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 Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya, the flag of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and accordingly the battle flag of the Furqan Force | |
| Formation | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad |
| Defunct | 1950 |
| Legal status | Defunct |
Region served | Dominion of Pakistan |
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]
References edit
- ^ Aḥmad, Bashīr (1994). The Ahmadiyya Movement: British-Jewish connections. Islamic Study Forum. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ Valentine, Simon Ross (2008). Islam and the Ahmadiyya jamaʻat: history, belief, practice. Columbia University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8.
- ^ Khan, Muhammad Zafrulla (1978). Ahmadiyyat: the renaissance of Islam. Tabshir Publications.
- ^ 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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