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Updated: May 24, 2025
The mutual hatred ever existing with Sunni and Shiah has always worked against very cordial relations between Turkey and Persia, and once certainly, in the sixteenth century, the fear of Persia, then actively hostile on the south-eastern border, benefited Austria and Russia by deterring the Turkish Power, in the days of its triumph and strength, from extended aggressive operations north and west of Constantinople.
Roberts sent to ask whether Sunni might go with him, but to this the Maharajah replied by an absolute 'No. So the missionary stayed. It was Surji Rao who brought the final word to the Maharajah. 'My father and my mother! he said, 'it is no longer possible to hold the people back. It is cried abroad that this English hakkim has given the people powder of pig's feet.
It was quite dark inside when Sunni pushed open the door, but the old woman, slumbering light, started up from her charpoy with a little cry. 'Choop! said he in a low, quick tone; and Tooni, recognising his voice, was instantly silent. Sunni made his way to the side of the bed, and took one of her hands. 'Listen, Tooni, said he, in the same tone, 'I am come for what is mine. Give it to me.
The forces of darkness, at first confined to the concerted hostility of the civil and ecclesiastical powers of Shí’ah Persia, gathering momentum, at a later stage, through the avowed and persistent opposition of the Caliph of Islám and the Sunní hierarchy in Turkey, and destined to culminate in the fierce antagonism of the sacerdotal orders associated with other and still more powerful religious systems, had launched their initial assault.
A cry went up from the other Chitans. Moti clapped his hands together, Maun Rao caught the boy up and kissed him. 'Then, said the Maharajah slowly, 'I love you still, Sunni, and you shall drink the opium with the rest. Your son, he added to Colonel Starr, 'will bring praise to his father. The Colonel smiled. 'I have no children, said he. 'I wish he were indeed my son.
The Colonel jumped to his feet and gave half a dozen orders without stopping. The last one was to Sunni. 'Stay here, he said; 'you shall soon go back to your own country. The Chitan horsemen had ridden out to announce the coming of the Maharajah, so that the English officer might meet him half-way. They gave the message gravely, and rode slowly back.
'Yes, said the Maharajah, 'but not yet, ee-Wobbis. The boy will be well here for a year, and you shall teach him. At the end of that time we will speak again of this matter. Dr. Roberts was not satisfied. He asked the Maharajah at all events to allow Sunni to live with him in his empty jail, but His Highness refused absolutely.
Bokhara, bounded on the north by Russian Turkestan, was once the most famous state of Central Asia. Genghis Khan took it from the Arabs in the Thirteenth Century, and it was taken by the Uzbegs, fanatical Sunni Mahommedans of Turkish extraction, in 1505.
Dr. Roberts and Sunni were very well then, but Moti shrivelled up and coughed the day through, and the Maharajah, when he went out to drive, wrapped himself up in Cashmere shawls, head and ears and all. The boys learnt as much English as could possibly be expected of them; Sunni learnt more, because Dr. Roberts made it a point that he should. Besides, he became a great friend of Dr.
Jemal-ed-Din held a brief for the union of Sunni and Shiah, an idea which from time to time has found favour with some advanced leaders of the former faith. He spoke of the gain to Islam in sinking their religious differences, and joining to form one Church and one creed.
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