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Section Three: Fort Shaykh Tabarsí is Built
The next day, upon offering his dawn-prayers, Mullá Husayn gathered all the companions together and said:
Immediately after, Mullá Husayn set out on foot, instead of riding. The companions followed him and also walked. Mullá Husayn noticed that a few of the companions were attempting to carry with them some of the belongings of Khusraw’s men. He told them to leave behind everything except their swords and horses, adding:
12 October 1848: They get to the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí
Mullá Husayn and his companions had a walked only a short distance, when they arrived at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí, which was about fourteen miles southeast of Bárfurúsh. This small local shrine, visited often by the villagers, was the grave of Shaykh Tabarsí, a holy man who had been a transmitter of the hadíth [oral traditions] ascribed to the Shí’a Imáms.