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such hostility, which they retained down the generations, that all family association eventually snapped.
Besides his many teaching activities, Mírzá Áqá also developed not just a business relationship but an intimate friendship with the two brothers in Isfáhán, who would become the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of Martyrs. Because the two martyr brothers had commercial dealings with Mírzá Áqá, there was a danger that the corrupt governor of Fárs (the province of Shíráz) may try and do the same thing with Bahá’í merchants in Shíráz to get their money. So Mírzá Áqá was forced to leave Shíráz immediately. He went to Búshihr and then by boat to Bombay, where he established a trading house. While residing in Bombay, as was his wont, he arose to propagate the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh. After some years in Bombay, he transferred his residence to Egypt.
“O My Afnán, upon thee rest My Glory, My Bounty and My Mercy. Verily, the Servant-in-Attendance [Mírzá Áqá Ján] came and made mention of thee in Our presence. We therefore extolled thee in such wise as to cause the cities of remembrance and utterance to be set ablaze. Verily thy Lord is the Supreme Ruler over all things. We have named thee, at this moment, Núri’d-Dín. We beseech God that He may ordain for thee that which will draw thee near unto Him and be of profit to thee. He verily is the All-Gracious, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”
Custodianship of the House of the Báb
In 1882, the wife of the Báb passed away, and her sister, Zahrá Bagum (the mother of Mírzá Áqá), on the instructions of Bahá’u’lláh took up residence in the House of the Báb. Later Bahá’u’lláh made the custodianship of the House of the Báb a hereditary office among her descendants. Zahrá Bagum passed away in 1889 and the custodianship became the responsibility of Mírzá Áqá, although he was at that time resident in Egypt, where he had established his trading-house in Port Sa’íd.