The dramatic story of Badshah Khan, the Muslim freedom fighter who raised the world's first nonviolent army. 242 pages "Eknath Easwaran's great achievement is telling an American audience about an Islamic practitioner of pacifism at a moment when few in the West understand its effectiveness and fewer still associate it with anything Islamic. -- Coleman McCarthy, Washington Post "This biography of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan centers on the metamorphosis he effected in the violence-afflicted Pathans of India's northwest frontier turning them into the peaceful nonviolent disciples of Gandhi during India's independence movement. Easwaran focuses on the spiritual change and on Ghaffar Khan's leadership of the Pathans and his emergence as the frontier Gandhi. . . .This biography . . . should have a unique appeal for the interested general reader." -- Library Journal Badshah Khan, inspired by the example of Mahatma Gandhi, raised the world's first nonviolent army from the Pathans, the fiercest clan in India. This book tells his history the story of a nonviolent Muslim fighting for the freedom of his country and people. His life shows that nonviolence can be followed by those who have a tradition of violence, that it can work effectively against ruthless repression, and that it does have a natural place in Islam. Eknath Easwaran was a graduate student in India when Badshah Khan's influence was at its zenith. Years later he came to the U.S. on the Fulbright exchange program, and in 1961 he founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in California. He has written 26 books which include biographies, commentaries on the important books of Eastern and Western religious traditions, and translations of the Indian classics. More than 700,000 copies of his books are in print, and they are translated into fifteen languages. Used Book in Good Condition