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Like the inhabitants of Máh-Kú, the villagers of Chihríq were seen every morning, before they started their daily work, to approach the fortress, prostrate themselves before it, invoke the Báb’s name and beseech His blessings.
The influence of the Báb was such that the prison warden, Yahyá Khán, contrary to the emphatic orders of the Grand Vazier, would not refuse admittance to anyone to the castle to hear the Báb. A European eye-witness records:
So great was the confluence of the people, that with the courtyard not being large enough to contain His hearers, the majority remained in the street and listened with rapt attention to the verses of the new Qur’án.6ACT7
Castle of Chihríq. Archival photo.7ACT7
Continued spreading of the Báb’s Message alarms the Grand Vazír
Indeed, the turmoil raised in Chihríq eclipsed the scenes which Máh-Kú had witnessed. Siyyids of distinguished merit, eminent ‘ulamá, and even government officials were boldly and rapidly espousing the Cause of the Prisoner.8ACT7
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