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CHAPTER FOUR 93 Khel,¹ it would not be surprising if they were descendants of Jesus. It is to be regretted, however, that the history of Afghanistan is in a confused state. It is, therefore, difficult to arrive at anything defi- nite by studying their tribal chronicles. There is no doubt, how- ever, that the Afghans are Israelites, like the Kashmiris. Those who have taken a contrary view in their writings have been misled in the extreme; they do not seem to have studied the matter closely. The Afghans admit that they are the descendants of Qais and that Qais belongs to the house of Israel. It is, however, not necessary to elaborate the point here. I have already dealt with this question at length in one of my books. Here, I am describing the journey of Jesus, the Messiah, through Nasibain, Afghanistan, the Punjab and on to Kashmir and Tibet. It was on account of this long jour- ney that he was named 'the travelling prophet, or even ‘the Chief of Travellers. ' A Muslim savant, Arif Billah Abi Bakr Muhammad bin Muhammad Ibn-ul-Walid Al-Fahri Al-Tar-tooshi Al-Maaliki, who is renowned for his learning, states about Jesus, the Messiah, on page 6 of his book Sirājul-Mulūk, published by the Khairiyah Press of Egypt in 1306 A. H. : أَيْنَ عِيْسَى رُوْحُ اللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهِ رَأْسُ الزَّاهِدِيْنَ وَإِمَامُ السَّائِحِيْنَ Meaning, 'Where is Isa [Messiah], the Rūķullāh, and the Kalimatullāh, who was the Leader of the Righteous, and Chief of Travellers?' This means that he had died, and that even a great man like 1. After the name of Jesus (Isa). [Publisher] 2. See Glossary for a detailed explanation by the Promised Messiahas of the terms Rūbullah [the Spirit of Allah] and Kalimatullah [the Word of Allah']. [Publisher]