6/31 [177] Many thousands of the Shiites repose in holy ground at the feet of the vicar of God; and the desert is vivified by the numerous and annual visits of the Persians, who esteem their devotion not less meritorious than the pilgrimage of Mecca. Price, p.191.Compare, on the conduct of Telha and Zobeir, p. 193--M.] [Footnote 1733: See the very curious circumstances which took place before and during her flight. 196 .-- M.] [Footnote 1734: The reluctance of Ali to shed the blood of true believers is strikingly described by Major Price's Persian historians. |