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Impact <strong>of</strong> Ajami religions___________________________________________________mosque. Protection <strong>of</strong> minorities and Zimmis is responsibility <strong>of</strong> thegovernment. <strong>The</strong>refore, I gave them appropriate punishment. This plea wasenough <strong>to</strong> let him free but when he was physically searched, a tablet <strong>of</strong>“Zora” was found on him on which some quotation <strong>of</strong> the Iranian wise men,Zoroaster, Mani and Mazdak were written. Afsheen said that I agree thatthis book contains some infidelity and polytheistic ideas which he ignores. “Igot this book in inheritance. It is a book just like Kalila Wa Damina, which isread <strong>by</strong> Muslims.”This argument was also proved convincing. <strong>The</strong>n, <strong>after</strong> some morewitnesses, Mazyar was presented. He said that Afsheen hadcorrespondence with my brother Kehyar. In one <strong>of</strong> his letters, he invitedhim <strong>to</strong> participate in a conspiracy against the government. He wrote that itis very easy <strong>to</strong> defeat the Arabs. If you revolt, then there will be no body inthe Abbasid <strong>of</strong>ficers, except me, who can be sent <strong>to</strong> confront you. I will havemy own forces with me who will join your side. Abbasid army consist <strong>of</strong>Arabs, African Moors and Turks. Arabs are hungry people, African flies arefew in numbers, who will not stay long in front <strong>of</strong> your arrow men. Whenthe quivers <strong>of</strong> the Turks will be empty <strong>of</strong> arrows, your mounted force willcut them down with swords. Afsheen also accepted this statement and saidthat he know that Kehyar was planning <strong>to</strong> revolt and he wanted <strong>to</strong> arresthim through his political maneuver as he did earlier in the case <strong>of</strong> BabakKharmaki.Afsheen had embraced <strong>Islam</strong> but had not circumcised. He said that he didnot circumcised because <strong>of</strong> health reasons. <strong>The</strong> court said that in thebattlefield there is no greater danger than the sword and armory. Afsheenwas a political person but lacked knowledge about <strong>Islam</strong>, otherwise hewould have replied in the words <strong>of</strong> Khalifa <strong>Umar</strong> Ben Abdul Aziz, which hesaid <strong>to</strong> his Governor <strong>of</strong> Egypt, in response <strong>to</strong> a query, that Egyptians arebecoming Muslims in large numbers, probably they wanted <strong>to</strong> avoid Jaziya(poll tax), should I test them <strong>by</strong> asking them <strong>to</strong> have circumcision.______________________________________________________________<strong>What</strong> happened <strong>to</strong> <strong>Islam</strong> <strong>after</strong> <strong>Umar</strong>? [ 113 ]

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