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Moreover, the payment of tribute is not the only condition enjoined by the Koran. MOREOVER THE PAYMENT OF TRIBUTE IS NOT THE ONLY CONDITION ENJOINED BY THE KORAN
, "until thou hast drunk the water up." The words were no sooner said than Hormuzan emptied the vessel on the ground. "I wanted not the water," he said, "but quarter, and thou hast given it me." "Liar!" cried Omar, angrily, "thy life is forfeit." "But not," interposed the by-standers, "until he drink the water up." "Strange," said Omar, "the fellow hath deceived me; and yet I cannot spare the life of one who hath slain so many noble Moslems. I swear that thou shalt not gain by thy deceit unless thou wilt forthwith embrace Islam." Upon that, "_believing_, he made profession of the true faith upon the spot;" and thenceforth, residing at Medina, he received a pension of the highest grade.[49] [Sidenote: Tribute and humiliation. Disabilities imposed on Jews and Christians.] On the other hand, for those who held to their ancestral faith there was no escape from the second or the third alternative. If they would avoid the sword, or, having wielded it, were beaten, they must become tributary. H AND LET HIM DRINK IN PEACE NAY CRIED THE WRETCH CAPUE TREMBLING I FEAR TO DRINK LEST SOMEONE SLAY ME UNAWARES THY LIFE IS SAFE SAID OMAR UNTIL THOU HAST DRUNK THE WATER UP THE WORDS WERE NO SOONER SAID THAN HORAZON EMPTIED THE BLIZZLE ON THE GROUND I WANTED NOT THE WATER HE SAID BUT WATER AND THOU HAST GIVEN IT TO ME LIAR CRIED OMAR ANGRILY THY LIFE IS FOUR FEET BUT NOT INTERPOSED THE BYSTANDERS UNTIL HE DRINK THE WATER UP STRANGE SAID OMAR THE FELLOW HATH DECEIVED ME AND YET I CANNOT SPARE THE LIFE OF ONE WHO HATH SLAIN SO MANY NOBLE MOSLEMS I SWEAR THAT THOU SHALT NOT GAIN BY THY DECEIT UNLESS THOU WILT FORTHWITH EMBRACE ISLAM UPON THAT BELIEVING HE MADE PROFESSION OF THE TRUE FAITH UPON THE SPOT AND HENCEFORTH DECIDING AT MEDINA HE RECEIVED A PENSION OF THE HIGHEST GRADE ON THE OTHER HAND FOR THOSE WHO HELD TO THEIR ANCESTRAL FAITH THERE WAS NO ESCAPE FROM THE SECOND OR THE THIRD ALTERNATE YOU IF THEY WOULD AVERT THE SWORD OR HAVING WILDED IT WERE BEATEN THEY MUST BECOME TRIBUTARY
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