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the Hamidiye regiments, its chief, Mustafa Pasa -entitled Pasa because of this appointment engaged in brigandage and oppression generally. Nevertheless, Said immediately gathered together his belongings and made his way south to the area of Cizre on the Tigris. Said's relations with the tyrannical chief there illustrate one of his most striking and enduring characteristics, namely his courage and absolute lack of fear, especially in the face of tyrants and the powerful. Rather, it was a disdain for fear of anything other than his Maker.
· Molla Said and Mustafa Pasa
On approaching Mustafa Pasa's tent, Said learnt that he was elsewhere and took the opportunity to rest. A while later Mustafa Pasa returned to the encampment and entered his tent, whereupon all those present rose to their feet, except Molla Said, who did not so much as stir. This attracted Mustafa Pasa's attention, and he enquired who it was from Fettah Bey, a major in the militia. He informed him that it was the `Famous Molla Said'. Now, Mustafa Pasa did not care at all for the ulema, but he thought it wise to suppress his anger, and asked why he had come there. Molla Said replied as ordered in his dream:
"I have come to guide you to the right path. Either you give up your tyranny and start performing the obligatory prayers, or else I shall kill you!"
Mustafa Pasa was doubtless taken by surprise with this reply and left the tent to consider the situation. He returned after a while and again asked why he had come. Said repeated what he had said. After further exchanges, Mustafa Pasa thought of a solution; he would set up a contest between Molla Said and "his" religious scholars in Cizre. If Molla Said was victorious, he would do as he said, otherwise he would throw him in the river. Said was quite unperturbed. He told Mustafa Pasa:
"Just as it is beyond my power to silence all the ulema, so also
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Biography of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi