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Some Afghan (Pashtun) people believe they are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel is an oral tradition passed from generation to generation and supported by Afghan tradition, custom and names mentioned in historical texts, local folklore and modern research. Since the Afghans are not a homogenous group, the Bani Israelite tradition is not claimed by all tribes; however, it has been claimed by the Afridi, Yusufzai, Khattak and Shinwari. Bani Israelites cite names such as Khurasan, Ghazni, Gozan, Hara and Habor, and villages, towns and cities throughout ancient Khorasan are biblical in origin. == Greater Khorasan == Greater Khorasan ((パシュトー語:خراسان باستان یا خراسان بزرگ), also written "Khurasan") is a historical region spanning northeastern Iran, northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and the southern parts of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.〔http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/316850/Khorasan〕 In pre-Islamic and early Islamic times the word "Khurassan" had a wider meaning, also covering parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan. Early Islamic usage regarded the area east of western Persia (Jibal, also known as Persian Iraq) as part of the poorly-defined region of Khurasan, extending to the Indus River and Sindh. The name "Khorasan" derives from the Middle Persian ''khor'' (sun) + ''asa'' (arising from), or "land where the sun rises". The Persian ''Khāvar-zamīn'' ((ペルシア語:خاور زمین)), "the eastern land", is an equivalent term. According to Britannica: During the time of Muhammad, Khurasan was used for the region comprising modern-day Afghanistan, northeast Iran, western Pakistan and parts of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.〔 Arab geographers considered that it extended to the Indus River in modern Pakistan.〔The Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill 1979, Vol.5, page 56.〕 Fourteenth- to sixteenth-century sources report that Kandahar, Ghazni and Kabul in Afghanistan formed the frontier region between Khorasan and Hindustan.〔Baburnama〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Biblical place names in Khorasan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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