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Updated: June 23, 2025
The guebre communities of Persia are too impecunious or too indifferent to keep up the ever-burning-fires nowadays; the fires of Zoroaster, which in olden and more prosperous times were fed with fuel night and day, are now extinguished forever, and the scattering survivors of this ancient form of worship form a unique item in the sum total of the population of Persia.
'And you are witty, rejoined the Guebre. ''Tis a wondrous day. 'What shall we do? said Kisloch. 'Let us dine, proposed the Negro. 'Ay! under this plane-tree, said Calidas. ''Tis pleasant to be alone. I hate everybody but ourselves. 'Here stop, you rascal, said the Guebre. 'What's your name?
'And some sugar-plums, said the Negro. 'Quick, you infernal Gentile, or I'll send this javelin in your back, hallooed the Guebre. The servile Abdallah hastened away, and soon bustled back, bearing two flagons of wine, and followed by four servants, each with a tray covered with dainties.
For having introduced tea into Western Asia the inhabitants of the land of "the gul and the bulbul" claim the secret of making a perfect infusion of the celestial leaves. He is no longer the embodiment of Tom Moore's Heroic Guebre, this tea-vending Irani, and his apron forbids the suggestion that he has any association with Gao, the subverter of a monarchy and the slayer of the tyrant Zuhhac.
In time, however, even this unmanageable crew were satisfied; and, seated under their plane-tree, and stuffing themselves with all the dainties of the East, they became more amiable as their appetites decreased. 'A bumper, Calidas, and a song, said Kisloch. ''Tis rare stuff, said the Guebre; 'come, Cally, it should inspire you. 'Here goes, then; mind the chorus.
'Nothing, said Calidas; 'though to speak truth, I did not much believe in the efficacy of Solomon's sceptre, till his Majesty clove the head of the valiant Seljuk with it. 'But now there's no doubt of it, said the Guebre. 'We should indeed be infidels if we doubted now, replied the Indian. 'How lucky, grinned the Negro, 'as I had no religion before, that I have now fixed upon the right one!
'Mind your own business, fellow, replied the steward, 'and be thankful that for once in your life you can dine. 'Is this the way to speak to an officer? said Calidas the Indian; 'I have half a mind to cut your tongue out. 'Never mind, little fellow, said the Guebre, 'here is a dirhem for you. Run away and be merry. 'A miracle! grinned the Negro; 'he giveth alms.
I have noticed the legend about its having been first used by the eloquent Koss, Bishop of Najran. Her mind is so troubled she cannot answer for what she writes. Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit. "Bi'smi 'llahi' r-Rahmani'r-Rahim." This auspicatory formula was borrowed by Al-Islam not from the Jews but from the Guebre "Ba nam-i-Yezdan bakhshaishgar-i-dadar!"
Among the celebrities of Fars are reckoned Hormuz, "Guebre", who in the time of Omar was taken by Abdulla Ibn Omar and put to death; and Salman Farsi who was one of the illustrious men. His piety is celebrated throughout the world. He sought the truth of religion in all quarters only to find it at Medina with the Prophet. In consequence of this Selman became a true believer.
'Most fortunate! said the Guebre. 'What shall we do to amuse ourselves to-night? 'Let us go to the coffee-houses and make the Turks drink wine, said Calidas the Indian. 'What say you to burning down a mosque? said Kisloch the Kourd. 'I had great fun with some Dervishes this morning, said the Guebre.
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