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88 JESUS IN INDIA head, and a woollen cloak on his person. Carrying a staff in his hand, he used to wander from country to country and city to city. He slept wherever the night found him. He ate vegetables of the jungle and drank the water of the jungle, and travelled on foot. Once, his companions, in one of his travels, bought a horse for him; he rode the horse for one day, but as he could not make any provision for feeding it, he returned it. Journeying from his country, he arrived at Nasibain, which lay at a distance of several hundred koses from his home. He was accompanied by a few of his disciples whom he sent into the city to preach. In this city, however, false and unfounded rumours were current about Jesus, may peace be on him, and his mother. The governor of the city, therefore, arrested the disciples and summoned Jesus, may peace be on him. He mirac- ulously healed some people who were sick and showed many other miracles. As a result, the king of the territory of Nasibain, with all his armies and his people, became his follower. The incident about the coming down of food' mentioned in the Holy Quran also took place during his travels. This, in brief, is the report given in Rauzatuş-Şafā. The author of the book, however, has also ascribed many an absurd and irra- tional miracle to Jesus, may peace be on him, which I regret to leave aside, and keeping my account free from falsehood and senseless exaggerations, I turn to the real point at issue which leads to the conclusion that Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, in the