'''Mehmet the Ishmaelite''' was a Pahlavi Yazdanized [[Proto-Karaite]] of Tachkastan's Tayyaye and whose existence is corroborated by Numismatic evidence, Thomas the Presbyter and Sebeos. His name is Persian meaning Dead Moon perhaps because of the Blood-Moon which occurred around the time of his birth[https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLEmap/0501-0600/LE0571-04-25T.gif]. Because his paternal Grandfather was Jewish, Mehmet was considered Zera Israel (Bani Israel in Arabic). He might have been identical with Iyas ibn Qabisa. He was married by Warakah to Khadijah before Warakah became a Nasrani. Mehmet practiced as a Gnostic (Hanif) in the caves of Al-Hira where he met Khalifah Gabriel al-Kalbi who convinced him to become a Noahite Gnostic.
He somehow became Hi might have been the historical person behind the Islamic legends of Iyas ibn Qabisa and/or a certain [[Muhammad]] whose paternal Grandfather was Jewish, which if true would have meant that Mehmet would have been considered Zera Israel (Bani Israel in Arabic). The same legends describe that he was married by Warakah to Khadijah before Warakah became a Nasrani and who practiced as a Gnostic (Hanif) in the caves of Al-Hira where he met Khalifah Gabriel al-Kalbi who convinced him to become a Noahite Gnostic. Mehmet was promoted by his followers as "MḤMT' PTGMBI Y YZDT" and probably by many Gnostic Christians as the return of the Gnostic Christian Muhammad. They Mahmad but they were opposed in the Quraysh Quran which said no one is Muhammad or Jesus but the EucharistThanksgiving (ahmed).
