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:meiiion8C prodldit: „Tn the thlrd year of the reign of Alla, when 



prospeiitj shone upon his arms , he began to form some cxtra- 



ordinary piojccts. One of thèse was the formation of a 



rew System of religion, that, like Mahommcd, hemight 



be held in vénération by posterity. — His other design 



was equally romantic. He proposed to leave a viceroy in Hindo- 



stan , and , like the great Secunder , to undertake the conquest of 



the world. In conséquence of this project, be assumcd the title of 



Aescunder Sani, which was struck upon the currency of 



the empire." Numquid mirandum, si ^ui alterum Alexandrum se 



jactabat,(6) idem et summi Muhammedanorum antislitis dignitalem 



in se transferre, seque nomine pio Chalifico TVasik - billah et titulo 



Emir-el-Mumenin praedicare non est veritus? Quidni principem, ut 



erat immodicce ambitionis , licet a novandi res sacras consilio ab- 



duci se passus sit (v. Ferischta l, c. p. 265.), dcinceps ad 



-eandem insaniam rcdiisse, probabile videatur legcnti, quae idem au- 



ctor p. ,2-90 narrât. Quod autcm ad filium allinet , qui numum 



hune eiidi jussit, et queih dissolutum et efl'renatum nullà in re mo- 



dum tenuisse eadcm Historia (I, 2 9 9) docet , num a probabilitate 



alienum videatur, eum patris vestigiis ingressum ad similem msa- 



niam ,& arrogantiam abreptunî esse, quà se Imainwn suprcmwn et 



Ficarium Dei praedicaret? — Si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus 



impèrti. 



Hsec autem quallacunque delibasse sufficiet interpretationc ho- 

 rum numorum, in quibus haud pauci , qui ampliore commentatione, 

 ut egent, ita dignissimi sunt. ^ 



(i) Testem rei nuinum etiam hatcmus, quem v. Recens. Num p 176. 



