Chapter 159: First Deal with the Kurds, Then Deal with the Little Heretics

The killing continued. After all, Sapus had led troops for many years, and the death of his eldest son did cause chaos in the army.

But soon, his generals reorganized the army, led by his second son, and began to besiege the three rebellious princes again, and the troops of the three rebellious princes were obviously gradually falling into decline.

However, at this time, Kamran ordered his army to attack, and another heavy cavalry unit rushed from a distance, led by Alandar Mustafa Pasha.

It's just that the winged cavalry at this time was already red, which was also in line with the local customs.

The cavalry charge and Kamran's attack caught Sapus's army off guard, and the entire army collapsed quickly.

Swords and muskets began to massacre, and blood was everywhere outside the city, covering the snow, and under the moonlight, it looked holy and charming.

"Boy, you still want to run."

An officer knocked a soldier from Sapus's army to the ground with a punch, and then tied him up.

Such scenes were almost everywhere, but unlike the joy of ordinary officers and soldiers, the three princes of the Principality of Elan were anxiously waiting for Emperor Sai to come.

After all, it was not pleasant to hear that the son backstabbed the father. At this time, a big man was needed to define the matter. So, who would be more suitable than Emperor Sai who happened to pass by with a large army?

However, Selim had no intention of setting off at this time. He couldn't run over by himself before the other party sent someone to deliver a message. That would mean that he had sent someone to kill Sapus, so he had to avoid suspicion.

The next morning, under the escort of the army, the Sultan's convoy slowly drove into the city. Sapus and the three princes were already waiting for him to make a judgment.

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty"

As Selim entered the tent, Kamran, Diyar and others saluted him in turn.

The Sultan waved his hand, indicating that everyone should avoid these red tapes and get straight to the point.

"I wonder if the two emirs can tell me what happened last night, so that my heavy cavalry was called to support by the two of you."

"It's like this, Your Majesty, just last night, Emir Saps launched a rebellion here.

Fortunately, there are also loyal people among the rebels. Although the three princes are the sons of the traitor Saps, they will never go along with the crowd, but rise up to resist and help us to quell the traitor Saps.

Today, I ask Your Majesty to come, and I also hope that Your Majesty will preside over the follow-up of this matter."

Kamlan said respectfully.

Saps, who was standing aside, had slowly woken up at this time. The wounds and blows last night made him very weak and he often fainted.

If it weren't for Kamlan's voice that made him hate it, he might not have woken up.

However, when he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the half-smile of Emperor Sai, and he fainted again.

The Sultan couldn't help but want to complain. What kind of psychological quality is it? If you can't even bear this little blow, then what kind of rebellion is there?

Look at Muhammad Qajar next door, he is already a eunuch, but he is still energetic and has no self-destructive look.

The Sultan couldn't help curling his lips and then said.

"In this case, then execute the emirs of Saps and the other four principalities, and summon the emirs of the major Kurdish tribes to watch the execution.

As for how to deal with the principality of Saps, considering that the three princes have made contributions, the Principality of Elan will be divided into three, and the three princes will inherit them respectively. The other four principalities will also be dealt with in this way."

After hearing this plan, the three princes finally let go of their hanging hearts, and then thanked the Sultan and expressed their loyalty to the Sultan in the future.

Selim then waved his hand to dismiss the three princes and others, and asked Kamran to stay.

"You did a good job this time. How about it? Have you decided where you want to be the governor?

Is it Albania, Wallachia, Serbia, or Bulgaria?"

"Your Majesty, how can I let myself decide on such national affairs? As long as it is to serve Your Majesty, Kamran will do anything, no matter where."

Kamran lowered his head and put on an appearance of obeying orders in all actions.

The Great of Set could not help but laugh and scold.

"You... You are a smart one.

How about this, when the problems here are solved, Justinian will go to Armenia to deal with these damn merchants, and you will be the governor of Armenia.

The current governor is a waste. I have decided to let him step down early. The Armenians have transported such a large number of weapons, but this idiot is still here praising the peace and social stability under his rule."

Kamran replied respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Great of Set glanced at Kamran and said immediately.

"Don't say I don't take care of you. No one in this country probably knows how much money the Armenians have.

Kamran, you know, a piece of beef slipped through your hand. It seems that you didn't do anything to the beef, but your hand was left with oil.

Remember, Constantinie is the center of the empire and a real den of money. Without money, you can't move in this city.

If you want to help your people get out and leave this mountainous area, you must have enough capital.

At that time, the Greeks and many wealthy families and royal families will send people over to cooperate with them and Justinian's work, and gain some benefits for themselves. "

Kamran lowered his head and bowed.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Sai nodded with satisfaction

"One more thing, Kamlan, I thought about it carefully. Although the three princes killed their relatives out of justice, it was a bad start after all.

Therefore, in the future, the land of the major Kurdish principalities will be unified and inherited equally by the eldest son, second son and third son of the former emir. This will not only avoid tragedies like yesterday, but also avoid the deprivation of food and clothing for the descendants of these heroes. "

Kamran nodded again and then withdrew.

The Sultan sat on the chair and began to think about how to deal with the Delameye Emirate hidden deep in the desert.

Speaking of this country, Emperor Sai wanted to compare.

The rise of this country is actually a true reflection of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. It is just like the relationship between the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland tribes in the history of a large country in the East. From the Qin to the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty was busy dealing with civil strife and lost control of the grassland. Later, a nomadic regime would be established and pose a threat to the Central Plains dynasty.

Compared with the military pressure brought by the grassland regime to the Central Plains dynasty, Selim was actually more worried about religious issues. After all, the Mongols could not convert the Han people to Tengri, but for the Ottoman Empire For example, the Imam of the Delamaya Emirate, Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab, had to guard against it.

This person's school is also translated as Wahhabism, and he is a religious leader and theologian in the Arabian Peninsula. He is the founder of the Islamic religion known as Wahhabism in the era before King Said the Great crossed over, modern Islamic fundamentalism, and Islamic terrorism. father.

Wahhabi was born into a family of jurists. He received orthodox education from the Hanbali school of law in his early years, and Hanbali was the most popular school of law in the area where he was born.

Although Wahab received a traditional Sunni education, he gradually began to oppose many mainstream Sunni religious rituals at the time, such as worshiping the tombs of saints.

Wahab considered such behavior tantamount to the invention of heretical dogma or even idolatry.

Although his teachings were opposed by many Sunni scholars at the time (including his own father and brothers).

In line with the spirit of seeking knowledge, which is that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, Wahhabi chose to make pilgrimages everywhere.

After leaving Uyaina, he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The scholars in Mecca had opinions and teachings that were incompatible with Wahhab, and Wahhab found it unacceptable.

He then went to Medina, where he formed the blueprint for his later thoughts.

In Medina, Wahab met Abdullah ibn Ibrahim al-Najdi, a Hanbali jurist from Najd.

This person is a follower of the New Hanbali School of Ibn Taymiyyah's teachings, and Taymiyyah's teachings are controversial. In several important historical periods, his teachings were regarded as heretical by Sunni scholars. Disagreement.

Wahab's mentor Abdullah ibn Ibrahim ibn Saif introduced the relatively young Wahab to Muhammad Hayat of the Sufi Naqshbandi Order ·Ibn Ibrahim Sindi and recommended him to be Sindi’s student.

These two people couldn't be more suitable for each other. When the old heretic met the young heretic, they hit it off immediately. The two simply ate at the same table, slept in the same bed, and almost died and were buried together.

Of course, in addition to trivial matters such as daily life, in terms of thinking, the old heretics can also be said to have taught the young heretics everything they have. Among them, the biggest influence on the young heretics was Cindy’s suggestion that he should not follow the rules about Islamic saints and saints Gongbei. customs, these teachings are similar to Wahhab's later thoughts.

Later, due to disputes in Medina, minor heretics were expelled.

So, he left the Arabian Peninsula and came to Basra. In line with his usual hobby of debating scriptures, Wahhabi once again had a fierce debate with the locals in Basra. He believed that the locals worshiped idols and violated monotheism. righteous.

The local dignitaries were angry and expelled him from the country. They also sent someone to beat him, so that the boy almost lost his life.

Leaving Basra, Wahab came to Damascus. But in the end he was forced to leave the place because he insisted on his own opinion. Desperate, Wahab had no choice but to return to his hometown to seek refuge with his father. His father and brother Suleiman ibn Abdul Wahhab also opposed his doctrine. Suleiman even became the first scholar to write a book specifically to refute Wahhab. Emperor Said only I can say that this teaching is really amazing.

After returning home, Wahab's teachings attracted some speculators. Among them was the ruler of Uyaina, Usman ibn Muammar.

Together with Muammar, Wahhab intended to help him expand his power into Najd and beyond, in exchange for Muammar's support of Wahhab's religious doctrines.

From this, Wahab began to implement some of his religious reform ideas.

First, he filled up the tomb of Zayed ibn al-Khattab, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, to prohibit worship. He then ordered the trees that the natives regarded as sacred trees to be cut down, and he himself cut down the most venerated one. Finally, he had a woman guilty of adultery stoned to death.

These actions of Wahab attracted the attention of Suleiman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ghurair of Bani Khalid's ministry.

This man was the chief of the Hasa Oasis and Qatif at the time, and could be said to be the top boss in the Najd region, so the little heretic was expelled again.

However, fate always gives people a chance. After Wahhabi was expelled from Uyaina, he was invited to Diriyah by Muhammad bin Saud, the ruler of Diriyah.

After living in Diriyah for a period of time, Wahhabi was able to establish the second covenant between him and the ruler in his career, and this covenant was more successful.

Wahhabi and Muhammad believed that they could join forces to bring the people of the Arabian Peninsula back to the true Islamic faith in their eyes. According to historical records, when the two met for the first time, Bin Saud said:

This oasis is yours, do not fear your enemies. In the name of God, even if all of Najd receives an order to expel you, we will never expel you.

And Wahhab replied:

You are the leader of this place and you are wise. May you swear a jihad to never believe. You will be the Imam and lead the Muslims, and I will be the monopoly of religious affairs.

If we let Sayyid the Great translate this little heresy, it can be roughly understood as "Bu has been wandering for half his life, and I only regret that I have not met a wise master. If you don't abandon me, Bu is willing to be your adoptive father."

In 1744 AD, the two swore loyalty to each other and signed a covenant. Wahhab was responsible for religious affairs, while Saudi was responsible for administrative and military affairs.

This covenant enabled the two sides to support each other and share power.

The 1744 covenant between Wahhabi and Saudi marked the rise of the first Saudi Kingdom, the Emirate of Diriyah.

With a clear ideological motivation, Saudi Arabia first conquered Najd. Wahhabi was a villain who immediately killed Suleiman ibn Muhammad ibn Ghurair of the Bani Khalid tribe, avenging his expulsion that year.

17 Saudi was assassinated and his son Abdul-Aziz ibn Muhammad ascended to the throne.

Wahhab married his daughter to Abdul-Aziz; this marriage strengthened Wahhab's alliance with Saudi Arabia.

They went on expeditions and confiscated the property of Muslims who did not obey the Wahhabis, claiming that the seizure of their property was a reward from God for their piety.

In 1773, Wahhab and Saudi Arabia conquered Riyadh and planned to continue their march into Iraq and Syria.

This is the situation that the Great is facing now. There is no force for the Ottoman Empire to support against this heretical country. The Sultan has to send troops himself. If the other party is unwilling to surrender, then there is only a scorched earth policy, directly destroying the other party's oasis.

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