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Section Five: The Ones from Other Parts of the Land
#161 – #173 Companions from other parts of the land
These companions included 52_ACT10 :
- Mullá Muhammad-i-Mu’allim-i-Núrí [#171], an intimate companion of Bahá’u’lláh, and who was famed for his intelligence and learning. Mullá Muhammad-i-Mu’allim-i-Núrí who was the Shaykhí student who met Mullá Husayn on his first visit to Tihrán and brought him to Bahá’u’lláh [DB 4-7, Section 2]. The Prince had promised that he would release him, on the condition he would execrate Quddús. He replied to the Prince:
Never will I consent to vilify the beloved of God at the bidding of a man such as you. Were you to confer upon me the whole of the kingdom of Persia, I would not for one moment turn my face from my beloved leader. My body is at your mercy, my soul you are powerless to subdue. Torture me as you will, that I may be enabled to demonstrate to you the truth of the verse, “Then, wish for death, if ye be men of truth.” 53_ACT10
The Prince, infuriated by his answer, gave orders that his body be cut to pieces and that no effort be spared to inflict upon him a most humiliating punishment. Nabíl in describing Muhammad-i-Mu’allim’s end writes:
Mullá Muhammad-i-Mu’allim-i-Núrí, an intimate companion of Bahá’u’lláh, … famed for his intelligence and learning, … was subjected, Quddús only excepted, to the severest atrocities that have ever befallen a defender of the fort of Tabarsí. 54_ACT10 :
- Hájí Muhammad-i-Karrádí [#172], who was seventy-five years old when he embraced the Faith of the Báb. His home was situated besides the old city of Baghdád. He was known for his courage, and during his early life had led a hundred men in a war against Ibráhím Páshá of Egypt. He had become a fervent disciple of Siyyid Kázim and then a fervent believer in the Báb. Even at his advanced age, he distinguished himself by his heroic acts at the fort, and eventually was killed there.
- Sa’íd-i-Jabbáví [#173], a native of Baghdád, who also displayed extraordinary courage during the siege. He was shot in the abdomen, and, though severely wounded, managed to walk until he reached the presence of Quddús, where he joyously threw himself at Quddús’ feet and expired.
Note: After listing the martyrs, Nabíl then also lists the names of the key military officers who led the attacks on Fort Shaykh Tabarsí. 55_ACT10
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