'''Mehmet the Ishmaelite''' was a Pahlavi Yazdanite of Tachkastan's Tayyaye and whose existence is corroborated by 1) Numismatic evidence; 2) Thomas the Presbyter; 3) and Sebeos. His name is either the Persian form of Mahmad, the Gnostic name for Jesus Patibilis, or it might be 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].
'''Mehmet the Ishmaelite''' might have been the historical person behind the Islamic legends of '''Iyas ibn Qabisa''' and/or an amalgamated '''[[muhammad]]''''s central character whose Ishmaelite paternal Grandfather was Halakhically Jewish, which if true would have meant that '''Mehmet the Ishmaelite''' would have been considered Zera Israel (Bani Israel in Arabic). However, the same legends describe that he was married by Warakah to Khadijah. This must have been either before Warakah became a Nasrani, or if Waraqah was already a Nasrani then it was at a time when either Khadijah or '''Mehmet the Ishmaelite''' was a Nasrani. In either case, '''Mehmet the Ishmaelite''' was soon practicing as a Gnostic (Hanif) in the cells of Al-Hira where he met [[Dihyah]]'s father twin brother [[Gabriel inb Khalifah Gabriel al-Kalbi]] who convinced him to become a type of Gnostic Noahite (Tsabi) called [[Hagarim]] which must have been under the guidance of a sect of [[Proto-Karaites]]. He was supported by [[the Bakr family]] and converted the [[Quraysh]] but in the end, he was criticized for "corrupting" Gnosticism and seems to have been murdered by Aisha of the Bakr family.
After his death, '''Mehmet the Ishmaelite''' may have been promoted by his Pahlavi Gnostic Christian subjects as the re-incarnation of "MḤMT' PTGMBI Y YZDT", the return of Mahmad (Jesus Patibilis) being part of the Gnostic Christian Rasul (the Gnostic tripartite Jesus). Their opinion eventually stuck despite such fanatics being opposed in [[the Quraysh Quran]] which said no one is Muhammad or Jesus but Thanksgiving (ahmed).
