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Rahmatullah Hamayun Mir

Village: Kucha Naqqashan

City: Lahore City

Rahmatullah Humayun, Mir, son of Shamsuddin, Kashmiri, Village Kucha Naqqashan, Akbari Mandi, Lahore City. Studied up to the F. A. in the Islamia College, Lahore. He came to notice during the Hijrat episode of May 1920, when he emigrated to Afghanistan with Maulvi Ahmad Ali of Gujranwala district and Abdul Rahim of Kasur. He returned to India about the end of September 1920 with the object of collecting subscriptions for the Muhajirin. He became a member of the All-India Khilafat Committee, Bombay, and about the end of 1920 went on a lecturing tour explaining the facts of the Hijrat fiasco and also prepared a pamphlet on the subject which was distributed throughout India. In February 1923, he contrived, somehow, to get through to Kabul in spite of the warning under Section 2 of the Frontier Crossing Regulation (VII of 1873) and managed to get into the Amir's service. He was reported to be in close touch with Bolshevik-German agents at Kabul and to be an associate of Allah Niwaz Khan, an Indian Muhajir. In 1924 he contributed inflammatory articles to the daily "Khilafat" of Bombay and other papers. In 1926 he was permitted to return to India on the condition that he should report, on arrival, to the D. I. G., C.I. D., Punjab. He did not avail himself of this privilege and continued to remain in Afghanistan where he identified himself with anti-fetish intrigues of Indian revolutionaries and Sikh Ghadrites. He was an active member of the Indian National Party organized in Afghanistan by the notorious Raja Mahendra Partap for the purpose of propagating the cause of the Indian National Congress and spreading anti-British propaganda. He kept up regular correspondence with Mahendra Partap informing him of the doings of his party. On the departure of ex-King Amanullah from Afghanistan, he went to Kandahar where he resided up to November 1929. Afterwards he returned to Kabul with Sardar Hashim Khan and was employed as a translator in the King's office which post he is reported to have held till the middle of last year when he was discharged by the Afghan Government. In 1930, he was believed to be in touch with Afghanistan. He attended a meeting held on the 1st of November 1930 under the presidency of Maulvi Abdur Rahim alias Maulvi Bashir (A-5) to celebrate the anniversary of the American Ghadr Party. In 1932 he was closely associated with Gurmukh Singh (G-54) and Rattan Singh (R-36) and was present at a meeting held in May 1932 at which it was decided to incite the tribes against the late King Nadir Shah who was an obstacle in their propaganda against the British. Also attended a secret meeting held at the house of Gurmukh Singh on 19th/20th October 1932. In January 1933 a meeting of anti-British Indians was held at his house, and it was proposed therein that a deputation should be sent to the late King Nadir Shah requesting for the release of Gurmukh Singh. Another meeting was held at his house on 3rd July 1933 at which those present discussed methods of breaking the friendly relations existing between the Afghanistan and British Governments and of causing revolution in Afghanistan. To secure their ends it was suggested that an outrage be committed on a member of the British Legation and also on one of the late King's brothers. It was stated at the meeting that certain Russians in Kabul were willing to finance these schemes. Enquiries were made but no confirmation of this meeting could be obtained. Discharged by the Afghan Government about the middle of 1933 and deported to India in March 1934 with the consent of the Government of India and on the understanding that he will not be prosecuted for any of his past activities. Arrived at Peshawar on 21st March and left for Lahore on the 24th March. An arrant seditionist and a Bolshevik agent who requires careful watching. His naturalization as an Afghan subject has been cancelled with effect from the 3rd of March 1934.

Description : (1927). Age 35 years; height 5’-8"; strong build; fan- complexion; no beard; small moustache; long prominent nose; wears a white shalwar and Aligarh-fashion coat.