Ghurids were Pashtuns

[marwati]

Re: Ghurids were Pashtuns

@khoji

I am sure not may Pashtuns believe that. It was just a far-fetched theory created by some people to prove their own racist superiority … if belonging to Israelites is any superiority in the first place.

Currently most Pashtuns have given up on it but some Israelis continue to espouse this theory.

Theory of Pashtun descent from Israelites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, the theory of Pashtun descent from Israelites is traced to Maghzan-e-Afghani, a history compiled for Khan-e-Jehan Lodhi in the reign of Mughal Emperor Jehangir in the 16th century.

In his universal history Mirat-ul-Alam – The Mirror of the World – Bukhtawar Khan describes the journeys of the Afghans from the Holy Land to Ghor, Ghazni, and Kabul.

This theory was not created by “some people”, khan-e-jahan lodhi came up with it. Not to establish “racist superiority” as you claim but to give pashtuns strong relevance to islam by claiming them as descendants of prophets. This mentality was similiar to all those in subcontinent who claimed to be syeds, qureshis, farooqis, usmanis etc.
Pashtuns are easten iranic people with some assimilations notably of khilji turks. But Pashtuns/Afghans are neither bothered about that nor about fabricated isreali theory…pashtun is pashtun, thats the thinking among us