Travels in the Mogul Empire, . Caliph, or Sovereign Pontiff, to whom alone itbelonged to interpret the Koran, and to decide the contraversies that occur in the law. The other is that of thePersians, called by the Turks, Cldits. R(ift~t/s and Aly-Merdaiix; thai is, Sectaries, Heretics, and Partisans ofAly; because the Persians believe that this succession andpontifical authority, of which I have just .spoken, belongedonly to Alif the son-in-law of Mn/tomei, When he avowed himself one of the latter seel, SaltanSnjfth was evidently actuated by motives of policy ; for as Ily this he m
Travels in the Mogul Empire, . Caliph, or Sovereign Pontiff, to whom alone itbelonged to interpret the Koran, and to decide the contraversies that occur in the law. The other is that of thePersians, called by the Turks, Cldits. R(ift~t/s and Aly-Merdaiix; thai is, Sectaries, Heretics, and Partisans ofAly; because the Persians believe that this succession andpontifical authority, of which I have just .spoken, belongedonly to Alif the son-in-law of Mn/tomei, When he avowed himself one of the latter seel, SaltanSnjfth was evidently actuated by motives of policy ; for as Ily this he meant that he was to be numbered among the hist,alluding to the saying of the Prophet Muhammad, *It shall come topass that my people shall be divided into three-and-seventy seels, alln( which, wve only one, shall have their portion in the fire Tis saidthat the reason why the Prophet pitched on ths number seventy-threewas, that the llagians were divided into seventy seels, the Jews intoSS«nty-one, ami ihc Christians in. HISTORY OV THK STATES the PeiAiunx were in possession of the most importantoffices in the kingdom, and exercised the largest shareof influence at the Court, of the Mogol, he hoped thus tosecure interest and support, whenever the tide of eventsshould render them necessary. Avreng-Zebe, the third brother, was devoid of thaturbanity and engaging presence, SO much admired inDarn : but he possessed a sounder judgment, and wasmore skilful in selecting for confidants sueh persons aswere best ipialified to serve him with faithfulness andability. He distributed his prescnLs with a liberal butdiscriminating hand among those whose goodwill it wasessential to preserve or cultivate. He was reserved,subtle, and a complete master of the art of in his fathers court, he feigned a devotion whichhe never felt, and affected contempt for worldly grandeurwhile clandestinely endeavouring to pave the way to futureelevation. Even when nominated Viceroy of
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