Dawn Breakers

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      DB 23: The Crimson Rain – TabrĂ­z

      PrologueHadith regarding “I Myself shall be his ransom”.
      Section 1: The Báb is Brought to TabrízThe Amír-Kabír’s decision to execute the Báb; the Báb knowing what is to come and in advance sending a package to Bahá’u’lláh; the Báb being brought to Tabríz from Chihríq; the Amír-Kabír issuing the execution order; the prince governor not executing it; and the Amír-Kabír giving the command of the order to his own brother.

      Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 23 p500-506.
      Section 2: The Execution is PreparedBringing of the Báb to the army barracks for His execution; the appearance of Anís and his plea to join the Báb; the story of the night before the execution when Anís is chosen by the Báb as the companion to be martyred with Him the next day.

      Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 23 p506-508.
      Section 3: “Not until, … … “Issuance of the Báb’s death warrants by the three leading mujtahids of Tabríz; Sám Khán not wishing to execute the Báb and the Báb assuring him; the guard forcibly disrupting the Báb’s interaction with His amanuensis and the Báb predicting that no power on earth can silence Him until His work here was finished; the firing of Sám Khán’s regiment on the Báb and Anís, and their miraculous survival.

      Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 23, p508-514.
      Section 4: The Martyrdom of the BábThe Báb’s last words and His eventual Martyrdom.

      Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 23 p510, p513-514.
      Section 5: The AftermathThe whirlwind of dust that arose with the Martyrdom; the removal of the Báb’s remains to the moat; the sketch made of the remains; Hájí Sulaymán Khán’s arrival in Tabríz and his rescue of the remains; the remains are bought to Tihrán; and some notes on what happens to certain of the individuals involved in the future.

      Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 23, p515-522 and p525-p526.
      EpilogueSome selections from the Writings of the Báb.

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