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MĂrzĂĄ Muhammad-âAlĂ, were both martyred at Fort Shaykh TabarsĂ. NabĂl notes the following in his listing of the martyrs at Fort Shaykh TabarsĂ (Dawn-Breakers Chapter 20, p423):
138. Siyyid Ahmad, the father of Siyyid Husayn-i-âAzĂz, the amanuensis of the BĂĄb,
139. MĂrzĂĄ Muhammad-âAlĂ, the son of Siyyid Ahmad, whose head was blown off by the ball from a cannon as he was standing at the entrance of the fort, and who, because of his tender age, was greatly loved and admired by QuddĂșs.
Siyyid Husayn-i-YazdĂ was with the BĂĄb up to the BĂĄbâs Martyrdom in TabrĂz on July 9, 1850. The descriptions that NabĂl of what transpired in the events leading up to the Martyrdom of the BĂĄb (Dawn-Breakers Chapter 23) are all from Siyyid Husayn who was present and survived. The BĂĄb was talking to Siyyid Husayn when the farrĂĄsh-bĂĄshĂ interrupted Him and the BĂĄb said: âNot until I have said to him all those things that I wish to say, can any earthly power silence Me. Though all the world be armed against Me, yet shall they be powerless to deter Me from fulfilling, to the last word, My intentionâ.37PORT And later, after the failed attempt of the 750 rifles firing to harm the BĂĄb and AnĂs, they found the BĂĄb in His cell talking to Siyyid Husayn-i-YazdĂ. And after that the BĂĄb said: âI have finished my conversation with Siyyid Husayn. Now you may proceed to fulfil your intentionâ. 38PORT
The BĂĄb had asked Siyyid Husayn to recant so that he could survive and take the BĂĄbâs last words and wishes to His followers. 39PORT NabĂl describes (Dawn-Breakers Chapter 26, p629-631) how after the martyrdom of the BĂĄb, Siyyid Husayn-i-YazdĂ came to TihrĂĄn and ended up imprisoned in the SĂyĂĄh-ChĂĄl. Frequently the officials tried to induce him to recant, but he refused in spite of his arduous imprisonment. His last days of his long imprisonment in that dungeon were however blissful, as they were spent in the company of BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh. This is now in 1852, when BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh was imprisoned in the SĂyĂĄh-ChĂĄl due to the attempt on the life of the
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