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Qais Abdur Rashid Khan (575 - 661) (Template:Lang-ps), also known as Kesh, Qesh and 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 Khan is father of pashtun race lodhi.

The current distribution of Lodhis extends from Pakistan in the west to West Bengal in the east, Nepal in north, and Karnataka and Goa in South India.

They have 23 rajgharanas (thikans, "ruling families") in the Indian subcontinent; from west to east:

Teenkotla, in Sialkot District of present-day Pakistan
Lodra in Multan District of present-day Pakistan.
Ludrava , Jaisalmair Rajasthan, India.
Amarpatan, National Highway No.7, 50 km away from Maihar, MP, India.
Gahora, Chitrakut MP,^{[clarification needed]} India[1]
Kerbana, Bateagarh, Damoh,MP, India.
Hindoria (Hata, Damoh) MP, India.
Madanpur Mahroni, (Lalitpur) UP, India.
Khaniyadhana Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Mankhedi Seoni MP
Umaria MP
Kumhroda, Barman Narsinghpur MP

Notables

Avanti Bai, a Lodhi queen of Ramgarh who opposed the British in 1857

References

^ Claims About Origin, by Syed Zubir Rehman
^ Meaning and Practice, Afghanistan Country Study: Religion, Illinois Institute of Technology (retrieved 18 January 2007).
^ Dawn, The cradle of Pathan culture, by Alauddin Masood, April 4, 2004.

[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.

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+'''Qais Abdur Rashid Khan''' (575 - 661) ({{lang-ps|'''قيس عبد الراشد'''}}), also known as [[Kesh]], [[Qesh]] and [[Imraul Qais]],<ref>[http://www.pakhtun.com/index.php/about-pashtuns/origins-of-pashtuns/pashtun-origins?start=1 Claims About Origin], by Syed Zubir Rehman</ref> is a [[legend]]ary [[ancestor]] of the [[Afghan (name)|Pashtun race]], claimed to be the first [[Ethnic group|ethnic]] [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] who travelled to [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] during the early days of [[Islam]].<ref>[http://www.gl.iit.edu/govdocs/afghanistan/Religion.html Meaning and Practice], ''Afghanistan Country Study: Religion'', [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] (retrieved 18 January 2007).</ref>) Qais Abdur Rashid is believed to be thirty-seventh in descent from [[King]] [[Saul]] or [[Malik]] [[Talut]].<ref>[[Dawn]], [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/040404/dmag9.htm The cradle of Pathan culture], by Alauddin Masood, April 4, 2004.</ref>
+ Qais Abdur Rashid Khan is father of pashtun race lodhi.
-==Present status==
 The current distribution of Lodhis extends from Pakistan in the west to West Bengal in the east, Nepal in north, and Karnataka and Goa in South India.