4ND ITS FOUNDER» O M^ 



: He said , that every one who knows not himseJi*,e and rregards not eter- 

 naUife, and everlasting existence, is dead; and.Mhe nproperty qfiadead 

 man, when his heirs are also as the dead, reverts ,to the livinsr. In con- 

 formity to this notion, he ordered the ignorant to be put to death. When 

 he found a Hindu acquainted with, himself, he preferred him to a Mn" 

 sleman. 



He, and his sons, for a certain time, practised high-way robbery ; and 

 plundered much wealth, from Muslemans^ and others. A fifth part of the 

 booty he deposited in a store house, and when it was wanted, distri- 

 buted it among his most trusty adherents. Ba'yezid, and his sons, were 

 abstinent in point of chastity, and refrained from lewdness, and improper 

 actions ; from plundering the unitarians, and using violence towards 

 those who believed in the unity. 



The compositions of Ba'yezid are very numerous, in the Arabic, Persic, 

 Hindi, -dud Afghani languages. The Maksu'd-al-Mu'menin is in Arabic. 

 Itis said that the all-just ad'dressed him, through Miya'nji Jabrayi'l* He' 

 also composed the book, called the Kheir-al-Bian, in four languageSj 

 Arabic, Persic, Hindi, and Pashtu, or Afghani ; and in these four, 

 languages, the same import is conveyed. The address, in this work, is 

 that of the all-just, almighty God, to Ba'yezid; and it is reckoned a 



work of divine inspiration. He also composed the Hdl Ndmeh, in. which. 



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he has given an account of himself. 



The most remarkable circumstance, in the history of Ba'yezid, is that 

 he was a^ iUiterate man, and yet explains , the .meaning of (the(ir^/'<^'|z ; 



* Thfi torms expressive of respect, in the oriental lanjjuages, equivalent to the^ En2:lish. 

 honor, hisrhness, mnjest^, SfC. Me. not only applied, leimen, i)ut.in a way ;\]iiclvol^eiiappea?5 

 very ludicrous, to prophets, angels, and even to the supreme Gob. 



