J. C. Young

“ Soon, however, the Turks drafted a large army into the Yemen and re-taking Sana once more, drove the Imam northwards, scattering his followers and forcing him to come to terms. But though subdued, the Imam has never owned the Turkish sway; and as his followers believe that it is their duty to listen to and approve of all the Imam's orders, whether they like them or not, and declare that if in any way they cause dissent to spring up in their midst, they will die like the heathen, and on the day of judgment will appear before God without proof of their faith ”

“ Every person knows that the orthodox behevers in Islam look upon the Caliph as Heaven's vice-gerent and the earthly head of the Moslem world, and as the star and crescent, which surmount the domes of great men's tombs and are printed on the flags of every mosque, signify, the Sultan of Turkey not only claims to be the earthty head, but the vast majority of Sunni Moslems readily support him in his claim. ”

“ Making Sa'adah his headquarters, Yahyeli Hamed ed-Deen, whose ancestors, as I have shown, were once rulers of the greater part of South Arabia, raised the standard of revolt against the Turks, and because he belonged to the Koraish tribe (of whom Mohammed is reported to have said that the Imam was always to come so long as there were two persons belonging to it in the world, one to rule and the other to serve) thousands flocked to his standard, calling him the real Imam and Amir ul Mumineen. ”