Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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e p e s e nt dynasty of th e Kajars It is called City of the shadow of God the footstool of t h e King of T e h e ran b e ars r e semblance to a European city m or e than any oth e r P e r ian cities and m ore i luenced b y w e t e rn idea The royal palac e in T e heran is surro ded b y a high ston e wall Th e grounds ar e e nter e d through four b e au tifu gat e s The k ing s own gate is called the gate of a m onds in Persian Dar m as The sides of the walls th e gates dorn e d with th e li k en e ss e s of form e r kings and b av e g e n e rals and d e corative carv ings of lions th e st nd rd of P e rsia and of birds The grounds b e auti lly l id out th e roads lead to th e king s palac e in the center and ar e ornam e nt e d ith tr ee s and h e dg e s of ros e s of various hues Nu o ic e s of sup e ior r nk gua d the e ntrances to th e gat e s th e roadw ys that l e ad to th e palac e doo s thos e near e st th e p lac e st nd with aw s ords Wh e n e v e th e king sits in judgm e nt he u es th e p e acock s thron e and is sur ound e d by his six cabi n e t who advis e s but h e may ov e rr e th e advic e of th e cabin e t at tim e Wh e n th e Shah tir e s of th e routin e of gov e nm e nt duti e s s e cr e tary r e ads to him f om a po e tical sto y of th e P e rsian k ings wh e n th e king r e tir e s to p ivat e a a tm e nt the t nc e to th e room is guard e d by two most trust e d c e s with drawn swords one on each sid e of the door During my st y in T e h e r n I b e cam e w e ll acquaint e d with one of th e s e who was colo ed slav e Th e form e r Sh h of Persia visit e d Europe s e veral tim e s is th e founde of a good postal t e l e raph sys t e m bov e all h e found e d a b e autifu colleg e in Te h e an which is cal ed th e plac e of Sci e nce and i s the first on e of its k ind H e a so tri e d to introduce t h e r i road sys e m but the state priesthood re f sed yi g our country is w e ak if Christians shall carry on such work in our land th e n e xt st e p w b e to t k e count y out of hands Th e y also s d if th e re i s a r ilroad in our country w e cannot beat our w i ves if we th e y would t k e th e train and go to E ope whil e th e y cannot do it now P e sia may b e said to poss e s th ee c ates that of south e n of th e e l e vat e d plat e au and of th e Caspian P ovinc e s Cyrus said of it The people p e ish with th e cold in on e e xtr e mity while th e y ar e su oc t e d by th e h e t in th e oth e r Heavy rains are f e qu e nt m ny of th e tricts are marshy and h e lthy With th e e xc e ption of th e C spian and north w e st provinc e s th e tmosph e r e P e rsia is remarka b le for its d yn e ss and purity Th e cultiv t e d portions of P e i abound in the rare and most b e utif v e g e t bl e and fr t p oduction Wh e t of th e v e ry b e st quality is ais e d in abundance also o h e r p oducts such barl e y cotton sugar opium t e a co ee tobacco e tc e tc Th e vine flour i shes in many of th e provinc e s th e vines of ar e cele Th e m b e rry tr ee is l rg e ly c tivat e d s k ing on e of th e most impo tant st ple of th e country Th e chi e f manuf cturing is th t of silk stu s of the rich e st kind th e fin e st p e f m e s ar e made f rom th e co tl e ss va i e ti e s of ros e s with w ch the land is ca p e t e d Th e gr e at st part o f th e pop ation of Per ia b el g to the Shiit tribe w h i ch ca ere t h r u gh land B e cause th e r e not v e ry many who are able to wo k among th e s e p e opl e I hav e pro m is e d my life b e h f th t e My h e t d n to th t tio Not to th e i b e utiful count y and the ch ee rful br e ez e s of th e p e fum e d winds not to th e flow e ry h i s and fr tful mountains w ch giv e th e most b e auty to na tur e and h e lth to th e sick not to th e salt lak e s and rocky stricts w ch r e m ind w e ak humanity of the C r e a not e v e n to th e ir b ight su m e s with th e blu e sky illumin t e d by lli d of twi kling st s at ght th e e st stro omical observa tion to th e i nci e t tow e s p lac e s that e call th e histo y of e ntu i e s du ing which gr e at b attl e s hav e b ee n fought n tio s divid e d My heart sy pathi z es ith th e s e p e opl e b e c us e th e y igno ant of th e Gos p e l of th e only S viour I know th e of s lv tio th e e fo e I in duty bo d to guid e th e m to pl c e wh e e th e y may h e th e invit tion of th e Spi t and th e brid e saying Com e and l e t that h e ar e th com e l e t him th t is t rst com e and whoso e v e r will l e t t k e th e wat e r of l e fre e ly r e d I J e sus hav e s e nt min e ang e l to t e stify unto you th e s e things in th e chu ch e s I am th e root and the of D vid th e b ight mo ning s r I th e th e Tr th and th e Lif e Ye s ind e ed He is th e doo th e sh e ph e d and th e o y R e d ee m e T he l mb of God tak e s aw y th e of th e world If w e h e His m e ssag e in p iv t e w e must proclai m it on th e tops of th e hou e s and in the whole world C H P T ER M O A M M M O A M M A M bdulah H lim w e r e th e p e nts of th e gr e at p oph e t of th e E st who co qu e r e d th e wild rabs He was born about th e y e ar D at M e cca in rabia Th e Moh mm e d n doctrin e conc e rn ng God with th e Ch istian in so H e is by both taught to b e th e C e ato of all things in H e av e n and e arth who rul e s pr e s e v e s things without b e gin g om ipot e nt om sci e t omnipr e s e nt and fu l of mercy Ye t acco ding to th e Moh mm e d n b e li e f ther e no Son of God is J e s s e g rd e d anything e lse than p oph e t apostl e lthough birth is held to hav e b ee n du e to a miracl e and as the Koran super th e Gosp e l so Moh mm e d sup e rsed e d Chr i s Moh mm e d s b e li e v e th t th e Bible was given b y in pir tion but that it has suf e r e d so m any corr p tions that th e copi e s in th e hands of J e ws and C h ri tians of v e y l ttl e cr e t and th t th e Koran the on y saf e guid e Th e y beli e ve that th e origi al copy o f it has b ee n f om e t e r ty inscrib e d on a vast tablet i n God s th on e and that Gab i e l was s e nt to the lowe t h e av e n with a copy of it on pap e r which was tr ns f er red to Moh mm e d by giv e n to th e faith f u Moham e d nism in P e sia e xist e d under two forms viz th e Sunna or orthodox syst e and nce d i d not re v e it unti e ight years later While he had m ad e sev e ral pilgrimages to Karbala Mecca and Me d i na h e retu n e d to his native o n Shir z fi st he b e gan to t e ch his doctrine to his unt i t was impr e ss e d upon th e ir nds and h e rts then h e pr e ch e d to th e public of b e ing th e Mah i the seen I m am or th e proph e t to whom th e dans look forward to pp e ar in th e l st days Mir z a Mo ha m med in oth e words the director of th e tim e s claim e d that both Christ and Mo hamm e d had th e coming of the last Imam M ah the dir e cto th t h e would b e th e ru e r of th e Moha m m e dans and that Islam would b e th e u iver sal religion Mi za Mohamm e d said h e th e e x proph e t and th t he was inspi e d and had qu e nt co m un c tions with God in which h e was told how to dir e ct his p e opl e H e said vin e rev e lation was th e l t e st but not the l st manif e station of th e d e ity in hu m an form H e how e v e was e xa n e d and killed by th e P e sians as a Th e lat e st mani of th e di e ty in hu m n fo m ac ording to th e ir b eli e f is bbas cc in Tu k e y not v e ry f rom P e rsia who is recogniz e d as th e Son of God H e claims to ha v e f ow e rs of whom are in the U ted Stat e s converts f ro m th e m erican church e s Mohammedan sm pr marily a historical r e ligion based upon th e fundamental id e a of th e absolute unity o f God and the recognit i on b y God of M oham m ed h is M OH M MED THE KOR lat t approved prop h e t Without e ntering into the question of the sanity in anity of M oham m e d h i m s e lf is to say th t this rab ith e arli e st teac ngs the doctrin e which was h e ld by th e J e ws and a f e w in rabia of th e pow e r of the d e ity ppar e ntly the teac ngs of th e H e brews had l e ft th e ir t ace upon him and mind dw e lling upon th e pr e c e pts of Mos e s and comparing th e m w i th what h e saw of the C hristi ns d e v e lop e d w i thin a hostil ty to any form of what s e em d to him idolatry such h e found e xi t e nt e verywher e m ong th e pag e n tribes th e r e was said to have b ee n mag e s of gods who w e re looked upon as th e chi d n of llah th e creator of whose w i fe was l at and th e M e ccans look e d upon th e ir local d e ities th e daught e rs of this idol Idols w e r e found in e v ery hous e and for m ed i m portant articl e of manu actur e R e ligion was sort of bart e r and f s ivals and pilgri m g e s mad e up l rg e part of th e r e ligious lif e and wor ship th e sam t m e th e form of Christianity was of th e most inferior typ e Th e doctrin e of th e tri ity was partic arly a sort of t ith e ism in which the thre e persons w e r e God th e Fath e r God th e Son and t h e vir gin Mary T o Moh mmed the e s ee m e d little erenc e b e twe e n the two both app e r e d to him th e v e ry low t for m s of religious faith and h e was stirred w i th a d e s e to k now more T his accor ng to th e id e a of th e t m e he thought to accomplish by a her m it li f e and would pend day lone y ca v e Wh i e here i t pr ba b le that epilept i c wo d co m e up n h im w h i c to be rev e lat i ons f ro m God and the r r e v e r e nc e d him for what he taught Mohamm e d ns b e e v e in th e r e rrect i on o f d e ad both soul body and that at the judg m ent m nkind will b e vid e d into thr ee clas s First thos who ee p g ov e ling with th e ir fac e s to th e grou d s e cond tho e who w lk t d those who r i de f or whom cam e ls will b e in r e adiness God p omis e d to tru e b e li e v e rs m e n and wom e n gard e ns th ough hi h iv e s flow to dw e ll th e re n f orever goodly plac e s in th e ga d e n of Ed e n i nto which th e y h ll e nt e with th e right e ous a m ongst t h e i r and th e i wiv e s th e ir s ee d Ev e y Moh mm e d n is r e quir e d to utter five prayers fi st was ng turning his fac e toward Mecca Th e y b e li e v e p y e r will carr th e m hal f way to h e ven f sting to th e gat e s of h e av e n and a m w i p e t th e m to e nter In Persia on e will s ee the devotees o f this e ligion utt e ring th e ir p ayers while upon t h e i r kne e s th e ir fac e s toward Kab a and at short i nter v a s th e y b e nd th e i fac e s to th e earth the P h ar i see old th e y are s ee n in dir c ons on th e stre i n fi e ld and in all con picuous pla e utte i ng t h ir d i y Th e fasti g is held to b e o f ut m ost im p rt ce Dur i ng one whole month th e m onth i n w h i c h h e li e ve the Kora was sent f o m heaven t h ey are r i to fast from s nr i s e to sunset and eat d r i g g M OH M MED N VILL GERS T h e Ra m a z an f a ting mont h b egin wit h the new moon and th e of Mohammeda sm began at the tim e of 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