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    of Calenders , Torlaquis , and other distinct appellations applied to particular sects , but are more generall y spoken of under theif original title of Dervish , a word having the same , signification in the Turkish ant * Persian language as the Fakir of the Arabic , and denoting a poor man . They have their travelling mendicants , fraternities of settled recluses , and some

    few solitaries , amounting in all to thirty-U \ o orders ; all of which differ from each other , and are distinguished also by particular manners and appearance from the rest of the world .

    Although it is expressly said in the Koran , that the vow of celibacy is not received in paradise , the Calenders do not admit of marriage , but the generality of the orders are under no such

    restriction . Some individuals amongst them have , like Haji Bek-Tash , attained an extraordinary reputation ; but the profession of pi < ty , Le ^ yond the acquirement of alms , is not attended with any advantages in Tjurkey # The Mussulmans consider themselves obliged to

    contribute to the support of the religious ; at the same time . that nqt only the more enlightened of them , but the common people regard the Dervishes with but

    little internal reverence , and rather tolerate than approve of their institutions . The Seyeh , or wanderers , who raise contributions by proclamation , are relieved but not respected . * Their kirkah- or torn

    ? ' On corning into a fown , a Seyeh criis aloud from the market place or GQXiKtfQt tfye , mosck ^ " Ya all&h senden besh bin altun isterim —O God , gite mil J * $ rMh * ^ jiWW 6 iisdn # ¦ cr&ums—or sbM ^ t ) tfi ^ ii rh > ot * > cbftittioility , ' which hctJw . tb ' j to 9 MbW * w ilte His

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    habit , notwithstanding ] its alleged descent from the ancient prophets has been the subject of-much sarcasm for the Oriental wits , and the vices which it is known to en

    velope , have not added to its respectability . " * — A Dervish at . tempted to kill Sultan Mahomet the Second , and also Achmet the First ; and in the reign of Osman the First another enthusiast

    ventured to disturb the peace of the empire , by foretelling the triumph of Christianity , upon the strength of a vision seen at Mecca . The prophet was cudgelled to death . f journey . The Seyehs come even from India . One of them delivered to

    Kioprilt Mustapha Pasha , Grand Vizier to Solyman the Second , letters from the Great Mogul , and told him that his master , hearing of the Sultan's distresses , had sent an offer of assistance to his brother Mussulman . To which Kioprili replied , < that Solyman would be ever grateful for the zeal and friend . ship of the great Padisha of India , but

    that his affairs just then being in a prosperous state , he could be honoured , with no greater favour from bis Indian Majesty , than his comtnanding his beggars not to enter the Ottoman dominions . ' *—Cantemir * Ottoman . Hist . Part I . book i . p . 40 , of Tindal ' s translation .

    * Saadi , in the eighth chapter of his Ghulistan ^ addressing the religious , says , Possess the virtues of a true Der * visit , and then ^ instead of a woollen cap , wear , if you willy a Tartar bonnet " Eb \ i-Cassab , one of their spiritual masters , calls their garments the mask of hy .

    pocrisy ; and Hafiz prefers a goblet or wine to rhe blue mantle of ( he Dervish ; which the Persians , who have given a mystical meaning to all ( he verses of this poet , explain as an attachment to

    divine love , and a hatred of hypocrisy Dervishlik khirkhaden lellu dogkil > ft * Turkish proverb , which answers to the Cucullus nonfadt monachum . ScC D'Herbelot , Biblipthcque Orientale , Article Dei vische . ^ + In the early Igetfof-the Mahometan religion , a Mohemdtkn-aa id tfiat c

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    6 $ 6 Present State of the Mahometan Religion in Turkey

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 636, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/12/