Note 109
Their master, on a similar occasion, showed
himself of a more indulgent and tolerating spirit. Ahmed
Ebn Hanbal, the head of one of the four orthodox sects, was
born at Bagdad A. H. 164, and died there A. H. 241. He
fought and suffered in the dispute concerning the creation
of the Koran.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 52