. Columbia University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8.
  3. ↑ Khan, Muhammad Zafrulla (1978). Ahmadiyyat: the renaissance of Islam. Tabshir Publications.
  4. ↑ Report of the Court of Inquiry constituted under Punjab act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab disturbances of 1953. Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Printing, Punjab. 1954.


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