Furqan Force Explained

Furqan Force
Formation:1948
Founder:Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Status:Defunct
Region Served:Dominion of Pakistan
Leader Title:Notable commanders
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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] 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 Ahmadiyya role in Pakistani society.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Aḥmad, Bashīr . The Ahmadiyya Movement: British-Jewish connections . 4 April 2012 . 1994 . Islamic Study Forum.
  2. Book: Valentine, Simon Ross . Islam and the Ahmadiyya jamaʻat: history, belief, practice . 2008 . . 978-0-231-70094-8 . 204.
  3. Book: Khan, Muhammad Zafrulla . Ahmadiyyat: the renaissance of Islam. 1978 . Tabshir Publications.
  4. Book: 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.