Life of Ahmad — Page 684
JESUS as IN INDIA as 684 present day. Of recent years certain explorers have also come upon traces of this story of the sojourn of Jesus in these regions'. Anyhow, it cannot be denied that Jesus as visited India and that his tomb exists in Kashmir. It is clear therefore that he did not go back to Palestine. There was no reason for him to go there again, nor was there any earthly reason for him to have come to India before the Crucifixion. He had done his duty to the Israelites in Palestine and when they rejected him, he left that country to find the lost sheep of Israel in the East. And when he finished doing his duty towards the Israelite tribes dispersed in Eastern countries, he died a natural death as a successful Prophet of God and was then buried with honour in Srinagar, Kashmir. On October 4th, 1899, Ahmad as appealed for funds; and, apart from the permanent needs of the Langar at Qadian and the production of literature, he proposed to send a deputation of three men to Afghanistan, Nisibain, Kerbala, and the Laghman mountains to make further research with regard to the travels of Jesus as. Khal i fa N u r-ud-D i n ra (Born 1847, died, 2. 9. 1942) had in this connection made the necessary enquiries in Kashmir. Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra , Miy a Ĕ Abdul ‘Az i z, Patwari of Aujla, and Mirza Khud a Bakhsh of Jhang and others contributed towards this fund. The last named was nominated by Ahmad as to go on this expedition and two others, Maulaw i Qu t budd i n ra and Miy a Ĕ Jam a l D i n ra of