1 flO 10USHUM££A SECT.
2 ■wb, it k pialMid* lie derived bii creed from die Yogeei* a sect of
3 Ifindoo phOowiplMniy whoidd tome of the dogmas of the r^gkn in
4 wfaidi they were educated, to those of the SoaSae sohool* Od tliifli
5 however, he ingciiAed some doctrines of his own, the moil -remark-
6 able of wluch were, thi^ the mo^ complete manifestations of the
7 Dvnmty were made in the persons of holy men, and particularly in
8 his own ; and that all men who did not join his sect, were to be con-
9 sidered as deatl, and that their goods, in consequence, fell to the lot
10 of his partizans, as the only survivors: the^^c self-created heir^ were
11 entitled to seize on their inheritan<re when (lu y pleased, without any
12 regard to the dead proprietors, who might affect to be alive in
13 spile of the Peere's decision.
14 jBauyazeed was* a man of great genius, and lus religion spread ra-
15 pidly among the lierdoorauneesi till he wa« able to aiisemble armies,
16 and to eettar on « ee§ahr conteii with the govermneot: he was
17 henmtm efc length defeated by the voyel tioopa, and died of frtigue
18 andmitation. Hie aons attempted to aupport hie aeet, m whidi thej.
19 weeelong enoeenful* but moat of. them were out off ; and two black
20 iDciEB in the Indus ave pointedoutae the tnuufixmed bodies of Jflial-
21 loodeen and Kemaloodeen» the sons of tlie FeereTauredt, who were
22 duown into the river by command of Aukhoond J>erweiclk llMee
23 socks are still called Jellalleea and Kemanleea, and being ritaaated
24 near the whir^poois nuuie by the junction of the riiver Caubul, thsgr
25 furnish a figure to the orthodox, who say that it is natonJ that boots
26 dMMild be dashed to pieces against the bodies of those heretics, who
27 had already caused the shipwreck of so many souls. The great
28 opponent of the Peeree Tsnireek wns Aukhoond Derwezeh, a Saujik
29 of Ikwnere, who now ilie greatest of all the saints of Afghauni-
30 staun. He ha« composed many voluminous works, u hii h enjoy an
31 extensive reputation among his countrymen: but judging from what
32 I have seen of them, the Peere raureek would lonjj have remaineti
33 unoonfuted, d the argumentti of Aukhoond Derwezeh had npt been
34 supported by the arms of the Mogul emperors.
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