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''''Qais Abdur Rashid''' (575 - 661) ({{lang-ps|'''قيس عبد الراشد'''}}), also known as '''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 was born in the [[Ghor Province|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 [[Prophets of Islam|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.<ref>[http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/ethnology-arabs.shtml History of Pashtun Race & Resemblance to Arabs]</ref> It is also claimed that the famous warrior companion, [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]], introduced Qais Abdur Rashid to the Prophet. 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 [[Copt]]s before they became [[Muslim]]s.<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=06901021&ct=10 ''History Of The Mohamedan Power In India''] by [[Firishta|Muhammad Qāsim Hindū Šāh Astarābādī Firištah]], The [[Packard Humanities Institute]] Persian Texts in Translation (retrieved 10 January 2007).</ref> 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 sacrifice]]s, usually a [[Domestic sheep|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.<ref>[http://books.themajlis.net/book/print/538 Shariat and Tasawwuf]</ref> ==Descendants==<!-- This section is linked from [[Pashtun people]] --> Below is a list of some major tribes of the ethnic Afghans. [[File:Pathan genealogy.JPG|thumb|700px|General [[Genealogy]] of the [[Pashtun tribes|Pathan tribes]] ([[Pashtun tribes]]) of Qais Abdur Rashid, dated 1908.]] == Sarban == # [[Kasi or Kassi]] # [[Durrani]] # [[Tanoli]] # [[Tareen]] # [[Shirani]] # [[Yusufzai]] # [[Burki]] (Urmar) # [[Babore]] # [[Jaffar (Pashtun)|Jaffar]] # [[Ustarana]] # [[Barech]] == Batan== # [[Seyani]] # [[Dotanni]] # [[Niazi]] # [[Nasar]] # [[Suri (Pashtun)|Suri]] # [[Lodhi|Lodi]] # [[Marwat]] # [[Baittani]] # [[Ghilzai]] == Ghourghusht == # [[Kakar]] # [[Mando (clan)|Mando]] # [[Jadoon|Gadoon/Jadoon]] # [[Safi Clan|Safi]] # [[Naghar (tribe)|Naghar]] # [[Pani (clan)|Pani]] # [[Daavi]] # [[Babai (tribe)|Babai]] == Karlan == # [[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridi]] # [[Bangash]] # [[Dawari]] # [[Khattak]] # [[Khugyani]] # [[Mahsud]] # [[Orakzai]] # [[Wardak (clan)|Wardak]] # [[Wazir (tribe)|Wazir]] # [[Zazi|Zazi (Dzadzi)]] # [[Mangal (tribe)|Mangal]] ==See also== *[[Nimat Allah al-Harawi]] author of ''Tarikh-i-Khan Jahani Makhzan-i-Afghani'' also known as ''The History of the Afghans'' *[[Saul]] *[[Talut]] *[[Amir Kror Suri]] *[[List of non-Arab Sahaba]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://books.themajlis.net/book/print/538 Shariat and Tasawwuf] *[http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/ethnology-arabs.shtml History of Pashtun Race & Resemblance to Arabs] *[http://www.islamicrepublicofafghanistan.com/the-legendary-qais-abdur-rashid/ The Legendary Qais Abdur Rashid] {{DEFAULTSORT:Qais Abdur Rashid}} [[Category:Pashtun people]] [[Category:Pashtun tribes]] [[Category:Legendary progenitors]] [[Category:575 births]] [[Category:661 deaths]] {{Islam-bio-stub}}'