﻿OF CERTAIX MUMAMMEDAN SECTS. 34l 



**T[iE S'adik'iifohs are a tribe of the faithful in 

 Hi/idustd/i ; pious men, and disciples of Sayyad 

 Cabi'ru'ddi'n, who derived his descent from 



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Ismai'l, son of Ima'm Jafer. This tribe is de- 

 nominated S'adikhiahs, by reason of the sincere 

 [s'ad'ik] call oi ilvcit Sayyad. Although that appella- 

 tion have, according to received notions, a seeming 

 relation to Abu'becr, whose partisans give him this 

 title ; yet it is probable that the sect assumed that 

 appellation for the sake of concealment. However, 

 no advantage ever accrues to them from it. On the 

 contrary, the arrogant inhabitants of Hind, who are 

 Hinduis, being retainers of the son of the impious 

 li I xd'*, have discovered their attachment to the sect 

 of Shidhs, and have revived against them the calum- 

 nies which five hundred years before they broached 

 against the IsmdHiyahs. They maliciously charge 

 them with impiety : such indeed is their antient 

 practice. They violate justice, and labour to ex- 

 tirpate this harmless tribe. In short, they cast the 

 stone of calumny on the roof of the name and repu- 

 tation of this wretched people, and have no fear of 

 GOD, nor awe of his Prophet f . 



" Ix short, nearly thirty thousand persons of this 

 seel are settled in provinces of Hinduatdn, such as 

 Multun^Ldhor, Uehli, and Giijrdt, Most of tlieni 

 subsist by commerce. They pay the fifth part of 

 their gains to the descendants of Sayyau Cabi'k, 

 who are their priests : and both precept. -r and pupil, 

 priests and laymen, all are zealous Sh'idks. GOD 

 avert evil from them, and make the wiles of their 

 foes recoil ! 



" The Hdzdrehs of Cdbiil are an innumerable 

 tribe, who reside in Ccibul, Gliazinn, and Kand'har, 



Z 3 Many 



• Meaning Hinda' thp mother of Maviyeh. 



+ The author proceeds in a strain of invtctive against the Suntiis ; 

 especially against Mulli Abdullah of Ldhor^ who bore the title of 

 the MAK.HDU'Mu'i,MULC. This, bfing superfluous, is here o.Tjitted, 



