We are the inhabitants of Qádí-Kalá. We have come to avenge the blood of Khusraw. Not until we have put you all to the sword shall we be satisfied.62ACT8
The Bábís were forced to draw their swords in self-defence. Muhammad-Taqí-i-Juvayní
,with the permission of Mullá Husayn, assumed command of that encounter. Raising the cry of
Yá Sáhibu’z-Zamán, a group of Bábís leaped forward, repulsed the assailants and put them to flight.
The village of Nazar Khán
Fearing that the assailants from Qádí-Kalá might return, the Bábí horsemen pursued them until they reached a village they thought to be the village of Qádí-Kalá. At the sight of the Bábí horsemen, the men of the village all fled, and in the dark night amid the chaos, a village woman was inadvertently killed. It soon turned out that the village was not Qádí-Kalá, but belonged to a Nazar Khán
,who had taken shelter in his own house. The woman who was killed was his mother. Greatly distressed at the discovery of so grievous a mistake on the part of his companions, Muhammad-Taqí-i-Juvayní
who was leading them, sorrowfully explained to the villagers:
We did not intend to molest either the men or the women of this village. Our sole purpose was to curb the violence of the people of Qádí-Kalá, who were about to put us all to death.63ACT8
Muhammad-Taqí was taken to Nazar Khán to whom he apologised earnestly for the pitiful tragedy which his companions had unwittingly enacted. Though suffering from a great loss, Nazar Khán believed the Bábís pure intentions, and asked Muhammad-Taqí to introduce him to Mullá Husayn.
At dawn of the next day, the group of Bábís together with Nazar Khán got to the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí and found Mullá Husayn leading the dawn congregational prayer. The devotion and spirit that glowed from Mullá Husayn led Nazar Khán, of his own accord, to join the prayers being recited. After the prayers, Mullá Husayn was informed of what had transpired, at which he expressed in the most touching language the sympathy which he and the entire company felt for Nazar Khán in his great bereavement. He assured Nazar Khán:
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