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Sect. VIII.
The Preliminary Diſcourſe.
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his own nation to join him. Iſaac accordingly, coming to the territory of Someiſat, publiſhed his commiſſion, and prevailed on many to embrace his maſter’s ſect, eſpecially among the Turkmâns; ſo that at laſt he had fix thouſand horſe at his heels, beſides foot. With theſe Baba and his diſciple made open war on all who would not cry out with them, There is no God but God; Baba is the apoſtle of God: and they put great numbers of Mohammedans, as well as Chriſtians, to the ſword in thoſe parts; till at length both Mohammedans and Chriſtians, joining together, gave them battle, and having entirely routed them, put them all to the ſword, except their two chiefs, who being taken alive, had their heads ſtruck off by the executioner.

I could mention ſeveral other impoſtors of the ſame kind, which have ariſen among the Mohammedans ſince their prophet’s time, and very near enough to compleat the number foretold by him: but I apprehend the reader is by this time tired as well as myſelf, and ſhall therefore here conclude this diſcourſe, which may be thought already too long for an introduction.

  • Abulfar. p. 479. Ebn Shohnah, D'Herb. Art. Baba.
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