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A Relation of the Chap. XX. 



CHAP. XX. 



Of the Princes who follow the Mahumetan Religion, 

 in Europe, Ajia, and Africa. 



The Principal Heads. 



General Lawes for all the Mahumetan SeBs. A Curious ^mark, 

 concerning the Emperour of Java's Son. -Kings, "toko follow 

 the DoBrine of Hali. The %oyal Trefent from the great Mo- 

 gul to Mecha. T7;e federal wayesj by n?hich the Mahume- 

 tans come to their Prophet's Tomb. Troublefome Defarts to 

 be pafi'd through in their Ipay to the Sepulchre of Hali. A Mi- 

 raculous Channel of Water , of the continuance of Eighteen dayes 

 Journey. Tloe Burnt -Offering of a Weather. 



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W Have fo often had occafion, in the prefent Relation I have made of the Grand 

 I Seignor' s Seraglio, to (peak of the Mahometan Religion, that I am content, be- 

 ll fore I put a period to this Work, to make it appear, how far it extends into the 

 Ji. three parts of our great Continent : Mahumetifme having not yet fet footing in- 

 to that which has been difcover'd but two Ages fince. I meddle not at all 

 with the Doctrine of it, of which I am diffidently affur'd that many perfons have 

 written : and I (hall only entertain the Reader with a Geographical Chart of all the 

 Countries of Europe, Afia, and Africa, which are under the dominion of the followers 

 of Mahomet. 



" Though theOpinions of their Do&ors be different, as to what concerns the Expli- 

 cation of the Law, and that there are principally two great Sedis, that of Mahomet , 

 which is the Stock '■> and that of Hali, one of his principal Succeffors : Yet thofe two 

 general Seels, and the particular ones, which are derivable thence, are all concordant 

 in the fundamental Points, which every Mahumetan is oblig'd, in Confcience, to ob- 

 ferve and praâife. Of thofe I gave an account, when I made mention of the Prayers 

 or Devotions, which the Turks are bound to perform five times a day, and the Pil- 

 grimage of Mecha is one of thofe principal Articles. I have alfo faid fomething of 

 them, in the Chapters treating of the Prefent, which the Grand Seignor fends thi- 

 ther every Year h and in this laft, I {hall endeavour to exprefs my felt fully as to that 

 matter. 



In Europe, we have no Mahumetan Princes but the Emperour of the Turks, and the 

 Cham of the LefTer Tartary: But in Afia there are many of them, who are powerful, 

 and poifefs'd of great Dominions. The Grand Seignor extends his Jurifdidion, in 

 this part, beyond the Sources of the River Tigris, and beyond the mouths, by which 

 it falls into the Sea, and towards the North, as far as the Territories of the Mengre- 

 lians. To go thence from the Welt to the Eaft, next the Grand Seignor, we muft 

 count the Princes of the Three Arabia 's, with feveral of whem I have often fpoken, in 

 Two of my Voyages, wherein I have been oblig'd to pafs through the Deiarts. The 

 King of Perfia, die -Great Mogul, the King oCPtfapmr, the King of Golconda, the Kings 

 on theCoaft of Malabar, of whom the moft confiderable is that of Comorin h the Great 

 Cham of Tartary, and the Kings of the Mountains, to the North fide of the fame Tar- 

 tary, 



General Laws 

 for all the Ma- 

 humetan Sifts. 



