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The route of Mullá Husayn and his companions with the Black Standard from the outskirts of Mashhad to the Fort of Shaykh Tabarsí. Route shown [about 1000 km / 625 miles] is an approximation as all stops are not known. Borders of the provinces are shown as thin grey lines on the map. 13ACT8
Note on provinces of towns indicated on map [going east to west; right to left on map]:
- Mashhad, Níshápúr and Sabzevar are in Khurásán province [now called Khurásán Razaví province].
- Míyámay, Sháh-Rúd and Dámghán are in Semnán province.
- Badasht lies just east of Sháh-Rúd [en route from Míyámay to Sháh-Rúd] and therefore in Semnán province.
- Dámghán is in Semnán province but close to the Mázindarán province border.
- Savád-Kúh is in the southwestern part of Mázindarán province.
- Sárí [where Quddús was being held under house arrest in September 1848], Báfurúsh [now named Babol, Quddús’ hometown and where he is eventually martyred], the Fort of Shaykh Tabarsí [which is about fourteen miles southeast of Báfurúsh/Babol], and Ámul [where Bahá’u’lláh is bastinadoed], are all In the mid-northern part of Mázindarán province.
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