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was continued to the mountains, and dreadful slaughter was made of the 

 fugitives. Ba'yezid himself escaped-, on foot, with much difficulty, amid 

 the general roat, and made good his retreat to Hashtnagar ; but the 

 extreme fatigue, which he had endured, and the distress, which he had 

 suffered, from parching thirst, and exposure to the sun, among the hills. 

 brought on a fever,* which irritated hy chagrin of mind, quickly put a 

 period to his existence, Ut died in the evening, at Sherpai,. m- the 

 western part of Hashtfiagar ; and thus, says Akhu'n Derwe'zeh, the 

 father of darkness went into night. He was buried in Hashtnagar, 

 adds our author, where, that which appears to be his tomb, still re- 

 mains; but, in reality, it is in hell Such was the fate of Ba'yezid 

 Ansa'ri, whose genius, though subtle and acute, and whose powers 

 thouo-h ereat and versatile, seem to have been more of a literary and 

 philosophical, than of a political or martial cast. He was evidently better 

 fitted for founding a sect, than an empire;- and yet he nearly succeeded: 

 in accomplishing both. 



The system pursued by Ba'yezid, however, had been too well matured 

 by the genius of that singular character, to leave no effect behind it. His 

 followers were numerous and enthusiastic ; and latterly, his sect by em- 

 bracing, in a particular manner, the Afghan nation, has assumed a special, 

 nationaL character. According to Akhu'n Derwe'zeh, he left behind him 

 five sons, who hadbeen the prime agents, both in his depredations, and in 

 his. insurrection ; and after the infidel went to hell^ the eldest of these 

 assumed his place and character. The five sons of Ba'yezid were, 



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1:.. Sheikh Omar, Si Nijr-ed-din, 3. Kheir-ed=din, 4. Cama'l-ed-din-, 

 * TJie 4fgk(in Jolahy of wliich. he died, seems to be tke disease vshich we term jungle fever. > 



