Qais Abdur Rashid

Qais Abdur Rashid (575 - 661) (Pashto: قيس عبد الراشد), also known as Imraul Qais,[1] is a legendary ancestor of the Pashtun race, claimed to be the first ethnic Pashtun who travelled to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia during the early days of Islam.[2]) Qais Abdur Rashid is believed to be thirty-seventh in descent from King Saul or Malik Talut.[3]

Qais Abdur Rashid was born in the Ghor region of modern-day Afghanistan. Upon hearing about the advent of Islam, he was sent by his tribe to Madina in Saudi Arabia. He met the Islamic prophet Muhammad and embraced Islam there, and was given the name Abdur Rashid by Muhammed. He then returned to the region of Afghanistan and introduced Islam to his tribe.[4] It is also claimed that the famous warrior companion, Khalid ibn al-Walid, introduced Qais Abdur Rashid to the Prophet.

The Afghan historians proceed to relate that the children of Israel, both in Ghore and in Arabia, preserved their knowledge of the unity of God and the purity of their religious belief, and that on the appearance of the last and greatest of the prophets (Mohammed) the Afghans of Ghore listened to the invitation of their Arabian brethren, the chief of whom was Khauled (or Caled), son of Waleed, so famous for his conquest of Syria, and marched to the aid of the true faith, under the command of Kyse, afterwards surnamed Abdoolresheed.[5]
—Mohan Lal, 1846

According to a pre-1600 AD work written by a respectable author, Firishta, a famous 16th century Persian historian in South Asia, points out that some of the early Pashtuns (Afghans) may have been Copts before they became Muslims.[6]

Qais Abdur Rashid is said to be buried on top of the Qais Mountain (known locally as "Da Kase Ghar"), which is in the Sulaiman Mountains. Some people visit the place and make animal sacrifices, usually a sheep or a goat, at the tomb of Qais as to help feed the poors. Nearly all of the major Pashtun tribes are progeny from his sons or daughters.[7]

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Descendants

Below is a list of some major tribes of the ethnic Afghans.

General Genealogy of the Pathan tribes (Pashtun tribes) of Qais Abdur Rashid, dated 1908.

Sarbans

  1. Durrani
  2. Mohmand
  3. Shilmani
  4. Tareen
  5. Tanoli
  6. Sherani
  7. Yusufzai
  8. Urmar

Batan

  1. Seyani
  2. Dotanni
  3. Niazi
  4. Nasar
  5. Swati
  6. Shinwari
  7. Suri
  8. Lodi
  9. Marwat
  10. Baittani
  11. Ghilzai

Ghourghusht

  1. Kakar
  2. Mando
  3. Gadoon/Jadoon
  4. Safi
  5. Naghar
  6. Pani
  7. Daavi
  8. Babai

Karlan

  1. Afridi
  2. Bangash
  3. Dawari
  4. Khattak
  5. Khugyani
  6. Mahsud
  7. Orakzai
  8. Wardak
  9. Wazir
  10. Zazi (Dzadzi)
  11. Mangal

See also

References

  1. ^ Claims About Origin, by Syed Zubir Rehman
  2. ^ Meaning and Practice, Afghanistan Country Study: Religion, Illinois Institute of Technology (retrieved 18 January 2007).
  3. ^ Dawn, The cradle of Pathan culture, by Alauddin Masood, April 4, 2004.
  4. ^ History of Pashtun Race & Resemblance to Arabs
  5. ^ Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan; of Kabul, Volume 1. By Mohan Lal (1846), pg.5
  6. ^ History Of The Mohamedan Power In India by Muhammad Qāsim Hindū Šāh Astarābādī Firištah, The Packard Humanities Institute Persian Texts in Translation (retrieved 10 January 2007).
  7. ^ Shariat and Tasawwuf

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