Jesus In India — Page 112
112 J e s u s i n I n d i a stated that one Mullah Khuda Dad quoted in his presence from a book called Majma-ul-Ansaab , that the eldest son of Jacob was Judas, whose son was Usrak; Usrak’s son was Aknur; Aknur’s son was Maalib; Maalib’s Farlai; Farlai’s Qais, Qais’ Talut; Talut’s Armea, and Armea’s son was Afghan whose descendants are the Afghan people and after whom the latter are named. Afghan, a contemporary of Nebuchadnezzar, was known as a descendant of Israel, and had forty sons. In the 34 th generation of his genealogical tree, after some 2000 years, was born Qais who lived in the time of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. His descendants multiplied down to 64 generations. 61 Afghan’s eldest son, Salm, migrated from his Syrian home and settled in Ghor Mashkoh, near Herat, and his descendants spread into Afghanistan. 62 In A cyclopedia of Geography by James Bryce, F. G. S. (London, 1856), on page 11, it is stated that the Afghans trace their genealogy to Saul, the Israelite King, and call themselves the descendants of Israel. Alexander Burns says that the Afghans state that they are of Jewish origin; that the King of Babel captured them and settled them in the territory of Ghor which lies to the northwest of Kabul; that up to 622 A. D. they continued to hold on to the Jewish faith, but that Khalid bin Abdullah (Abdullah has been written mistakenly instead of Walid) married the daughter of a chief of this tribe and made them accept Islam in that year. 63 On page 39 of Col. G. B. Malleson’s book History of 61 It should be read as 66. (Translator) 62 See Appendix, extract 17. (Translator) 63 See Appendix, extract 18. (Translator)