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Loge as f of JE 15 Gal) id) us: 1531] 
> Je lus Cas as Fb Je 
A KAZEM-BEG, 
off to encounter them (the Kiptchagkians or the 
Khazars) and whosoever shall meet thee in thy 
ge |way , kill him, and whôm the: sword°8 spares 
put in chains and bring them to my presence, 
Dre sl 5e Cf Lu Je af Jisle ins Hatem-Rebi'i said: ©CO Amirul-muminin! you 
us jo Je Li Gaull dès LEf af y Le sine e21> 
are pleased to say that the enemy is numerous, 
and you give me only four thousand men and 
ge SE ml ….03p HULS af 05 S|an order, saying: «go, defeat them and. after 
enslaving and putting in chains those: whom 
«s) af aie ls al on > SO) p Celie|the sword may spare, bring them hither:» How 
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Qube 95 Je silos dis Jëb Jules 
be jpereuilislul as, lé ik; 
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DS dé Cale dl see Las lue 5 Eur 
Use il De pé 22 ya) es dl di ü5b 
bo Sale usb Ci LS] a pl 
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Dies Il ess 0 ps js deals 5“ 
les le dl des ab 
= 
_ #8 i. e. The rest of the defeated army. 
39 Itis' a proverb. 
Goliah. 
is it possible that four thousand men should 
oppose twenty thousand? » — Omar said; «O 
Hatem, what distress.can there be to. a butcher 
from the abundance of the sheep *°? If the 
sovereign of the. age. be just. and equitable, 
and live an upright life before God the Most 
ss High, his troops, though few in number, shall 
be victorious and glorious! trust not in the 
multitude of the troops, but put thy con- 
fidence in the mercy of the Creator and be 
patient, how often have small bodies of men 
defeated numerous troops by the will of God, 
for God is with those who ave. patience “°: 
Go therefore, and do not despair.» — | 
In fact, Halemi-Rabii set off for that 
country and made war with those Turks; he 
defeated them; he cut down the most part 
of that wicked army and the rest he put in 
chains and brought them to the presence of 
Amirul-muminin Omar II, Upon whom be the 
mercy of God! — en 
40 This isa verse from the Koran, the second Soureh v. 248; in the description 6f Davids victory over 
