(Sale’s Translation.)
[9] Hamzah was an uncle of Muhammed, and one of the first abettors of the prophet; he was killed by a servant of the Habeshi race, called Vahshi, in the battle of Bedr fought by Muhammed against the Koreish, in the third year of the Hejira (A. D. 624); the same Vahshi killed Musaylima with the same spear with which he had pierced Hamza.—(Abulfeda, vol. I. pp. 93, 213).
CHAPTER VIII.
OF THE RELIGION OF THE VÁHADIÁH AND IMANÁ,
IN FOUR SECTIONS.
Section I. Of the appearance of the individual Vahed, and an account of his person.
Section II. Upon some of the tenets of Vahed.
Section III. Upon some of the sayings of Vahed.
Section IV. Upon certain customs, forms of speech, and traditions of this sect.
Section I.—Of the appearance of the individual Váhed, and an account of his person.