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 Manicheans had seceded from them under the influence of Marcionism and Mandaeism. After defeating the Romans in 610, the [[Ercolian Karaites]] who had settled in [https://goo.gl/maps/dMAJG1ohZ7baeW3z8 Mamuca] did not allow the Taji access to [[Al-Masjid Al-Haram]] in Jerusalem. 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.
