As an expert archaeologist, he has conducted several excavations and unearthed vestiges of past civilizations. He appeared as an entry in the prestigious, Who’s Who in Archaeology.
Source/Credit: Tomb of Jesus Excerpts / The Fifth Gospel
Edited by Imran Jattala | August 23, 2013
Professor Dr. Fida Hassnain is now the single most credentialed person who has an intimate interest in and thorough knowledge of the theory concerning a post-crucifixion life of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Fida Hassnain is the former Director of Archives, Archaeology, Research and Musems for Kashmir, and was once listed in Who's Who in Archaeology.
He was in-charge of ancient Kashmiri documents that contain mention of Jesus Christ in India.
Dr. Hassnain was born in Srinagar - the city that houses the tomb of Jesus - in the year 1924.
He graduated from Punjab University at age twenty. He went to Muslim University in Aligarh and obtained his Masters Degree within two years. He took up the study of law, and received his Ll.B. law degree in the year 1946.
Due to the partition of India, he could not continue his studies. Returning to his home town, he joined the Bar and worked as a lawyer for a few years.
Later, he became a Lecturer in S.P. College, Srinagar and rose to the position of Professor of History and Research.
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He became the Director of Archives, Archaeology Research and Museums in 1954 and continued in that position until retirement in 1983.As an expert archaeologist, he has conducted several excavations and unearthed vestiges of past civilizations. He appeared as an entry in the prestigious, Who’s Who in Archaeology.
Dr. Fida Hassnain is also known for his discovery that the rock carvings depicting the feet of Prophet Yuz Ausaf (first discussed by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in his writing, Ra'az-e Haqeeqat) are said to show the marks similar to the crucifixion wounds reportedly discovered on the Shroud of Turin.
Dr Hassnain's expert paper was read at the historic 'International Conference on Deliverance of Jesus From the Cross' in London that was organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on June 2-4, 1978.
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Selected portions of biography (from The Fifth Gospel)
Professor Fida Hassnain graduated from Punjab University at age twenty. He went to Muslim University in Aligarh and obtained his Masters Degree within two years. He took up the study of law, and received his Ll.B. law degree in the year 1946, thus laying the foundation for the sharp, “detective” mind that can now be reflected in his works.
Professor Hassnain became a Lecturer in S.P. College, Srinagar where he rose to the position of Professor of History and Research. He became the Director of Archives, Archaeology Research and Museums in 1954 and continued in that position until retirement in 1983.
In his official capacity, he compiled the State Gazetteers in ten volumes. Besides this, his study tours resulted in the salvaging of several hundred manuscripts in Arabic, Sanskrit and Persian, which were housed in the Archives and Oriental research libraries. As an expert archaeologist, he has conducted several excavations and unearthed vestiges of past civilizations. He appeared as an entry in the prestigious, Who’s Who in Archaeology.
Having been the head of Oriental Research in Kashmir for about two decades, he had made a comparative study of the major religions of the world. In 1969 he was invited by some educational institutions of Japan to speak on Buddhism. Since then he has visited Japan six times for lecture tours. His scholastic achievements have won for him the title of Doctor of Indology.
Professor Hassnain visited Ladakh, Western Tibet, for the first time in 1960. Since then he has been to this land of Tantric Lamaism a number of times. Here he came into contact with Shaman Tantric practices being practiced by a Tibetan hermitess. His anthropological interest induced him to study the past of the Brukpa tribes, in whom he found traces of the Greek remnants of Alexander the Great.
Professor Hassnain has widely travelled in Europe and Asia. He is a member of many national and international organizations pertaining to philosophy, mysticism, history, anthropology and culture. After retirement, he was initiated into the Sufi Way.
Professor Hassnain has written numerous articles on varied subjects. Some of his published books are: Buddhist Kashmir (1973), British Policy (1974), Ladakh Moonland (1975), Hindu Kashmir (1977), History of Ladakh (1977), Gilgit (1978), Heritage of Kashmir (1980), Kashmir Misgovernment (1980), The Abode of Shiva (1987), Freedom Struggle in Kashmir (1988), The Fifth Gospel (1988); A Search for the Historical Jesus (1993), Roza Bal: The Tomb of Jesus (2008).
Professor Hassnain has lectured extensively and has been a visiting professor to several universities. He has been granted the title of Rastra Sanskriti Samrat, or the Emperor of National Culture in 1987. He is also an expert numismatologist, a field he enjoys particularly. Professor Hassnain has appeared as an expert in two current television documentaries about the theory of Jesus in India: Jeff Saltz’s 2001 documentary, Jesus in the Himalayas, and Dr. Robert Beckford’s 2007 documentary, The Hidden Story of Jesus.
... to be continued.
-- Introduction: Professor Dr. Fida Hassnain, Roza Bal expert
-- Ahmadiyya Times
-- By Imran Jattala
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