64 A Covenant of 'Ali, fourth Caliph of Baghdad. [No. 1, 1870. 



displeasure. If the stubborn and refractory sball prove themselves 

 unfaithful and disobedient to the Covenant which I have established, 

 they cannot remain faithful and obedient to the son of Abutalib, the 

 exalted. For, whatever he may command and ordain, it is the duty 

 of Musalmans to carry out his orders, by succouring and com- 

 miserating them (the Armenians) at all times, so long as this world 

 shall last. Glory to the Creator of the universe !" 



The tragical events of the last twelve centuries, recorded on 

 the pages of the history of oriental nations, and in the ecclesiastical 

 chronicles of eastern Christendom, sufficiently testify how far the 

 contents of this Covenant of the pious and humane 'All, fourth 

 Caliph of Baghdad, have been kept inviolate by his successors and 

 his co-religionists. 



