'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎271] (294/448)

Ayder marries UfaivCatfanV 'Daughter.
Sojf ee left behind him a Son called Siet Gmet : for of fuch efteem was his Fathers San
dity, that as traduce they held it requifite to give the like attribute of Skt> i. e Saint
unto his Son, who alfo at lealb by a pretended zeal feem'd meritorioufly to acquire that
Epithete: For he delighted much in contemplation and feparation from the People, and
not in vain ^ Contemplation having a fpecial vigour to lharpen Wit *, and feparation from
vulgar Spirits both opening Nature's Cabinet and by Meditation borrowing Angels wings
to fly into Heaven. And by thefe artifices it was Siu Gmet accommodated himfelf
towards the pulling down the Black-Sheeps Race, of which Joon-fra Son of Chmffuph
at that time onely remained v to which end he hatches.this defign: Firft he invited Acem
or Vfem-, otherwife called Vfan-Cajfan the Armenian King, to the conqueft of Perfia
which by the overthrow of Malaoncres and death of J-oon-fha An, Dom, 1470. of the He?
850. he quickly effeded, and thereby reduced under fubjedion the Provinces of Hyerac
Jrakeyn,Aderbayon,Cahonchara y Moz,endram, Sheirvan, Cherman and Chufftan: During which
there was that amity 'twixt the Vidor and the Saint of Ardmeil, that he was fo far from
oppofing the new model of Church affairs Gmet had compiled and the better fancied
perceiving the Sieth drift to make a perpetual Schilm or rent from the Turkin their per-
fwafion, as he gave it all the countenance he could, and impofed that new Cmrawn as
they term it upon the Ferfmn, who from the belief they had of the Siets Learning and
Holifteis, without any difpute or further examination freely accepted of it: in no wife
confidering that the introducing a Novel Dodrine is no other than an afFedation of Ty
ranny over the Underftanding and Belief of Men: for albeit till then Ebubocr, Omar and
Ozman the three fucceeding Kalyphs after Mahomet were venerably efteem'd of by the JV-
fians and reputed Prophets; yet now being told by Siet Gmet that thofe were no Pro
phets but impoftors and intruders into the Caliphlhip ( which Mortis-Ally the Tertian by
matching with Fatima Mahomet's fole Child had moft right unto, notwithftanding which
Ally was not onely by their power and fubtle pradices kept out of poffeffion during their
Lives, but by their procuration flain by Mnavy the Syrian General, and not therewith
fatisfied his Race fo profecuted that Ocen >%'sS6n waslikewifecut ofF,and his other Sons
, eleven in number, deftroy'd by Ahdall the Ben-humiany the twelfth called Mufa or Mirfa Ce-
rifirn by miracle onely efcaping, of whom the crafty Siet Gmet himlelf defcended) thofe
and other like confiderations fo wrought* that it was thought fit thofe three pretended
Prophets fhould be reputed rather Devils than Saints, expunged their Kalender, and in-
ftead of invocating, the Terfians were inftruded to execrate them as Hereticks and abo
minable Varlets: a declenfion the Turks have never been able to reconcile to this" very
day, they neverthelefs vice verfa having'as high an opinion of thofe three as they have
oi Mortis-Allyy or rather more, in regard Ally was a Perfian, upon which account, the
Turks efteem the Per fans no better than Hereticks, and as is related, the TurkJJh Mufti not
many years lince upon lome occafion declared it as an Article of his Faith that he held it
a more meritorious work to deftroy one Per fan than a hundred Chriftians. Howbeit,
this great breach prudently defigned by Gunet the better to advance his own Tribe and to
make his accefs the eafier to the Crown, was not fo lecretly contrived but that foon-jha
had fome whifpering of it^ which fo foon as the Siet underftood he wifely withdrew him
felf into the Arabian Territories, where he took the opportunity to quicken Vfan-Cajfan
towards the invading Per fay as lately mentioned. 3 But the Armenians giving law unto
the Perfm was fo badly relented that Gmet perceived it contributed not a little towards
the attaining his ambitious ends, which Vfan-Gaff an was altogether ignorant of ^ other-
wife he would not fo eafily have condefcendedto match his Daughter Martha ( whom the
PerCians ftile Kadayon-Katm, begot of Dejpina the Daughter of Calo-Johannes or John the
good Emperour of Trefi^ond) with Ayder-mirz,a his Son, whom P.Jovim calls Harduelles 5
By which high affinity he made his nearer approach unto the Throne: Nor was the match
much to the young Lady's diflikirig, for ihe had liberty granted her to continue the
profeffion of that Religion which her Chrifiian Mother inftruded her in; nor was it
held an undervaluing, feeing Ayder % Defcent was in a dired Line drawn from Mortis^
Ally and Fatyma Daughter and Heir of Mahomet in an uninterrupted Stem of thirty five
Princes and Saints, fome of which are as follow, Abbas-Mima had Aby-Taleb the Father
of Mortis-Ally who by Fatyma had Hocem ( whom fome call Ocen and Huffan ) Father of
Mir^a Cerefim ( whom fome name Mahedin)i\:om whom Mutar, St. Azjmulli and Salyn de
fcended •, and from whom Sheq-Sophy-Eddyn-Jfaac, who for his Learning and Sandity was
lirnamed Cuth^el-Eulia, to whom fucceeded Shec or Siet-Mofes, who was Father of Mirz^a-
Sedryddin, the Father of Shec-Ally, Father of Shec-Ebrahim, Father of Shec-Sojfee, Father
of Shec or Siet-Gunety Father of Shez-Ayder who by his Wife the Princefs Martha had
Jfmael firnamed Sophy.