अमर शहीद अशफ़ाक़उल्ला ख़ाँ: व्यक्तित्व और कृतित्व (काकोरी के अमर शहीद का जीवन व रचनाएँ)

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be obtained from Mohammed, Ali, Doctor Ansari, Hakim Ajmal,
Khan, Maulana Mazharuddin, or 'some other reliable persons.' 'If
I get sufficient money I can escape.' The writer also suggests that
it might be possible for the addressee to get him some employ-
ment as a ship's clerk through some Seth of Bombay. 'I shall get
down in Germany. The traders of Bombay can carry me on their
ship and if I am not recognised by them I shall escape.'
Ex. P. A 6 is addressed to Maulana Abdul Qadir who is a re-
tired Deputy Collector and related to the accused. We have seen
10 how his gun was found at the accused's house. This is couched in
the same strain; the writer is wandering about and is in great need
of money. 'Perhaps I might be able to secure passport through
some assumed name. My life is in danger. Help me............Are
there any means by which I may enter Hyderabad under some O. P. 70.
fictitious name and lead an anonymous life there?' This letter
also suggests that the writer has a claim on the addressee because
of the training the latter had given him and the promises he had
exacted from him, a reference apparently to the influences under
which he had taken part in the non-co-operation movement.
20 Ex. P. A 8 is a translation of a letter addressed by Ashfaqullah
to his sister. It begins 'Accept compliments from one of your se-
parated brothers, whom his relatives call a dacoit, a murderer and
everything.' The writer then proceeds to say that he had hoped
to see her and his brother at Bhopal. He wanted clothes for the
winter and asked her to provide some if she could.
Ex. P. A 9 is a translation of some verses written in Urdu
addressed to 'Bedar' apparently Bhagwati Sahai Bedar M.L.C. who,
as I have already mentioned, was known to some of the conspira-
tors at Shahjahanpur. The translation reads:—
30 'For God's sake some one may carry my message to Bedar.
Why are you so hankering after membership? It was only your
co-operation that sent so many persons to jail; still you consider
yourself to be so great a leader that you are dying for your emi-
nence. We do not entertain any hopes from you, neither do we
trust you; why are the leaders of Swaraj and Congress ruining us.?'
O God, let us see the days when the republic is in full-
40 swing.' In his statement to the Court Ashfaqullah pointed out
that the word which has been translated 'Republic' would be more
correctly translated 'Communism'. The prosecution agreed. This
alters somewhat the significance of the verses but also suggests
that the writer was more interested in the Communist Manifesto
found in his possession (vide para 51) than he admits. I have
already shown that the preaching of communist principles was one
of the main items in the revolutionary programme. O. P. 71.