qa A Relation of the Chap. XX. 



CHAP. XX. 



Of the Princes who follow the Mahumetan Religion, 

 in Europe, Ajia, and Africa. 



The Principal Heads. 



General Lawesfor all the Mahumetan SeSs. A Curious Remark, 

 concerning the E?nperour of Java's Son. IQngs, Tbho follow 

 -the Do&rine of Hali. The \oyal Prefent from the great Mo- 

 gul to Mecha. Tl?e federal wayes, by "frhich the Mahume- 

 tans come to their Prophet's Tomb. Trouble fome I) if arts to 

 be pafi'd through tn their Tvay to the Sepulchre of Hali. A Mi- 

 raculous Channel of Water, of the continuance of Eighteen dayes 

 Journey. Tlie Burnt -Offering of a Weather. 



General Urvs "W" Have fo often had occafion, in the prefent Relation I have made of the Grand 

 for all them- g Seignor's Seraglio, to fpeak of the Mahumetan Religion, that I am content, be- 

 umetan Sttts, S ^ j ^ a p^^ t0 t y s Work, to make it appear, how far it extends into the 

 JL three parts of our great Continent : Mahumctifme having not yet fet footing in- 

 to that which has been difcover'd but two Ages fince. I meddle not at all 

 with the Do&rine of it, ©f which I am fuffidently aflur'd that many perfons have 

 written : and I (hall only entertain the Reader with a Geographical Chart of all the 

 Countries of Europe, A fta, and Africa, which are under the dominion of the followers 

 of Mahomet. 



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 > Though the Opinions of their Doctors he different, as to what concerns the Expli- 

 cation of the Law, and that there are principally two great Sedrs, that of Mahomet, 

 which is the Stock i and that oi Hali, one of his principal Succcflbrs : Yet thofe two 

 general Sects, and the particular ones, which are derivable thence, are all concordant 

 in the fundamental Points, which every Mahumetan is oblig'd, in Conference, to ob- 

 ferveand pra&ife. Of thofe I gave an account, when I made mention of the Prayers 

 or Devotions, which the Turks are bound to perform rive times a day, and the Pil- 

 grimage of Mecha is one of thofe principal Articles. I have alfo faid fomething of 

 them, in the Chapters treating of the Prefent, which the Grand Seignor finds thi- 

 ther every Year ■■> and in this laft, I (hall endeavour to exprefs my felt fully as to that 



matter. 



In Europe, we have no Mahumetan Princes but the Emperour of the Turks, and the 

 Citawofthe LelTer Tartary: But in Afia there are many of them, who are powerful, 

 and poffefs'd of great Dominions. The Grand Seignor extends his Jurifdi&ion, in 

 this part, beyond the Sources of the River Tigris, and beyond the mouths, by which 

 it falls into the Sea, and towards the North, as far as the Territories of the Mcngre- 

 lians. To go thence from the Welt to the Eaft, next the Grand Seignor, we mutt 

 count the Princes of the Three Arabia % with feveral of whem I have often fpoken, in 

 Two of my Voyages, wherein I have been oblig'd to pafs througji the Defarts. The 

 King of Ferfia, the Great Mogul, the King of Vifapaur, the Kmg of Golconda, the Kings 

 on the Coaft of Malabar, of whom the moft coniiderable is that otComorin i the Great 

 Cham of 'tartary, and the Kings of the Mountains, to the North fide of the fame Tar- 



tary, 



