lowed by all the Sofies, and thofewho were addic- 
ted unto them, by whofe means he Eflabliihed the 
Belief, which his Father and Grandfather had but 
in a manner propofed, to wit, that Aly being the 
only true Heir of Mahomet ^ he was to be followed 
in all things^ by thofe who would be faved. And 
the truth is, they conceived fo high an opinion of 
that Sofi^ that the Friend^ of his Family, with the 
Malecontents and Innovators , eafily joyned with 
him, and he as eafily employed them to deflroy 
Farochk King or Sultan çiSchiwan^ who had put to 
Death his Father Aidar. 
This having fucceeded fo well with Ifmael Sofi, 
he found means afterwards to attack and overcome 
the other Sultans of Ferjïa^ who were of the Family 
of Akkoionlu:, and to mount the Throne of the Empire 
himfelf. So that it is not true, that none of the 
Kings of Ter fid ever bore the Name of Sofi-, though 
fmce IfmaePs time, thefe Kings have forborn to take 
it, having depreffed that Order of the Sofies^ for 
reaforis that I could alledge elfewhere ; and befides, 
they ftood no more in need of Artifice to maintain 
their grandeur. This is that S ha Ifinael Sofi who 
gave occafion to the Europeans to call the Kings of 
Ferfea Sofies, as from C^fitr, they called the fucceed- 
ing Emperours C^fars ; and from OJman or Othman, 
thofe ofTurkie, Ottomans. • 
I mull: alfo tell you, that one ought not to take 
exceptions, if he meet with fome diverfity in the 
pronunciation of Oriental v/ords in this Book, efpe- 
cially when the queftion is about Vowels, or the 
Confonants Kha^ Hha, Kef, and fome others : In dif- 
ferent Gountreys they are variouflv pronounced ; 
in fome places they pronounce Nameh^ Bender^ and 
Bazerghian \ and in others Namah, Bendar, Bazerghion : 
Some fay Kher, and others Hher ; fome Gomron , 
others Komoron, and fo in many others ; but the 
figurative letters always occur in both the one and 
the other* 
Thus 
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