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James, a servant of God and brother of Jesus, greet the Twelve Tribes in their wandering.- James 1:1

And so James al-Rashid ben-Joseph al-David ala-Adelphos* came as Patriarch of Jerusalem in the years of Our Lord 46 and 50, to the cities of Arabia.

He came first to Aqaba, finding there many Jews and Christians. A more hospitable people than the Arabs could not be found, even the land of the Nabateans welcomed him, with bright, clear weather throughout his pilgrimage. He spoke to the city's bustling market, ignoring Roman authority there. He emboldened the faithful and brought many to the salvation of Jesus.

In Aqaba, he met Saint Samson al-Atif**, the Despote of Sailors, Shipmen and Pilgrims. With Saint Atif, he would visit the other cities of Arabia, and spread the new faith to the pagans of those lands.

To Yathrib he ventured. There, the Banu Qurayza swore fealty to the Adelphos over their faith in the old priests, and bested the Banu Quaynaga in battle. The Banu Qurayza, exultant in victory, gave the city its first Christian Bishop.

Next James would come to Makka, the Mikrab of pagan Arabia, where James won games of poetry with the Song of Songs, where the Negrus Baetylus of Abraham and Ishmael was brought into the hands of Christian caretakers, where the Quraish took Christ the King as Savior.

From there, he would venture to the lands of Homer and Saba, where there ruled a just king over the two peoples. There he went to the cities of Zafar and Aden. In Zafar, the king of the Homerites and Sabaites, impressed with the Gospel of Christ as spoken by the Adelphos, took in the Desposyni*** and their retainers. In Aden, James and Samson heard of the great lands of Bharat across the sea, and brought the Jews of that city into the faith of the Christ.

James returned by sea with Samson to Aqaba, ending his pilgrimage to the cities of Arabia.

*James the Just son of Joseph of the clan of David, noble brother (of Christ)
**A completely ATL character, just regard him as a trader thrown into saintly mythology
***desposyni, belonging to the Lord. Jesus's blood relatives, which in TTL's Adelphic Christianity are a bit more broad.
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