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It was early February 1850 29_ACT11 that the Káshání siyyid went to one of the ‘ulamá of Káshán and gave him a list of names and addresses of about fifty of the Bábís in Tihrán. This list was soon submitted to Tihrán’s Chief of Police, Mahmúd Khán-i-Kalántar , who ordered them all to be arrested.30_ACT11
Fourteen are arrested and tortured
Fourteen Bábís were arrested based on the list of the Káshání siyyid. They were brought to and imprisoned in the house of the Chief of Police. Táhirih was being held in the upper levels at that same location, although her fate would not be affected by this turbulence. She would remain imprisoned at this location for another two years before her martyrdom.31_ACT11
Nabíl himself was in Tihrán the day the arrests are made, but he was visiting his brother and uncle, who had come from Zarand and were staying at a caravanserai outside the gate of Naw. 32_ACT11 When he returned the next day to the madrisiy-i-Dáru’sh-Shafá’ in the city, he found a letter from his Bábí companion, Mírzá Ahmad, telling him about the treachery of the Káshání siyyid, and a package of the Báb’s Writings that Mírzá Ahmad had transcribed, with instructions to leave as soon as possible and get the Writings to safety. Nabíl immediately did what was requested. 33_ACT11
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