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curse of Ggj>, of angels, and of all the learned, be on the head of that 

 learned man, and may every Simni, from his evil, have joy." Reco]le61:- 

 ing this denunciation, Said Ali Tirmizi determined to oppose the further 

 progress of this heresy, and accompanied by hi& favorite scholar, Akhu'n 

 Derwe'zeh, engaged in a controversial discussion with Ba'yezld. In the 

 debates which followed, the controversy seems, to have been chiefly ma- 

 naged by Akhu'n Derwe'zeh, w1io> confidently claims, the victory, and. 

 felicitates himself greatly for having giving his opponent the name of 

 Pir Tdric, the father of darkness, instead of " the father of light," whicb 

 he had assumed. "In several conferences," says Akhu'n Derwe'zeh.> 

 ** sometimes- accompanied by my revered Pir,. and sometimes alone, I 

 covered the infidel with such disgrace and confusion, that he could not 

 open his mouth, in my presence, and t fixed on him, as the brand of repro- 

 bation, the epithet of PzV Td?'k, which he will, constantly retain, to the 

 end of time." Notwithstanding the exultation of Akhu n Derwe'zeh.,, 

 if we judge of him. by his com.ipositi'ons, it is difficult to consider him as a. 

 match for the splendid talents of Ba'yezid ; and, by his own. confession,. 

 his victories produced no effect o-n the Afghans-, " As the power of reli- 

 gion, and religious ordinance" says he, "is feeble without the authority 

 of the prince, my exertions were of no ava.il, for at that time there was na 

 sovereign of Islam to cut off the head of the infidel. It therefore hap- 

 pened, that whenever I restrained any one of the ignorant Afghans from 

 resorting to him, two others constantly went in his stead. Many mea 

 he seduced to damnation, but the race of the Afghans, above all others." 



The proceedings of Bayezid had now assumed a serious aspect, and 

 required the vigorous interposition of the Moghul government. The 

 power of the Afghans had been recently broken in Hindustan, but 



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