ignorant men and smokers of opium.
It is impossible in this brief note to do justice to this remarkable book (Haji Mirza Jani Kashani's Nuqtat-al-Kaf), which contains many particulars not to be found elsewhere. For instance, in discussing (on p. 179) my allusion to the "stationary" Babis called "Kullu-Shay'i," the author describes and names the small group at Yazd of whom they consisted, their leader being Mirza Ja'far the shoe-maker (kaffash), whose chief followers were Sayyid Isma'il the dyer (sabbagh) and Mirza Sulayman the builder (banna). These he had taken the trouble to visit, and found them ignorant men and smokers of opium.
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