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Section Three: The Ones from Isfáhán, Shíráz, Yazd and Qazvín
#104 to #133 Companions from Isfáhán
Thirty companions from Isfáhán sacrificed their lives at Fort Shaykh Tabarsí.38_ACT10 They included:
- Mullá Ja’far, the sifter of wheat, whose name is mentioned in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Aqdas [#104] [see DB 4-7, Section 1];
- The fourteen-year old Muhammad-i-Báqir-Naqsh, who was martyred the very night that Mullá Husayn met his death [#122];
- Mullá ‘Abdu’l-Kháliq, who cut his throat in Badasht when Táhirih unveiled herself, and whom Táhirih named Dhabíh [sacrifice] [#121]; and
- Mahmúd-i-Muqári’í, a noted cloth dealer. He was newly married and had attained the presence of the Báb in Chihríq. The Báb urged him to go and lend his assistance to Quddús. On his way to Tabarsí, when he was in Tihrán, he got a letter from his brother telling him about the birth of his son and asking if he could come to Isfáhán first and then go to Tabarsí. Mahmúd sacrificed seeing his newborn son and continued to Tabarsí where he laid down his life [#132].
#134 to #136 Companions from Shíráz
Three companions from Shíráz sacrificed their lives at Fort Shaykh Tabarsí.39_ACT10
#137 to #140 Companions from Yazd
Four companions from Yazd sacrificed their lives under the march of the Black Standard40_ACT10 :
- Siyyid Ridá who walked on foot alongside Mullá Husayn’s horse all the way from Khurásán to Bárfurúsh, and whose shooting led Mullá Husayn to at last allow the Bábí’s to respond in defence, and whose killer, his musket and the
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