A Present to Kings — Page 75
( 75 ). In short, the fact of Jesus's visit to Cashmere was proved by the Promised Messiah by evidence derived from the New. Testament, the Jewish history and the history of Cashmere, and also by the discovery of his tomb. He thus destroyed the very foundation of Christianity and the more the Christians will come to know the facts, the more will they be estranged from their faith and betake themselves to Islam. And actually ever since the Promised Messiah published this discovery,. European travellers in large numbers have been visiting. Cashmere in order to see the tomb, and although up to now the facts have not received sufficient publicity in Europe, still a commotion has already been started. Only a few days ago a person wrote from Germany requesting to be supplied with several thousand copies of the thesis, because, said he, such people in that country as had seen the same, had been taken by surprise and had been convinced of its truth. . The fact is that the Christians are not in a position to deny by the truth of the story, because on the one hand, in the. New Testament, the words of Jesus are still extant which say that he came to gather the lost lambs of the house of Israel, and on the other hand, we have the conclusive testimony of the. Bible that in the days of the Jewish downfall, Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried them away into captivity and later on, when through the help of the kings of Medea and. Persia, the Jews regained their freedom, only two out of the twelve of their tribes returned to their country. The remaining ten tribes settled in Afghanistan and Cashmere. One proof of the fact that the inhabitants of these countries came originally from Syria is to be found in the names of many villages in these countries which are similar to the names of villages in Syria. Even the name of the countryChashmere-furnishes an evidence pointing the same direction. . The people of the country call themselves Casheris and not. Cashmiris, which shows that the correct name of the country is not Cashmir but Cashir, which in Hebrew would mean "Like Shir," Shir being the same as Sir or Syria, meaning the