The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-14
THE SULTAN REEVES PROPHECIES OF
THE MAHAMoT'S COMING.

Abdul Hamid. sultan Of Turkey. Is ex-
erting himself to bring about great re-
vival Of Mohammedanism. This Is in a
large measure the result of an event
which is producing a profound impress
sion on the minds of thousands of de-
vout Mussulmans in Turkey and Moroc-
co. That event is the discovery by priests
OIL some old prophecies, in which. they
say. the advent Of a new Mahomet or
a new Messiah about this time is fore
told.
Tie most important prophecy was made
toward the close of the eighteenth GEN.
fury by Ben-el-Benna. a native of ITEM
cen and a man of singular piety. 1t tells
of the coming of Mouley Saa lord of
the hour" or Messiah. who will bring
triumph to the arms of the Islamites in
their great battle with the Christians.
Thousands of copies of this prediction
have been scattered throughout Moroc-
co during the past few weeks and it is
said that they are mainly responsible
for the instruction now raging In the
southern part of that country. This has
grown so formidable that the emperor Of
Morocco has decided to march against
the indictments at the head Of his army.
Fearlessly the rebels await him. for they
are convinced that the predicted Messiah
will soon appear and champion their
cause.
Here is the strange prophecy:
THE Messiah will come from the south
ern part of Morocco. He will have with
him 1000 tents and he will first enter the
city of Morocco and will go from there to
Fee. Thence he will advance upon ITEM
cen and will go as far as, Oran. which
he will destroy. From that point he will
march toward Algiers and he will remain
for four months in camp at Mitidja.
Then he will destroy Algiers, after which
he will go to Tunis, where he will re-
main for forty years and then die
According to Sidl Ell Roukrari, famous
authority on the Koran, Mahomet him
self predicted that this Messiah would
bear the name Mohamed hen Abdallah.
a man will come after me-" said Ma
homet, land his name will be similar to
mine. I mean that his fathers name will
be like my fathers name. Abdallah, and
that his mothers name will be like my
mothers name, so that his full name will
be Mohamed ben Abdallah. He will re-
semble me in character but not in coun-
tenance, and he will cause justice AMI
equity to prevail throughout the world"
That the time is at hand for the ad-
vent of this predicted Messiah is inferred
from the following prediction, made
many years ago by Sidi ell Akredar,
.devout Arabian priest:
The armies of the Christians" he says
will come from all parts. They will
come. both cavalry and infantry, and
they will cross the sea. They will descend
upon our country like raging fire. All
France will come, and as a result there
will he no peace in our land, and our
will MT fri1lnnh ThoV will nj
come like torrent during dark night,
like a cloud Of sand that is whirled by
the winds. They will enter by the east
ern wall. The vessels of Christians will
be in the harbors and churches of Chris
tians will be built everywhere, so that
the doctrines Of Christianity will spread
throughout the land. After their work
in Algiers is accomplished the Chris
tians. complying with the all-powerful
will of God. will rule over the Arabs,
but soon afterward there will come to
our relief the Messiah. whom Mahomet
has announced
In view of the progress which the
French have recently been making in
Algeria and Morocco, it il not surpris-
ing that the Arabs and Mussulmans are
now firmly convinced that everything
predicted by MahOmet Ben-el-Benna and
Sidi Ell Akredar will soon come to pass
ard that MOuley Saa or lord of the
hour" will surely manifest himself in the
near future and enable them to vanquish
their old enemies. the Christians.
In Constantinople. as in Morocco and
Algeria, this same strange belief now
| prevails and it is the popular conviction
that these old predictions are bound to
be fulfilled. which is now lmpelling Sui
! tan Abdul Hamid to interest himself in
bringing about a grand revival OF Mo-
hammedaniSm