'The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia' [‎147] (364/684)

DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
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CHAP. XXX.
a summary account of abdul aziz, the arab shaikh.
A bdul A ziz S haikh was the chief of a tribe of bar
barous Arabs : the following is a summary account
of his history. He was the supreme head of the
tribe. Among the chiefs of that nation, there was
a man called Abdul Wahhab, who (VikeBu Jahal), at
first studied under one of the inhabitants in the
vicinity of Bussorah, named Muhammed: he at
length came to Isfahan, to prosecute his studies in
the university there; and spent almost an age in
the colleges of that place, perfecting himself in the
different branches of the Law, Religion, and Gram
mar; so that he flattered himself he had become
acquainted with the subtle doctrines of all religions,
though, through the temptations of Iblis, he went
astray. His creed is as follows:—The Great Inde
pendent Existence is One; and the necessity of the
Apostolic Mission, and of the Divine Book, is doubt
less and indisputable. After the departure of the
last of the Prophets, the Book of God is sufficient
^ or all purposes: but at every period there is a
Supreme Doctor (Mujtahid) among the True Be
lievers, the solver of all difficulties: at one time,
Abu Bekr ; at another, Omar; at another, Othman;
then the Lord of True Believers, Haidar; again,
Shafia, and Abu Hanifah ; and at another time, the
v enerabl€ Imam, Jaafer Aly (on whom be salvation!)
^hen one Mujtahid passes away, another comes in
place, and extracts from the Book of God the
ex planations of all questions; so that men may
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