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father of Ba'nik, and the grand father of Abdullah were brothers, and 

 resided in the city of Jalinder, where Miyan Ba'yezid was born. The 



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father of Abdullah asked Ba'nin, the daughter of Muh'ammed Amint, 

 for his son Abdullah, in marriage. Abdullah, the father of Ba'yezid, 

 resided at Caniguram, in the hill country of the Afghans; and when the 

 power of the iV/og-/»^/5 began to prevail, Ba'nin also went with Ba yezid to 

 Cantguram, Abdullah had no affection for Ba'nin, and at last divorced 

 her; and Miya'n Ba'yezid suffered great hardships, from the enmity of 



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a step-mother, and of her son named Yaku'b, besides the neglect of 

 his father. It was the practice of Ba'yezid, whenever he went to tend 

 his own grain fields, to guard, and pay attention lil^ewise to the fields of 

 others ; and from his childhood he had an inclination towards the first 

 cause of all ; insomuch that he once made this enquiry : ** Here are the 



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heavens and the earth ; but where is God ?" Khwa'jeh Ismail, who was 

 one of his relations, being moved by a sacred impulse, which he received 

 in a dream, devoted himself to austere exercises of devotion ; and many 

 persons who attended him, derived great spiritual benefit from him. 



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Ba'yezid, also, wished to become his disciple, but Abdullah forbade him, 

 sayings " It is a disgrace to me that you should become the disciple of the 

 meanest of your relations; go and attend the sons of Sheikh Baha'-ed- 

 DIN Zecaria'." Ba'yezid answered, " the character of a Sheikh goes not 

 by inheritance." At last, however, Ba'yezid was called to austere devotion, 

 by an invisible influence, and passed through the several gradations of the 

 external ordinances, ovSheridt; reality, or hakikat; true knowledge, or 

 mdrijat ; proximity, or kw'bet ; union, or was'alet; and indwelling in God, 

 or sacunet. He was joined by the people ; the envious were vexed at his 

 success, and he issued his call to the multitude, who had not attained the 

 same degrees. Ba'yezio had no respect for family descent ; but only 



