A supplement to The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history / Collected especially out of Lewis Morery, D. D., his 8th ed. cor. and enl. by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. By Jer. Collier. Together with a continuation from the year 1688, to this time, by another hand.

  • Moréri, Louis, 1643-1680.
Date:
1705
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Credit: A supplement to The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history / Collected especially out of Lewis Morery, D. D., his 8th ed. cor. and enl. by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. By Jer. Collier. Together with a continuation from the year 1688, to this time, by another hand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    /authority to do it, as Du Frefine obferves. * Du Frefine, Gloffdr. &c. ABDALIZTZ, Sdn of OmarII. of the Line of the Ommiades. This Prince, tho' he did not lucceed his father, yet he made great Improvements in .the Learn-, ing of the Mahometan Law. The following Sentence is Laid to be his ; That Prayer carried m half way in our ffourney to God Almighty; Fafling brought us to his Palace Gate, and Charity procur'd our Admijfion. * D’Herbelot. A B D A LI. A, Son of Ibrahim, and Great Grand- fon of Tamerlan, has commonly the Title of Mirz,a, or Prince’s Son, given him, which was a Privilege com¬ mon to all the Pofterity of that great Conqueror. Up¬ on the Death of his Father Ibrahim, he enjoyed the So¬ vereignty of the Province Fars or Perfta, by the Con- fent of his Grandfather Scbarok, who was living in the 850th Year of the Hegira, of the Year 14S t of the In¬ carnation : But lie was otited of his Dominions by AFo- hamed AFirzsa, (Son of Baifangor, and Grandfon to Scha- roh) his Cozen German. This Accident, which hap¬ pened in the Year of the Hegira 854, obliged him to retire to his Uncle Ulug-Beg, who was Scharok's eldeft Son, and Reigned in the Country beyond the River Oxm. ,Ulug-Beg receiv’d him very kindly, and Mar¬ ried him to his Daughter. At lall Ulug-Beg being flain in a Battel fought againft his Son Abdallathif, and Ab¬ dallathif enjoying the advantage of his Parricide but half a Year, Abdalla, Ibrahims, Son, and Ulug-Beg s Son- in-Law, took Pofleffion of his Dominions, but held it but for one Year; for Abufaid, Son of Mohammed, Son of Miranfichah, .Son of Tamerlan, who Reigned in Kho- rafian, declared War againft Abdalla, and defeated him in a Set Battel, where he loft his Life. * D'Herbelot. ABDALLA, Son of Mahomet, and Brother to Mondir, or Almondir, is the Seventh Caliph of the Race of die Ommiadcs in Spain. He was Proclaim’d at Corduba in the Year of our Lord 913, and Reign’d Twenty five Years. Omar, one of the Princes of his Court, Rebel¬ led upon him twice; the firft time he gave him his Par¬ don, but upon his Relapfe he purluedhim lb dole, that he was forced to'fly to the Chriftians lor Succour, where, more out of Intereft than Principle, he fuftered him- felf to be Baptized. Abdalla reduced the Town of Se¬ ville, which had fallen oft during the Civil Wars. * D’Herbelot. ABDALLA, Son of Zobair. After the Battel of Kerbela, where Flouffain, Son of Ali or IFah, was (lain: The Burghers of AFcccha and Medina perceiving that Jc- z,id II. Caliph of the Family of the Ommiades, did his utmoft to deftroy the Family of FI ali, Revolted from him, and Proclaimed Abdalla, Son of Zobair, Caliph of the Mufiulmans, in the 62d Year of the Hegira. Je- zid being informed of this Infurreblion, lent one of his Great Officers Exprefs to Meccha with a Silver Collar, ordering him to tell Abdalla, That if he would live peaceably, and own him for his Sovereign, he might continue without difturbance at AFeccha; but, if he re- fufed to acknowledge Jez,id for Caliph, lie commanded the Expiefs to put the Collar about his Neck, and bring him in that Equipage to DamaJ'cm : But Abdalla being ftubborn, would neither lead nor drive. Jez,id being inform’d of his Obftinacy, lent a great Army againft him into Arabia, which having plundered Medina, came up to AFeccha, and inverted the Town, where Ab¬ dalla had fortified himfelf. The Bcfiegers battered the Town very roughly, and did a great deal of Damage to Mahomet’s Temple, notwithftanding the Sacrednels of it; but the Death of Jezid happening during the Siege, i.e. in the 64th Year of the Hegira, the Army broke up, and retreated towards Damaficus: And thus Abdalla, being difengaged from a Potent Enemy, en¬ joyed his Caliphate without Difturbance. He was now owned in all the Provinces of the Em¬ pire, Syria and Palejlim excepted, which lubmitted to AFoavta, Jczid's Son. Abdalla kept his Seat Nine Years, i. e. to the 73d of tlie Hegira, and the 72ft of his Age. In this Year Caliph Abdel Mechir, Son of Marvan, who Reigned in Syria, lent his General Flegiagc. to Befiege Meccha, and leize Abdalla's Perlon. Abdalla defended the Town Seven Months, and fignalized his Cou¬ rage very remarkably, lubmitting at the lame time to the Inconveniencies of an extreme Famine: But, at laft, being* able to hold out no longer, after having f or¬ tified his Spirits with a Musk Draught, which his Mo¬ ther of Ninety Yeats of Age had prepared for him, he made his la if Effort upon the Ramparts, and killed a great many of the Enemy with his own Hands: But, being overpowered with Nlumbers, be was forced to Re¬ treat and Retrench himfelf in the Temple, where having ' his Brains beaten out with a Stone, his Head was cut oft, and carried to the Caliph Abdalmelik. This He¬ roine Mother of Abdalla above-mentioned encouraged her Son to fight, with this Sentence • If ye fight for God Almighty, you will always have him on your fide, whether you Conquer or Mificarry. ’Tis faid, that the News of the ta¬ king of AFcccha, and the Death of her Son, made fuch an impielfion upon her, that the furvived the Misfor¬ tune but a few Days. * D'Hrbelot. A B D A L M E L E C, was Son of Nough, or Noe, the Fifth King of the Line ol the Samanides, fucceeded his Father, and had very troublefome Wars with Roc- neddoulas. Prince ot the Houle ot the Bouides : However, after leveral Battels, he forced Rocneddoulas to pay him Two hundred thouland Drachms of Gold by way of Contribution. In the Reign of this Prince, Alpteghin, or Olupteghin, role from a Common Centinel to the Poll of a General, and got the Government of the great Pro¬ vince Khorafian : From this Olupteghin the Sultans of the Line of the Gaznevides are delcended. Abdalmelec Reigned Seven Years, and died of a Fall he got by Ri-. ding the Great Horfe, in the 350th Year of the Hegira, i.e. Anno Domini 961. * DHerlelot. ABDALRASCHID, was Son of Sultan Mah¬ moud. This Prince, after having fpent the greateft part of his Life in Prifon, made his Elcape, and was Pro¬ claimed Sultan of the Gaznevides, being the Seventh Prince of that Dynafty, or the Eighth including Maho¬ met the Blind. This Abdalr afehid gave the Government of the Province Segeflan to Togrul, who had been bred at Court, and was lo great a Favourite to his Prince, that he let him Govern as Abfolutely as he plealed. To¬ grul abufed the good Nature of his Mailer, and carried his Ingratitude lo far, as to attempt the Dethroning him: For this purpofe he attack’d Abdalrafichid in his Capital, Gafina: The Prince being lurpris’d at lo fudden an Attack, withdrew with his Court and Forces into the Callle : Togrul quickly made himfelf Matter of the Town, took the Callle by Storm, murthered the poor Sultan and all his Family, excepting Anca, AFaJJbud's Daughter, whom he Married, and lo leized the Crown and Dominions of his Mailers. This Ulurper was immediately called Kafernamet, i. e. The Ungrateful, by all the People, and was fo generally hated for his Perfidioufnefs, that Khark- hir, who Governed the Indian Provinces belonging to the Crown of Gazna, being informed of this ftrange Revolution, wrote l’o cffebtually to the Great Men of Gazina, not omitting the Princels Anca, that they took up Arms againft this Tyrant, who was loon after killed-in his Palace, and even upon the Throne he had lo fcandaloufty Ulurped. The Execution of Togrul be¬ ing immediately carried to Kharkhir, he marched to Gazna, and by the Confent of the principal Nobility Proclaimed Ferokhzad, Son to Maffoud, who had eica- ped the Uiurper’s Clutches, was related to Abdalrafichid, and the next of the Royal Line. Abdalrafichid loft his. Empire in the 445th Year of the Hegira, i.e. in the 1053 of the Incarnation. * D'Herbelot. + ABDAS, a Perfian Bilhop, living in the time of Theodofius the younger, by his indilcreet Zeal, occafion’d a terrible Perlecution againft the Chriftians. They en¬ joy’d at this time a full Liberty of Gonfcience in Perfia, when this Bilhop was lb warm, as to Demolith one of the Pagan Temples. The Magi or Perfian Priefts com¬ plain’d of this Ulage to theKing,who fending for Abdas, Reprimanded him gently, and order'd him to rebuild the Temple. Abdas was relolv’d not to comply with this Command, notwithftanding the King had tolcL him, That provided he was not obey’d, lie would pull¬ down all the Chriftian Churches. Abdas’s Obftinacy made him as good as his word; neither did his Relent- ment (top here,for he left all the Chriftians to the.mercy of iiis Magi, who, being dil'pleas’d at the Tolleration granted by the Government, fell upon ’em with great Cruelty. Abdas was the firft Martyr in this Perfecution, if we may call him a Martyr who was To inconfiderkte as to expole the Church to fo much Calamity. The • Chriftians, who had now, it teems, forgotten one of the principal Duties of Patience, apply’U to an improper Remedy, which prov’d another cccalion of a great deal of Blood-lhedding. They beg’d the Alfiftance of the Emperor Theodofius, which reviv’d a long War betwixt the Romans and Perfians: Tis true, the latter had the it orft