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The map below shows Mullá Husayn’s travel route. The main city stops are known, but the exact route taken is not known. The total distance of the route is about 1800 kilometers (about 1100 miles). In this section we will describe what happened at the first stop: Isfáhán. It is summer 1844.
Mullá Husayn’s route from Shíráz to the province of Khurásán. Route outlined is an approximation as details of all stops are not known 6ACT3
The Opposition Begins
Mullá Husayn’s first stop was Isfáhán. Mullá Husayn had come to Isfáhán a few years earlier as a young messenger from Siyyid Kázim and won the allegiance of the famous learned Hájí Siyyid Muhammad Báqir [DB 1-2, Section 3]. The open-minded Muhammad Báqir had, however, died and his position had been taken over by his son, Asadu’lláh . Mullá Husayn now went to stay at a madrisih [religious college]
in Isfáhán, and soon the disciples of the late Muhammad Báqir came to see him and hear what he had to say. But these disciples could not accept what Mullá Husayn was teaching. The very idea that the Qá’im had appeared was beyond shocking. It was earth-shaking and heretical to them. They went to their new leader, Asadu’lláh, in panic, asking him to stop Mullá Husayn.
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