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quently the names of Mussulman and Osmanli. As I 
write for every kind of reader, I ought to observe that 
Osmanli, whifJh signifies the successor of Osman, is the 
epithet adopted by the Turks in memory of the Sul- 
tan of that name, who was the principal cause of their 
grandeur, and that this name has nothing in common 
with that of Mussulman, which means the Man of 
Islam, that is, the Devout Man of God; so that the 
Turks might become Christians without ceasing to 
be Osmanlis. The Wehhabites call themselves Mus- 
sulmen by excellence; and when they speak of Islam, 
they understand only by that word the persons of their 
sect, which they look upon as the only orthodox. 
They esteem the Turks, and the other Mussulmen, as 
Schismatics (Mouschrikinns), that is to say, men who 
give companions to God; but they do not treat them 
as idolaters or infidels (Coffar). In a word, the Islam 
is the religion of the Koran, that is, the duty to one 
God. Such is the religion of the Wehhabites, who 
are in consequence true Mussulmen, such as were 
(according to the Koran) Jesus Christ, Abraham, 
Noah, Adam, and all the Prophets, until the time of 
Mouhhammed, whom they look upon as the last true 
prophet or missionary of God, and not as a simple 
learned man, as the Christians say of him, speaking of 
the Wehhabites;* since in reality, if Mouhhammed 
had not been sent of God, the Koran could not be the 
divine word, and consequently the Wehhabites would 
act against principle. 
The Wehhabites have not diminished the profes- 
* This is also an error into which the author of the History of 
the Wehhabites has faUen.— Note of the Editor. 
