Portraits – Page 35 – Dawn Breakers

this to Nabíl (at this stage Hájí ‘Abdu’l-Majíd had not recognized the station of the Báb, while it seems ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb had):

From Baghdád I moved to Kázimayn, where ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb established his business. A strange mystery brooded over his youthful face. He seemed to be concealing from me a secret which appeared to have transformed his life. And when, in the year 1267 A.H. [1851 C.E.], Bahá’u’lláh journeyed to ‘Iráq and visited Kázimayn, ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb fell immediately under the spell of His charm and pledged his undying devotion to Him.

Balyuzi in his book, Bahá’u’lláh – King of Glory [Chapter 18, p96], relates this about ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb in Kázimayn:

Next, we meet this God-intoxicated youth in Kázimayn, the holy city adjacent to Baghdád, where he had set himself up in a shop. The year is 1851. Bahá’u’lláh is temporarily in Iráq, having gone there on the advice of Mírzá Taqí Khán, the Amír Kabír. Kazimayn with its two sacred shrines was frequently visited by Bahá’u’lláh. It was inevitable that the Shírází youth should encounter Bahá’u’lláh and, having encountered Him, become fervently attached to Him. Now he knew no peace save in the presence of Bahá’u’lláh, Who was still known only as Jináb-i-Bahá by the Bábís, and as Mírzá Husayn-‘Alíy-i-Núrí by the world at large. Mírzá ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb’s dearest wish was to travel back to Írán in the company of Bahá’u’lláh. But Bahá’u’lláh persuaded him to remain where he was, with his father, and gave him a sum of money to enlarge and extend his trade.

‘3. Abdu’l-Vahháb follows Bahá’u’lláh to Tihrán and is arrested

But ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb’s heart could not be stilled, and he could not bear the separation from Bahá’u’lláh, who had returned to Tihrán. After a short while, he also set out for Tihrán. Balyuzi in Bahá’u’lláh – King of Glory [Chapter 18, p96-97], relates this:

He [‘Abdu’l-Vahháb] reached the capital at the time when the misguided attempt had been made on the life of the Sháh and Tihrán was in turmoil. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá relating in a Tablet the story of that glorious youth, speaks of

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