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Táhirih’s library in her father’s home in Qazvín, showing one of her relatives. Archival photos. 63ACT6
This state of tension continued until the murder of the uncle, Mullá Taqí, as a consequence of which a savage killing of Bábís ensued in Qazvín.
Murder of Táhirih’s uncle, Mullá Taqí
Mullá Taqí held the title of Hujjatu’l-Islám [Proof of Islám], meaning he represented the best of Islám. He was also given the honorific title of Shahíd-i-Thálith [meaning Third Martyr]. Of course, titles are not reflective of a person’s actual spiritual qualities. Mullá Taqí was in fact very close minded and bigoted. He had already had a major confrontation with Shaykh Ahmad when the latter had come to Qazvín many years earlier. At that time he had pronounced Shaykh Ahmad to be a heretic.64ACT6 Mullá Taqí’s anti-Shaykhí rulings had legitimized the persecution of the Shaykhís in Qazvín.
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