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parents, for both he and his father were of the class of Ulema,. He had 

 a son named Ba'yezid, whom he carefully instrufted in learning, ini- 

 tiated in the practice of the faith, and the exercise of devotion, and com- 

 municated to him the prohibitions of the law. When this young man had 

 made some progress in learning, his mind became intoxicated with vanity, 

 he deserted science for traffic, and took to the profession of a travelling 

 dealer in horses, which he followed some time, for the sake of worldly 

 gain. One time, as he was conveying two horses from Samarkand to 

 Hindustan, he happened to tarry for some time in the district of Calinjir. 

 There he fell in with a person of the name of Mulla Sulima'n, who 

 was of the Malked or irreligious se6l;,and becoming attached to his -so- 

 ciety, he frequented it, till he imbibed his irreligious notions and impi- 

 ous principles. On the return of Ba'yezid to Cdniguram, these principles 

 soon began to display themselves ; he began to efFe6tthe manners of a soli- 

 tary recluse, and in a short time retired to a cell, which he had formed, in 

 the solitude of the mountains. But, that his objedl was not merely soli- 

 tude, appeared, from the manner in which he was accustomed to address 

 his visitors. " Enter into this recess, fix your minds in profound medita- 

 tion, and within it you will see God." But, as a Prophet has generally no 

 honour in his own country, Ba'yezid quickly perceived that this was the 

 most inauspicious place that he could have chosen, for the propagation of 

 his opinions. The Moslems of the vicinity, alarmed at his pretensions, re- 

 ported his proceedings to his father Abdullah, who in virtue of his pater- 

 nal authority, seized a long sword, and, without delay, repairing to thecell 

 which his son had chosen, without many questions, wounded him severely, 

 and did not quit him, till he had exa6led of him a solemn promise, to re- 

 nounce his errors, and perform the usual a6ls of devotion, according to the 

 law and pra(51:ice of Islam, as long as he hved. Ba'yezid, assailed in this 



