Yuz Asaf

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Yuz Asaf (یوذسف) ( युझ असफ ) (Judasaf or Yus Asaph, or Shahzada Nabi Hazrat Yura Asaf) is the name of a prophet revered among the Sabians. Al-Tabari recorded that Judasaf or Budasaf as he is also known called his people to the religion of the Sabians that Bishtasb and his father Luhrasb, the rulers of Persia after KayKhosrau had previously embraced until Sami and Zoroaster came to Bishtab with their beliefs [The Knowledge of Life by Sinasi Gunduz (Journal of Semitic Studies pg.31)]. He is believed by Ahmadis to be the name adopted by Jesus after he allegedly survived the crucifixion and subsequently traveled to Kashmir.

1 History
- 1.1 Similar beliefs about Yuz Asaf
2 See also
3 Bibliography
- 3.1 Fiction
4 External links

[edit] History

Yuz Asaf is considered to be the prophet Jesus of Nazareth by Ahmadis.

[edit] Similar beliefs about Yuz Asaf

Similar beliefs are held about Yuz Asaf by a wide variety of people and groups. Other local beliefs about Yuz Asaf include that he married a woman called Marjam (that is, Mary/Myriam) who bore him a number of children, and that he lived to be between 105 and 110 years of age before he died. It is also claimed that Jesus' mother, Mary, died when he was 38 years old, and is buried nearby in the town of Murree in Pakistan, where her burial place is called Mai Mari da Ashtan.

Yuz Asaf's teachings are often compared with those of Jesus in form. These beliefs about Yuz Asaf have also been adopted by people in the New Age movement, and by readers of the recently discovered Talmud Jmmanuel.

Other writers, such as Gene Matlock and Suzanne Olsson, have also sought to demonstrate links with Buddhism, claiming that the Jews originated in India and that Jesus visited India several times during his life. Olsson's research indicates that Yuz Asaf means "son of Joseph", and that "Iosaphat" is also a translation of "Buddha". Olsson has pointed out that Yusufzai is the name of a tribe in Afghanistan who still maintain ancient Israelite customs. To them the word means "child or children of Joseph."

However, in the Bible, the name Yuz Asaf is not mentioned. According to the Bible, Jesus went up to Heaven after he rose from the dead. No mention is made of his travels to Kashmir.

But supporters of some of these theories also claim that a 17th century text, Tarikh-i-Kashmir by Khwaja Hassan Malik, records an inscription which reported that Yuz Asaf entered Kashmir in the year 78. However, this inscription is now illegible or lost, while critics note that the text is not available for general study. Another inscription is said to have existed at the Temple of Solomon (in Srinagar) which, it is claimed, was carved by Jesus and St. Thomas when they allegedly visited and repaired the Temple. The court of King Gondopharnes in nearby Taxila also records the visit of Thomas to the area circa 52-54 AD.

[edit] See also

[edit] Bibliography

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Promised Messiah Jesus in India Online version
Khwaja Nazir Ahmad, Jesus in Heaven on Earth: Journey of Jesus to Kashmir, His Preaching to the Lost Tribes of Israel, and Death and Burial in Srinagar, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat, 1999, ISBN 0-913321-60-5
Günter Grönbold, Jesus In Indien, München: Kösel 1985, ISBN 3-466-20270-1. Shows that Yuz Asaf is a misreading for Budasaf, an alternative name of Buddha.
Prof. Fida Mohammed Hassnain: "A Search for the Historical Jesus." Gateway Books 1994, ISBN 0-946551-99-5
Andreas Faber Kaiser, Jesus died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the ten lost tribes of Israel Gordon & Cremonesi (1977), ISBN 0-86033-041-9
Norbert Klatt, Lebte Jesus in Indien?, Göttingen: Wallstein 1988. Relates the origin of the identification of Jesus and Yuz Asaf.
Holger Kersten, Jesus Lived in India Online summary
Gene Matlock, Jesus and Moses Are Buried in India, Birthplace of Abraham and the Hebrews (1991) ISBN 0-595-12771-1
Nicolas Notovitch, The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ, Leaves of Healing Publications (April 1, 1990), ISBN 0-9602850-1-6. Reprint of this 1890s publication, which first proposed this theory.
Suzanne Olsson, 2005 Jesus, Last King of Kashmir ISBN 1-4196-1175-5
Paul C. Pappas, Jesus' Tomb in India: The Debate on His Death and Resurrection, Asian Humanities Press, (September 1, 1991), ISBN 0-89581-946-5 Concludes that Yuz Asaf is not Jesus.
Abubakr Ben Ishmael Salahuddin, Saving the Savior: Did Christ Survive the Crucifixion?, Jammu Pr; 1st Pbk edition (June, 2001), ISBN 0-9708280-1-2
Hugh Schonfield, The Essene Odyssey, Element Books Ltd (1993), ISBN 0-906540-63-1 Argues that Yuz Asaf is an Essene teacher, not Jesus.