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genealogies of the Afghan tribes are given in great detail. The most ancient manuscript available to us is Rauzat ul Albab fi Tawarikh-ul-Akabir wal Ansab -The Garden of the Learned in the History of Great Men and Genealogies -by Abu Suleman Daud bin Abul Fazal Muhammad Albenaketi which was written in 717 A. H. and in which the author traces the ancestry of the Afghans to the Israelites. Bukhtawar Khan in his most valuable universal history Mirat-ul-Alam, the Mirror of the World, gives a vivid account of the journeys of the Afghans from the Holy Land to Ghor, Ghazni, Kabul and other places in Afghanistan. Similarly Hafiz Rahmat bin Shah Alam in his Khulasat-ul-Ansab and Fareed-ud- -Din Ahmad in Risala-i-Ansab-i-Afghana give the history of the Afghans and deal with their genealogies. They both prove that the Afghans are the descendants of Israel through King Talut. Sir Alexander Burnes in his book Travels into Bokhara which he published in 1835 states: The Afghans called themselves Bani Israel, that is Children of Israel. The Afghans look like Jews and the younger brother remarries the widow of the elder. The Afghans entertain strong prejudices against the Jewish nation which would at least show that they have no desire to claim, without just cause a descent from them. The same distinguished author, when he was sent as British Envoy to the Court of Kabul in 1837, questioned the King of the Afghans about the descent of his people from the Israelites. 4 A. H. stands for "After Hijrah”. Literally means ‘after migration' and refers to the migration of the Holy Prophets from Makkah to Madinah. The Islamic calendar is also referred to as Hijrah which commences from the time of the Holy Prophet'ssa migration to Madinah in. 622 A. D. 70