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In the town of Níshápúr , Hájí ‘Abdu’l-Majíd ,the father of Badí‘,11ACT8
who was a merchant of note, enlisted under the banner of Mullá Husayn. Though his father enjoyed an unrivalled prestige as the owner of the best-known turquoise mine of Níshápúr, he, forsaking all the honours and material benefits that his native town had conferred upon him, pledged his undivided loyalty to Mullá Husayn.
In the village of Míyámay thirty among its inhabitants declared their faith and joined that company. All of them with the exception of Mullá ‘Ísá, fell as martyrs in the fort of Shaykh Ṭabarsí. 12ACT8
[Níshápúr, sometimes called Níshábúr. is in the province of Khurásán, while Míyámay is further west and in the neighboring province of Semnán, quite close to Sháh-Rúd.]
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