418 ON.TME-EaSHENIAH^SECT 



ED-DIN" jEHA,'NG:iR,.thede^ea5Qd eniperor, Ahsan ULLAH.surnaraedZAFAB. 

 "Kha'n,^ the'-SDii'df Khwajeh Abul HASAic> Tabhizi, and the .emperoir's 

 dtmjpf r^imed/Mmito-gre&tistm.it's, and besieged him in the fort of : VVz^^zV 

 gfer;''%fere2Meper?s:h'e4 by^a^-ptrsket' .shot, in an/attack on the; :fortress; 

 It'1& sMi, thali/loh'the day'iStfeeedm^f^tharbf his;-death:, which': the sect term 

 the 4-af -fof'imidn,--. (rd^-kwii^aip'Mmk'ii: Ah:d a'o .opened the Kheir-al-Sian 

 and read i It iX{ after -whiehi^hS saidvvto'hisufrieKds.,..'! to-morrow is the .day 

 M' my union" -(with GoD':)o.3ndi<tke2-e."\^ejitvh£ppene.das hp.said.' -.The 

 aiithor;als,o saw. a. devout ;person':oT':<^a^:^/v who, said tp hinij '",P,U the day 

 of; A'|;rD AC- s:.. departure:, ■i::r.ejpiQed;;\^j^d.ii^g|i;tioried ;him in s^yere terms; 

 but-atrinlgte Iisa^VjljBy religija.ysBpjt^g^pJf r^jln a: vjsioii, ;\j'ho forbade me 

 to do so, ■ and . said, the' "sabred rtext '^:\[{4t^\M^. , f fes-^: Q.9-.P.' is ;one/' applies 

 to Ah'qa'd:'; ™^The ;di§qjplesf' of A*e o MDcf^miett/n^f^H ■ a,'P, the one. 



'"■'■'After' the:' u'moii 'of' Ah'da'd ( with"GoD,) me AJghdfis c-2iTY\ed away 

 "Aiu aV K'a "der', the ■"sQh'^orAH'i) a"d , arid betook themselves' "to the moun- 

 tains; and' thfe army' bf'tlie^efflperor 5 who" had no expe6l:atioh of being'able 

 to take the' fortress, entered it." 'The'"daugbter of Ah'da'd, who had found 

 no opporfurilty of escapeV was foaming abdu!:' 'the fortress, and one of the 

 soldiers attetnpted to seize her. The maiden threw her robe over ' her 

 face, andL'fiLjug feer-^elf io\yn fronj the top pf the battlement^, and perished. 



* ' A'PfErM'iYA'N AhIdaDj his sou-'AbD'ax Ka'der sat on the seat oi reli- 

 gious 'suprfekiacy/'' Having^found a fd<^0urable opportanlty, he attacked 

 7. A tAR KhX n Z'af 4.K Kma N fied, ns h the greatest expeditidn i whjle'al! 

 his^iyc,gg<lge, wrth tlie b6aiitie^ bf hi. ^ */.//z, feHlntb tlie hands of the Jf^ 

 "^Mi^hird ohlj one^bf hr/'^i^^ynamfed^B^'ztrk^G ^hA^am, v a<i p-. .^T^ed 

 trS& viDlfericel '^nd'^thi^ W^s tD^iy e Jectfe'^d byHhe rcsokte efforts of Nawa b 



