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DB 21: The Seven that Walk in Front of the Qá’im
| Prologue | Hadith regarding the “seven goats” that walk in front of the Qá’im |
| Section 1: Sorrow of Tabarsí | The Báb’s grief and response to the episode of Tabarsí; the Báb sends Sayyáh to Tabarsí on pilgrimage on His behalf; news of Tabarsí reaches others. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p430-432, p439. |
| Section 2: Tensions mount in Tihrán | Sayyáh’s visit to Tihrán and Bahá’u’lláh after Tabarsí; aftermath of Tabarsí; Táhirih brought to Tihrán; the Báb’s middle uncle comes to Tihrán after visiting the Báb in Chihríq. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p432-433, p441-442 and additional sources noted in footnotes in text. |
| Section 3: Treachery, Torture and Some Recant | What led to the arrest of certain Bábís in Tihrán, their torture and bringing of the case to the Grand Vazier, the Amír-Kabír. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p438, p442-446, p457 and additional sources noted in the footnotes in text. |
| Section 4: The First of Seven | Martyrdom of Hájí Mírzá Siyyid ‘Alí, the middle uncle of the Báb, entitled Khál-i-A’zam Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p446-449. |
| Section 5: The Second of Seven | Martyrdom of Mírzá Qurbán-‘Alí, a learned Sufí dervish. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p449-453. |
| Section 6: The Third of Seven | Martyrdom of Hájí Mullá Ismá’íl-i-Qumí, a learned divine. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p453-455. |
| Section 7: The Fourth of Seven | Martyrdom of Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshízí, newly converted mujtahid. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p455-456. |
| Section 8: The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh of Seven | Martyrdom of Hájí Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Kirmání, a merchant of Kirmán; Siyyid Murtadá, a merchant of Zanján and Muhammad-Husayn-i-Marághi’í, a government official. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 21, p456-458. |
| Epilogue | Quotes from a historian and from the Dawn-Breakers regarding the seven martyrs of Tihrán. |
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