DB 17-18: The Storm Gathers Momentum
| Prologue | Current situation of the Báb and His key disciples |
| Section 1: Chihríq | Initial conditions of the Báb’s imprisonment in Chihríq, the change in the prison warden’s attitude, and the conversion of the learned Mírzá Asadu’lláh of Khuy and the Indian Navvab who became a dervish. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 17, p301 – 305. |
| Section 2: Tabríz | The Báb’s knowledge of the future, His journey to Tabríz for His interrogation, the stop in Urúmíyyih and the incidents of the unruly horse and the bath-house response of the local populace, His interrogation in Tabríz and His announcement of “I am, I am, I am the Promised One ..”, His bastinado punishment, the impressions of the attending English physician, and a side note on the spiritual blindness of Mámáqání. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 18, p309-322. |
| Section 3: Changes in the Land | The Báb’s return to Chihríq, the death of Muhammad Sháh and succession of Násir’d-Din Sháh, fall of the Grand Vazier Hájí Mírzá Áqásí and succession by Amír-Kabír Mírzá Taqí Khán, and story of two believers from Zunúz: Shaykh Hasan, the amanuensis of the Báb, and the first part of the story of Anís (who is later martyred with the Báb. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 2, p29-32; Chapter 16, p299-300; Chapter 17, 306-308; Chapter 18, p322-323. |
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