ĂqĂĄy-i-KalĂm [faithful younger brother of BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh],40_ACT13 together with MĂrzĂĄ Ahmad, transferred those remains from ⊠where they were first taken, to a place the site of which remained unknown to anyone excepting themselves [and BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh]. That place remained secret ⊠[and] until now, unknown to the believers, nor can anyone conjecture where the remains will eventually be transferred.41_ACT13
Notes on some future events
When NabĂl completed The Dawn-Breakers, he did not know the whereabouts of the BĂĄbâs remains. Eventually on Naw RĂșz (March 21) 1909 they will be interred by âAbduâl-BahĂĄ at the very spot indicated by BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh on Mount Carmel in Haifa. The story of how the holy remains get to the Holy Land, their eventual interment, the building of the mausoleum over the Shrine of the BĂĄb, and its significance are all another story. 42_ACT13
HĂĄjĂ SulaymĂĄn KhĂĄn who was instrumental in rescuing the holy remains, will meet a martyrâs death in two yearsâ time in TihrĂĄn [DB 25-26 Part A, Section A4].Â
As to the prime mover of the forces that caused the BĂĄbâs martyrdom, the AmĂr-KabĂr and his brother, within two years of that event, both will fall from power and be executed. The AmĂr-KabĂrâs execution will be a gruesome one. 43_ACT13 âŠ
And as to the regiment of seven hundred and fifty soldiers which had fired the shots that martyred the BĂĄb and AnĂs, two hundred and fifty of them will die the same year. They will be killed in an earthquake. And three years later, the remaining five hundred will suffer the same fate they delivered the BĂĄb. The regiment will mutiny, be captured and then executed by firing squads in TabrĂz. Their bodies will then be pierced with spears and lances, and left exposed to the gaze of the people of TabrĂz. It is reported the populace remembered what this regiment had done to the BĂĄb and began to murmur that perhaps this was the vengeance of God. When the âulamĂĄ of TabrĂz heard of these misgivings, they had
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