139-year-old Rahim Khan of Jaipur is no more...

[Zim Hosein]

Jaipur, Aug 20: Rahim Khan alias Habib Miyan, believed to be the oldest man in India, died in Jaipur.

Miyan, who was 139-year-old, and was suffering with fever and a bout of dysentery, died at his residence on Tuesday.

Miyan 's demise left his family and friends in distress.

"I'm very sad. It has still not sunk in that he is longer amongst us. He had casually said that his time had come. I had cajoled him saying that he will continue to live much longer," said Rajesh Nagpal, an acquaintance of Habib.

His demise also marks the end of the oldest member of the Muslim community in the country.

"It is very sad that the oldest member of our community passed away," said Saleem Qazi, a resident.

Miyan was born on May 20, 1878, and had the privilege of witnessing his six generations.

He had worked in the erstwhile Jaipur as a Band Master and was getting pension for the last 65 years which was also a record in itself for receiving pension for such a long time.

Earlier, his pension was fixed at just 1.86 rupees, which was later increased to 2112 rupees.

Copyright Asian News International

139-year-old Rahim Khan of Jaipur is no more. :shocked:

139 Years old? I wish I could have had a conversation w/ a man who lived and saw so much in their lifetime, the amazing stories he must have had!

 

[hiromizu]

I bet he smoked.. a lot.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Erm... the oldest person I can find info about was Jeanne Calment (122) who apparently smoked till she was 117.

 

[syzygy]

i think we need confirmation of his birth date. i doubt he was 139. his claimed age is 17 years older than the current documented record holder and is about twenty years
older than the range these advanced types usually achieve.

Edit: Wiki Link

 

[syzygy]

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Erm... the oldest person I can find info about was Jeanne Calment who apparently smoked till she was 117.

yea, ms. calment has been documented and confirmed as 122.

 

[edro]

I never trust those old people from Asia.
They have a different calendar system.

 

[PokerGuy]

139 my foot. I'm sure he was old but I don't believe he was that old.

 

[aceO07]

If he was born in 1878, wouldn't that make him only 130..?

 

[RESmonkey]

It's true. They showed this guy on TV years back. He had flies all over him, but he was able to move somewhat freely (slowly tho).

 

[Vonkhan]

RIP old timer

 

[PokerGuy]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
It's true. They showed this guy on TV years back. He had flies all over him, but he was able to move somewhat freely (slowly tho).

.... and that proves that he's 139, how? I don't buy it for a second.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: edro
I never trust those old people from Asia.
They have a different calendar system.

LOL. its not like their calendar goes at a faster rate than ours. Just the dates are different.
And hardly anyone goes by the traditional calendar in India.

 

[Ramma2]

Originally posted by: PokerGuy

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
It's true. They showed this guy on TV years back. He had flies all over him, but he was able to move somewhat freely (slowly tho).

.... and that proves that he's 139, how? I don't buy it for a second.

Silly, if you can move and a fly is on you, then poof you're 139. Duh.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: aceO07
If he was born in 1878, wouldn't that make him only 130..?

yea wtf. I was born in 1980, so that would make him 102 years older than me, and i'm 28. so yea, 130.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

139 Years old? I wish I could have had a conversation w/ a man who lived and saw so much in their lifetime, the amazing stories he must have had!

You probably wouldn't have understood much of what he said

 

[AstroManLuca]

Source? I can't find any record of this guy existing outside of the one article you posted (and copies of it posted to other sites). If there really was a 130-year-old dude around, there would have at least been a few more articles written about him in the past 8-10 years.

 

[MisterJackson]

A true O.G.

 

[Baked]

Seeing how Asians all look younger than their actual age, he's probably 150.

 

[Foxery]

Why are people referring to an Indian guy as Asian?

139 must be a typo; it's 130 years. Two others around 132-133 died earlier this year, in Japan and... I forget where. At the time, they were reported as the oldest known humans.

 

[mugs]

139 and he was taken down by a bad case of the 'rhea. :Q

Yeah I'm not sure I believe he was 139 or 130.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Foxery
Why are people referring to an Indian guy as Asian?

139 must be a typo; it's 130 years. Two others around 132-133 died earlier this year, in Japan and... I forget where. At the time, they were reported as the oldest known humans.

I believe India is on the Asian continent. I'll consult a globe to make sure.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Source? I can't find any record of this guy existing outside of the one article you posted (and copies of it posted to other sites). If there really was a 130-year-old dude around, there would have at least been a few more articles written about him in the past 8-10 years.

I am sure it would sell a ton of copies...

Not many care about these kinds of things

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: Foxery
Why are people referring to an Indian guy as Asian?

139 must be a typo; it's 130 years. Two others around 132-133 died earlier this year, in Japan and... I forget where. At the time, they were reported as the oldest known humans.

Because India is located IN Asia?!? The term "Asian" is not not reserved for people of one ethnicity, it applies to EVERYONE living on the Continent.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: Foxery
Why are people referring to an Indian guy as Asian?

139 must be a typo; it's 130 years. Two others around 132-133 died earlier this year, in Japan and... I forget where. At the time, they were reported as the oldest known humans.

I believe India is on the Asian continent. I'll consult a globe to make sure.

It's silly... we're not allowed to use "oriental" to describe people anymore, because it's Eurocentric. For some reason we're still allowed to call rugs oriental; perhaps Europe really is the center of the rug-making world? I've never heard anyone brag about their European rug before, but that's the only logical explanation.

So now the group that we used to call orientals (southeast asians) have claimed the word "asian" for themselves. In their defense, we don't call Russians asian. But then what do we call the asians who live in southern asia, but not southeast Asia? Most Americans can't tell the difference between people from India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, whatever anyway (I have no idea what the people from the last three 'stans' look like, honestly), so we mostly just call them Indians. That's kind of stupid, because even if we can't tell the difference, we at least know they're not all the same. Desi isn't a well-known term here, so that's no good.

I usually try to be generic enough to not mis-classify a person (I don't assume nationality unless I know it), but specific enough so people know what I'm talking about (I usually refer to southeast asians as southeast asians, unless it can be assumed from the context).

 

[txrandom]

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