The Taji (tʾcyk') of Tachkastan were a sect of Essenes (Judeo-Baptist Gnostics) from the Formerly Roman Province of Tachkastan which was conquered by the Persians in 610AD. The Taji were the original Judeo-Baptist Gnostics from whom the Manicheans had secededfrom them. After defeating the Romans in 610, the [[Ercolian Karaites]] who had settled in Mamuca did not allow the Taji access to Al-Masjid Al-Haram. Meanwhile Gabriel of the Taji came from Heraclius announcing the decree from on high to unite in religion. The [[Ercolian Karaites]] thought they could use this to their advantage and went from Edessa to Tachkastan where their Ma'amad, Mehmet, Muhmad, Mahmud established an alliance with the Taji in 622.
