The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at — Page 16
The Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ’at [ 16 ] Unseen) has informed him that: ‘You are of Persian descent. ’ Geographic boundaries change with historical develop- ments. There is no fixed and permanent line defining the borders between countries. It is stated in the Encyclopaedia Britannica that at the time of the Emperor of Iran, Firuz Sh a pur, who ruled about 300 years before the Holy Prophet sa , Samarqand was the capital of the border state of the Persian empire, Sog Diana. The distance from Samar- qand to the border was more than 120 kilometers, which is how far the Iranian Empire had spread. It is also written in the Encyclopaedia Britannica that in the time of Khusro Pervez, the king at the time of the Holy Prophet sa , Samar- qand was a part of the Persian empire and remained part of Iran for many centuries thereafter. (Encyclopaedia Britan- nica, vol. 9) The Promised Messiah as was informed by Almighty God, Who knows the Unknown. It was absolutely correct and there is no discrepancy in his statements. It is an estab- lished fact that the ancestors of the Promised Messiah as migrated from Samarqand, which at the time was inhab- ited by people from Persia. These inhabitants of Samar- qand were known as Persians. The question of the Promised Messiah as being a Mogul or not is a secondary issue. Those Moguls who settled in India became Indian Moguls, and those who settled in Afghanistan became Afghani Moguls. Therefore, this is not