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Theory of Pashtun descent from Rajputs (view source)
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Contrary to the [[theory of Pashtun descent from Israelites]], the [[British people|British]] doctor and authority on oriental languages, [[Henry Walter Bellew]], accredited for writing the first [[Pushtu]] dictionary,<ref name="The South Asian">[http://www.the-south-asian.com/April2004/Books-Pathans-1.htm The Pathans – 550 BC - AD 1957 by Sir Olaf Caroe], ''The South Asian - Reprinted Oxford University Press, 2003'' (retrieved 04 May 2007).</ref> suggested that the [[Pashtun people|Pashtuns]] (Pathans) are actually a mixture of the [[Greeks|Greek]] and Indian [[Rajput]] peoples.<ref name="Daily Times">[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_6-4-2003_pg3_5 Are the Pathans in fact Rajputs? By Khaled Ahmad], ''Daily Times'' (retrieved 04 May 2007).</ref><ref name="The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (1899), pp. 2-9">[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0959-5295%281899%2929%3A1%2F2%3C2%3ASAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage Swatis and Afridis, By T. H. Holdich], ''The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (1899), pp. 2-9'' (retrieved 04 May 2007).</ref> Bellew’s theory was that all Pashtun tribal names could be traced to Greek and Rajput names, which posits the further possibility of a great Greek mixing with the ancient border tribes of [[Maurya Empire|India]].<ref name="Khyber Gateway">[http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/hindurajputs.shtml Are the Pathans Hindu Rajputs? By Khaled Ahmad], ''Khyber Gateway'' (retrieved 04 May 2007).</ref><ref name="Dilawar Khan">[http://www.geocities.com/chach_pathan/origins.html Where do the Chach Pathans originate from? By Dilawar Khan], ''Dilawar Khan'' (retrieved 04 May 2007).</ref> In addition, the renowned Arab historian [[Masudi]] wrote that [[Kandahar]], the city in which most Pashtuns were concentrated at the time, "is a country of Rajputs" and was a separate kingdom with a non-Muslim ruler.<ref name="Pakhtun.com">[http://www.pakhtun.com/index.php/about-pashtuns/origins-of-pashtuns/pashtun-origins?start=2 About Pakhtuns, By Syed Zubir Rehman], ''Pakhtun.com'' (retrieved 04 May 2007).</ref>
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