AF`GHANS, THE

AF`GHANS, THE
   a fine and noble but hot-tempered race of the Mohammedan faith inhabiting Afghanistan. The Afghans proper are called, PATHANS in India, and call themselves Beni Israel (sons of Israel), tracing their descent from King Saul.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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