Abbasids
RULING 7thC RUTBA'S GNOSTIC NOAHITES
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Ma'amad/מעמד (Mahmud/محمود)
Ma'amad, pronounced Mahamad, (or Mahmud in Tachkastan) is the name given to a Jewish Counsel charged with governing a community of Jews and Noahites. The Counsel may be one person or consist of several members. Each member of the Ma'amad is addressed as Ma'amad. Each Ma'amad appoints its own successor (Khalif)
Tachkastan's Ma'amad (Mahmud) was a Jewish kind of Leadership among Arabs which had received an imperial mandate to rule engraved in black stone from Emperor Heraclius. Sassanian-style Islam emerged from a joint effort on the part of the Roman Empire and the Islamic Empire to erase the memory concerning this Heraclean imperial mandate. Evidence supporting this hypothesis includes:
- Linguistic terminology (L)
- Echoes in Standard Muslim Narrative (M)
- Numismatic evidence (N)
- Corroboration in Oriental sources (O)
- 7th century primary sources (P)
- Qibla Archaeology (Q)
- Reasoning (R)
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602 Prelude
Khosrow II appointed an "ignorant Arab" to rule in Al-Hira. This may refer to Iyas ibn Qabisah.
- P+M
609
Ibn-Ishmael converts from Nestorian Priest (Father Kozim) to Gnostic (Hanif) Baptist (Tsabi). He begins more than a decade of education in EKHASAITE Baptist Judaism after which he will be admitted into the Counsel (Ma'amad) for the evicted Jews of Edessa to whom Heraclius grants Tachkastan.
- P+M
620s Ma'amad (Mahmud) & Ibn-Ishmael
In the 620s, the Ajami-Jews were evicted from Edessa by Heraclius who granted them Tachkastan instead if they could liberate it from Khosrau II's control and unite in Miaphysite religion. The conditions of the deal were written in black stone.
- L+N+O+P
Luckily, they had Zera Israel relatives (through a Jew called Abdul Muttalib) in Medina, specifically a convert to Elkhasaite Noahism from Nestorianism called Ibn-Ishmael and his cousin Ali. Because of that the Ajami-Jews received hospitable welcome in Tachkastan by the Ishmai'i as relatives despite religious disagreements. But Ibn-Ishmael was able to make a difference.
- L+M+P
Together, they formed a Ma'amad (Mahmud) to govern their community.
The Elkhasaite Jews were increasingly vulnerable to the heretical ideas of Mani supposedly derived from the teachings of a "spiritual twin" who first visited him when he was 12 years old then continued to visit him throughout his life.
- P
To help his relatives integrate, Ibn-Ishmael convinced the Gnostic Baptists that Mani had distorted the teachings of Gabriel Elkhasai, a true teacher of Homeletic Gnosis whose teachings the insane and willfully arrogant Mani had misrepresented and distorted in order to follow his own whims.
- L+M+P
Ibn-Ishmael taught that they should revert (Hanif) to the religion of Mani's Father (Elkhasaite Noahism) contrary to Mani's mad ramblings, the Bible was not corrupt and Jews were not evil but to be respected as those to whom have been entrusted the Oracles of God. Thus, although Gnostic Baptists used to face South to worship, every new "Gnostic Noahite" Synagogue was built roughly facing Jerusalem.
- L+M+P+Q
The Ajami-Jews had preserved the book of Elkhasai in Gnostic terms that the various types of devotee (Arab) could understand and prepared supplementary material[1] for Ibn-Ishmael to elaborate on Gabriel Elcesai's Homeletic Gnosis for use in guiding the Ishmai'i as Gnostic Noahites. It seems the chief Ma'amad (Mahmud) had a son called Ibn Khalifa who was an important Messenger in carrying answers from the Ma'amed to Ibn-Ishmael about Mahmad while they prepared for integration. These materials (called Ahsana Al Hadith) became the materials from which the Islamic Quran would eventually be formed. However the Hijazi script should really be called Al-Rutba Script.
- L+M+P
Thanks to the Ajami-Jews, Ibn-Ishmael the Tsabi soon rose to prominence in Tachkastan as he won over various Ishmai'i as Gnostic Noahites from among the Arabs (devotees). Ibn-Ishmael's followers were soon known as Ishmaelites or Bani-Ishmael.
- L+M+P
According to a tradition preserved by Abu Isa, the word Nabi was given a lower meaning compared to the Hebrew word Navi.
- L+O
Nabis were Zera Israel who served as Pastors for the Gnostic Noahites in fulfilment of the commandment to be a light unto the nations.
- M+O+P
Many missionaries were sent out in all directions across Arabia. People in Greater Arabia known to have identified themselves as Nabis (with or without authorization) included:
- 1. Nabi ibn Abu Kabsha
- 2. Nabi Maslamah bin Habib
- 3. Nabi Sajah
- 4. Nabi Rahman (Al-Aswad al-Ansi)
- 5. Nabi Tulayha
- 6. Nabi ʿAbdallāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Sarḥ
- 7. Nabi Saf ibn Sayyad
- M+P
Having united the people of Tachkastan under one religion, the Ma'amad (Mahmud) supplied Heraclius's weapons to them to overthrow the Persians in their capital city Makah. But Khalid takes advantage and kills many Gnostic Baptists.
- M+O+P
Assisted by Salman I Fars's Parthian Knights, Mahmud Ibn-Ishmael led Tachkastan to independence from the Persiks. But integration did not work out and many Jews were killed as Judases by some ignorant and suspicious converts.
- M+O+P
When he had first met with Muslim representatives in Armenia, Heraclius was persuaded to stick to a more simple Nicene Miaphysite Creed and avoid all forms of Arian part-man part-God doctrines. He referred to Miaphysitism by the phrase Dyophysite Minoenergism under which he established unions with several Miaphysite Churches. But Sophronius objected to the term.
- M+P
He supported the Arsacids against pagan Khosrau II.
629 Monothelitism
Heraclius sought to establish a union with the Nestorians by adopting Babai's "wonderful union" doctrine of Monothelitism to replace Minoenergism. This is where it all begins to fall apart.
- M+P
Heraclius supported the Parthian Houses against the Sassanian Persiks.
- P
Skirmishes between Arabs and Ghassan took place at Mu'tah in September 629 and again at Al Karak in 630 as Heraclius made his way to recapture the Holy Land. Nevertheless, the Muslim Narrative indicates that Heraclius told the Ghassanids to submit to the Muslims. This could be why the Syriac Orthodox decided to break ties with Heraclius.
- P+M
21st March Heraclius makes a triumphant entry liberating Jerusalem under the "True Cross" in a TAU shape.
- N+P
Heraclius presented himself as a family guy but was a power-crazed, incestuous gangster who had dyophysites intimidated or killed even brutally and crucified if they stood in his way. But he was still yet to make the worst political decisions of his career.
- P
632 The Religion Dies
After that, a certain ambitious Al-Muthanna (Abu Bakr) whose daughter served as a maid to Mahmud Ibn Ishmael ordered her to poison him in 632. Seizing the Imperial Mandate, Abu Bakr aimed to take his place as successor circumventing the appointment of Ali as Ibn-Ishmael's successor.
- M
With recognition from Heraclius, Al-Muthanna (Abu Bakr) established his own Ma'amad (Mahmud) ruling as the local warlord of Al-Hira frequently raiding the Sassanians until the fed-up Parthians broke the contract and forced them south across the Euphrates into the Northern Border Province of Arabia.
- R+M
633 Khalid the Infidel
Khalid then gathered his own party from all across Southern Arabia in the Ridda (more likely Riyadz) wars, threatening all of the Nabis if they would not submit to him. Nabi Maslamah bin Habib, Nabi Sajah and Nabi Rahman were all killed.
He then turned to Iraq. The Judases Nabi Tulayha and Nabi Abdallah ibn Saad and the Nabi Saf all pledged allegiance. But a murderous slander took root against Nabi Saf and he eventually vanished. With his accomplices. Jews were essentially prohibited from teaching Gnosis unless they joined his team. Those who did not accept the new rules were called traitors and massacred.
- M
634
Sophronius the new Patriarch of Jerusalem, banned Heraclius's supporters from Church in the Holy Land.
- P
So Heraclius allowed Khalid to lead the Taji of Mehmet in raids against the Holy Land in 634 recorded by Thomas the Presbyter fighting 12 miles east of Gaza.
- P+M
Maximus and Sophronius refer to Saracens as Godless or Apocalyptic beasts.
- P
Sneaky Yazdegard reached out to Heraclius after Khalid's invasion of South Syria.
635
The standard Islamic narrative says that despite any appearances to the contrary, Heraclius was actually a secret Muslim. But if that were the case he clearly considered Khalid a treacherous and dangerous infidel. Heraclius entered an alliance with treacherous Yazdegard III in 635.
- M+R
Carthage's Doctrina Yacobi propaganda attempts to encourage Jews to convert to Christianity rather than follow wicked Khalid.
- "What can you tell me about the prophet who has appeared with the Saracens?" He replied, groaning deeply: "He is false, for the prophets do not come armed with a sword."
- P
The Doctrina Yacobi marks the historical turning point in Byzantine policy towards Khalid.
636
Heraclius allows Khalid to overthrow the Ghassanids then in alliance with Yazdegard orders a strike against the Muslims. But Yazdegard betrays him and enters negotiations with Saad ibn Abi Waqqas. Badly outnumbered, the Byzantine armies fail and South Syria falls to Khalid
- P
Syriac Fragment mentions Muhmd and much killing.
- P
Khalid surrounds Jerusalem.
- M
637
Sophronius surrenders Jerusalem to Umar with hospitality. Kab al-Ahbar advises Umar to build a sanctuary on the Temple Mount.
- M
Sophronius refers to Umar's sanctuary as an "Accursed Masjid" behind his back.
- P
Yazdegard's treachery did not pay off. After the defeat of the Byzantines, Saad enters into battle with him at Qadisiyyah.
- M
Khalid take the Levant while Saad conquers Iraq.
- M
638 Umar
Sophronius dies.
- P
Khalid is retired and Saracens make a show of loyal clienthood to Heraclius by estasblishing Heraclius's Miaphysite Archbishops in the Holy Land.
- P
Furthermore, the Saracens ordered the mints to produce coins with a Gnostic TAU Cross of Calvary on the back BUT with Heraclius and his Son(s) on the front as a sign of their loyalty to Byzantium so Heraclius allows them to continue asserting control over his lands for him in Egypt. The Gnostic Tau Cross of Calvary Heraclius coins will remain standard currency in the Islamic Empire for many decades.
- N
Umar who was well versed in the Torah inherited the Imperial Mandate and took control of the community he evicted all Jews and Christians from Arabia (except Teimanis) but granted privileges to Jews like Bostanai and Christians like Ishoyahb.
- M
The Quranic materials Umar helped Abu Bakr collect he entrusts to the hands of his daughter Hafsa and forgets about them.
- M+O
639
According to the Coptic encyclopedia, Amr has never met a more Holy Man than Coptic Pope Benjamin.
- O
641
Heraclius then his co-heirs all die in swift sequence.
- P
The Arab Empire will continue to put them on their coins for decades to come to remind everyone that it was Heraclius who had given them an imperial mandate carved in black stone.
- N+O
Following conversation with John Sedre Emir Umayr asks the Taji to translate the Gospels into Arabic, but not the Quran. The emir had initially demanded that mentions of the name of Christ, the baptism, and the Cross be removed from the translation, but relented following John's refusal.
- O
Conclusion
Taken altogether the evidence suggests that Umar worked for Heraclius's tolerance as very tolerant Karaite or a secular Teimani (or Judaized gentile) but one who was more attracted to normative Christianity.
- R
644 Uthman
In 644 Uthman inherited Heraclius's Imperial Black Stone Mandate
- M
As far as we know he does not see any need to issue any new currency.
- N
Uthman's Saracen Ma'amad orders Zaid to re-write (Sana Manuscripts) Hafsa's poorly preserved Mushaf. This is the first of ultimately 5 canonizations throughout history, the 5th most recent canonization being 1921 Cairo Hafs. Uthman the attempts to destroy all traces of:
- the Hafsa Mushaf
- the Ali Mushaf
- the Ibn Masood Mushaf
- the Ubayy Mushaf
- M+O
Pope Martin of Gaza is arrested for granting the Saracens their Tome. It must therefore be Miaphysite and Mahmad can only mean Jesus.
- L+P
Uthman sends navy to attack Byzantines in the Battle of Masts.
- M
Pope Martin saved from execution is banished to Chereson.
- P
Conclusion
Unless Umar finally converted, the elements seem to suggest that the new ruler, Uthman, was some kind of Miaphysite Mesihi.
- R
656 Ali
In 656 Easterners killed Uthman. Gnostic Ali did nothing to get involved but inherits Heraclius's Imperial Black Stone Mandate. Westerners under Muawiya go to war against Ali.
- M
Neither side issue any new currency.
- N
Conclusion
The Westerners must have arranged compensation for Byzantium for lands gained during the Battle of Masts.
- R
660 Muawiya
In 660 Byzantine client Muawiya has Ali killed and takes Heraclius's Black Stone Imperial Mandate.
- M+P
No new coins are issued.
- N
Sebeos gives account on the origin of the emerging empire under the Taji of Mehmet which he confuses with the Ma'amad (Mahmud) and which he implies still exists.
- P
15th century records depict Anastasius of Sinai indicating that Muawiya's people behaved like Karaites about this time.
- O
680s Ibn-Zubayir (Islamism begins)
In 680 Yazid tried to succeede Muawiya by killing Al-Hosayin. But what is really meant by this? Because Al-Hosayin is exactly how one would say Elkhasaites in Arabic. This reveals the true meaning of the term Ahsana Al-Hadith.
- M+R
Ibn Zubayir captures Heraclius's black stone imperial mandate.
- R
6th Ecumenical Council ends Byzantine Antidyoenergism.
- P
Ex-sassanian Ibn Zubayir is certainly no Karaite. Missing the days of Sassanian authoritarianism he starts discussions over 6th Ecumenical Council decision and extends his Arabized Sassanian Caliphate as far west as Hejaz.
- R
The Umayyads manage to destroy the black stone but Zubayir set the remaining pieces in silver.
- M
685
Resurgence of Fire-worship as various Arabized Sassanian coins minted are used from Egypt to Iran.
- N
It has been suggested that the word Alevi is Persian for Fire-worshipper and the word Azeri is the Tukic equivalent. They assert that they were originally Old Paulican Gnostics in the Johannite Tradition of Elija (Ali) before they were forced to convert to Fire-worship which is the way they refer to Islam.
- L+O
690s Abdul Malik
Abdul Malik be heads Zubayir and becomes king of the Taji. He recognizes no one is Mahmad but Rasulallah on coins but this could just be a reference to himself (having confused the word with Mahmud). He also replaces Gnostic TAU Cross of Calvary with Great. Crux simplex of Calvary because he smashed Heraclius's black Stone Imperial Mandate and does not know the rules. Byzantium recognizes the fraud and war ensues.
- M+N+R
It is interesting to note that Vlad the Impailer set out to make the Muslims horrified by their own Crux simplex to the point that they stopped referring to it. But his plan backfired when the Caliph ordered that the Gospel of Barnabbas be adopted in response.
But Abdul Malik is able to hold his ground and establishes a new iconoclastic "compromise" religion. He subsequently burries his own statue and issues a completely new currency for his Empire unlike Sassa Ian and Byzantine examples.
- M+N+P+O
Dome of the Rock Khanaqah is built in Armenian Church style at the inviolable place of worship but its surahs are not in any modern Quran.
John Nikiu condemns the contemporary Mahamad as the Beast.
- O
706 The "Qibla Wars" Umayyads
Al-Hajjaj's Wassit Masjid is the first to be built to rival the Gnostic Noahite Synagogues.
- M+Q
John of Damascus condemns the contemporary Ma'amad for misleading the Ishmaelites. His use of the term Ma'amad instead of Mahmad evidences a certain depth of knowledge.
- P
717 Umar II
In a Letter Sent to the Omeyade Calif Umar II, Leo III the Isaurian wrote :
"It was ‘Umar, Abu Turab and Salman the Persian who composed your Furqan, even though the rumour has got around among you that God sent it down from the heavens…. As for your [Book], you have already given us examples of such falsifications and one knows among others of a certain Hajjaj, named by you as governor of Persia, who had men gather your ancient books, which he replaced by others composed by himself according to his taste and which he disseminated everywhere in your nation, because it was easier by far to undertake such a task among a people speaking a single language. From this destruction, nonetheless, there escaped a few of the works of Abu Turab, for Hajjaj could not make them disappear completely."
This may be why Ali and Salman are so important to the Alawaites. This may also explain why he is said to have translated the Quran into Persian, thus becoming the first person to interpret and translate the Quran into a foreign language. Perhaps in reality the existence of the Quran in Persian was simply explained away by accrediting him as the translator. He is buried in Old Medina.
It seems that Leo III made serious investigations about the Quran. He may have gained his knowledge from the Paulicians of Genesius Timothy whom he protected. He identified key companions by name , and he even knew that Hajjaj The General of Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan intoduced some changes to the Quran, a fact attested in muslim sources like "The Book of Masahif" of Ibn Abi Dawood.
The only way that the Umayyad caliph Umar II could respond to debate was by dismissing the Bible as corrupt and prohibiting Nestorians from studying the Islamic Quran.
740s
John of Maron worked hard to convert the Maronites to dyothelitism and a brief period of Antiochene Eastern Catholic unity followed him until ultimately, in the the 740s, the Eastern Catholic Patriarchy of Antioch decisively split into Maronites and Melkites.
Continuatio Byzantia Arabica reference to Makah in the desert (Tachkastan) which is between Carra and the kingdom of Ur of the Chaldees.
742
Last known Gnostic Noahite Synagogue is built, the Mushatta Palace mosque, in Amman, Jordan.
- Q
747 Pavlikeni
According to Theophanes, seeking asylum, the Gnostic Baptists of Armenia were moved to Thrace, in 747, to strengthen the Bulgarian frontier with a reliable population. They grew to assist Godfrey of Bouillon as the "Publicani" during the Crusades and even establish their own Primate Basil I of Bulgaria in 1186 to crown Asena I and consecrate their "Church of St. Demetrius" in Tarnovo.
