Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 194
? 194 5. We read in a book, Ikmal-ud-Din (an Arabic work of about 1,000 years ago), on page 359, the following: He [Yus Asaph] wandered about in several lands and cit- ies until he reached a land called Kashmir. So he moved about in the land and lived and stayed therein until death overtook him, and he left his body of clay and ascended to the light, and before he breathed his last, he summoned a disciple of his, named Yabid, who used to serve him and wait on his person and was perfect in all matters, and addressed him thus: ‘My departure from this world hath drawn nigh; so you must perform your duties and must not swerve from the truth and should observe all rites. ’ Then he bade the disciple build him a tomb, and stretch- ing out his legs, turned his head to the west and his face to the east, and yielded up the ghost. Further, we read in this book that Yus Asaph gave the name Bushra (Arabic and Hebrew for Gospel) to his message. Then he began to compare the tree to Bushra (Gospel) which he preached to the people, and he likened a spring of water to the wisdom and knowledge which he possessed, and the birds he compared to the people that swarmed around him and accepted his religion. 6. Sir Francis Younghusband, British Government resident in Kashmir (1909–11), writes: