The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh of Seven

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Section Eight: The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh of Seven

Hájí Muhammad-Taqí of Kirmán, Siyyid Murtadá and Muhammad-Husayn of Marághí

As soon as Siyyid Husayn was executed, the remaining three Bábís listed for execution were led out to the square one after the other. The first to be led out was Hájí Muhammad-Taqí of Kirmán, followed by Siyyid Murtadá and finally Muhammad-Husayn of Marághí.

Hájí Muhammad-Taqí coming out, saw the ghastly sight of the decapitated bodies, which included his beloved friend and teacher, the middle uncle of the Báb, and his dear new spiritual brother, Siyyid Husayn, whom he had just taught the Faith of the Báb. Seeing this sight, he cried to the executioner to hasten so he could join his beloved friends.

No sooner had Hájí Muhammad-Taqí uttered these words, than Siyyid Murtadá arrived, and flinging himself ahead of Hájí Muhammad-Taqí, shouted to the executioner that because he was a siyyid, he should be given priority, and the executioner kill him first. Siyyid Murtadá was a well-known merchant of Zanján. His brother Siyyid Kázim, who had also been a well-known merchant, had already been martyred in Shaykh Tabarsí. Now, he also pleaded with the executioner that his martyred brother was waiting impatiently for him to come.

While all this was going on, Muhammad-Husayn of Marághí arrived. Seeing the situation, and particularly the body of Hájí Mullá Ismá’íl-i-Qumí, with whom he had been very good friends, he jumped in front and cried out to the executioner to please execute him before the other two.

Nabíl records:

Their eagerness to precede one another in laying down their lives for their Faith astonished the multitude who wondered which of the three would be preferred to his companions. They pleaded with such fervour that eventually they were beheaded, all three, at one and the same moment.

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