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'{{POV|date=September 2011}} {{Wikify|date=September 2011}} '''Qais Abdur Rashid''' (575 - 661) ({{lang-ps|'''قيس عبد الراشد'''}}), also known as '''Kēs''', '''Kasay''' and '''Imraul Qais Khan''', is a [[legend]]ary [[ancestor]] of the [[Pashtun people|Pashtun race]], said 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> Traditional Afghan genealogies list him as the 37th descendent of [[Saul|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, 4 April 2004.</ref>{{dead|date=December 2011}}<ref>Pakistan pictorial, Pakistan Publications, 2003.</ref>{{what|date=December 2011}}<ref> Niamatullah's history of the Afghans, Volume 1, Niʻmat Allāh, Nirod Bhusan Roy, Santiniketan Press, 1958, pg. 5.</ref> [[File:The Family Tree and Lineage of Kish Kysh Qais Abdur Rashid Al Pithon.jpg|thumb|Family Tree & Lineage]] In Pashtun tradition, he was born in [[Ghor]], modern-day [[Afghanistan]]. Upon hearing about the advent of Islam, his tribe sent him to [[Medina]] 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. It is also claimed{{who|date=December 2011}} that the famous military leader and companion of Muhammed, [[Khalid ibn al-Walid]], introduced Qais Abdur Rashid to the Prophet. {{Quote|The Afghan historians proceed to relate that the [[Israelites|children of Israel]], both in [[Ghor]]e and in [[Saudi Arabia|Arabia]], preserved their knowledge of the unity of [[Allah|God]] and the purity of their religious belief, and that on the appearance of the last and greatest of the prophets ([[Muhammad|Mohammed]]) the Afghans of Ghore listened to the invitation of their [[Arab people|Arabian]] brethren, the chief of whom was [[Khalid ibn al-Walid|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.<ref>[http://books.google.com.pk/books?id=YXg9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=life+of+amir+dost+muhammad+waleed&hl=en&ei=_S4hTp_WPIf3rQf8rrT_AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan; of Kabul, Volume 1. By Mohan Lala (1846), pg. 5] </ref>}} However, the account in which Afghans were introduced to Muhammad by Khalid ibn al-Walid is probably without any historical foundation according to scholars like [[Thomas Walker Arnold]].<ref>''The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith'' by Thomas Walker Arnold, pg. 183</ref> [[Firishta]], a 16th century Persian historian, wrote that some of the early Afghans (Pashtuns) 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> Legend says that Qais Abdur Rashid when he felt his time was near, asked his sons to bury him in the [[Sulaiman Mountains]] at the spot where his ancestor Malak Afghana was buried, and he was buried on top of the Kesai Ghar ("Mount of Qais"), located in [[Zhob District]], [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]].{{cn|date=April 2012}} 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 poor. Nearly all major [[Pashtun tribes]] are said to be the [[progeny]] of his sons and daughters. ==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]] *[[Sunni view of the Sahaba]] *[[Tareen]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[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] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Qais Abdur Rashid | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Pashtun patriarch | DATE OF BIRTH = 575 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Zhob]] | DATE OF DEATH = 661 | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Qais Abdur Rashid}} [[Category:Pashtun people]] [[Category:Pashtun tribes]] [[Category:Afghan Jews]] [[Category:Converts to Islam from Judaism]] [[Category:Legendary progenitors]] [[Category:575 births]] [[Category:661 deaths]]'