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3. Exhorting him not to seek for new rules, but to adhere strictly to the old customs
4. Reasserting his opinions, and protesting against the notion that the decree was in accordance with the practice of all the purifiers in Irân
5. Commenting upon the secrecy with which the decree had been prepared, and the evil consequences resulting from it
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6. Persuading him to remain steadfast in the faith, and threatening him if he should not
7. Explaining that he had previously written to Sîrkân, and would shortly come there himself; but ordering the appointment of proper purifiers
8. Mentioning his general epistle to all of the good religion in Irân, and describing the evil consequences of continued disobedience, including the possibility of his own retreat to foreign lands
9. Giving further instructions for satisfying the discontented, and opposing the heterodox; and concluding without date
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APPENDIX
I. Legends relating to Keresâsp II. The Nîrang-i Kustî
III. The meaning of Khvêtûk-das
IV. The Bareshnûm ceremony
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V. Finding a corpse in the wilderness
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EPISTLE III. To all of the good religion in Irân. Forbidding the substitution of a fifteenfold washing for the Bareshnûm ceremony; and dated A. Y. 250 (A. D. 881).
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