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Section One: Quddús and the Ones from Khurásán
Nabíl begins his list with Quddús, who is from Bárfurúsh [in the province of Mázindarán] and then follows that with those from the province of Khurásán.
#1 Quddús: The last of the Letters of the Living
Nabíl states:
First and foremost among them stands Quddús, upon whom the Báb bestowed the name of Ismu’lláhu’l-Ákhar [the Last Name of God]. He, the Last Letter of the Living and the Báb’s chosen companion on His pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, was, together with Mullá Sádiq and Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání, the first to suffer persecution on Persian soil for the sake of the Cause of God. He was only eighteen years of age when he left his native town of Bárfurúsh for Karbilá. For about four years he sat at the feet of Siyyid Kázim, and at the age of twenty-two met and recognised his Beloved in Shíráz. Five years later, … he was destined to fall, in the Sabzih-Maydán of Bárfurúsh, a victim of the most refined and wanton barbarity at the hands of the enemy5_ACT10. The Báb and, at a later time, Bahá’u’lláh have mourned in unnumbered Tablets and prayers his loss and have lavished on him their eulogies. … Bahá’u’lláh … conferred upon him the unrivalled station of the Nuqṭiy-i-Ukhrá [The Last Point], a station second to none except that of the Báb Himself.6_ACT10, 7_ACT10
#2 Mullá Husayn: The first of the Letters of the Living
Nabíl states:
Surnamed the Bábu’l-Báb [Gate to the Gate], Mullá Husayn was the first to recognise and embrace the new Revelation. At the age of eighteen, he
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