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Section 3] and Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunúzí [DB 1-2, Section 2]. He had told them to go to Isfáhán and wait for Him to come there.
So, when the order from Husayn Khán came that the Báb was free to leave Shíráz and go wherever He wished, 15ACT5 the Báb was quite well prepared to leave. He just made the last few visits and bade His last farewells.
The Báb entrusts His Wife and Mother to His Middle Uncle’s Care
The Báb’s relatives are known as Afnán [means twigs]. 16ACT5 The Báb’s only child, Ahmad died in infancy, and so the Afnán are not direct descendants of the Báb. The Báb had only a few immediate blood kin alive at this time. His father who had died when the Báb was young had been an only child, but His mother, who was still alive, had three brothers [details in the Báb’s genealogy chart in DB 3, Section 4]. Of these three maternal uncles, the middle uncle was the one closest to the Báb, as he was the one who took care of the Báb, after the death of the Báb’s father. The middle uncle was also the first of the three uncles to recognize the station of the Báb. He was taught by Quddús in 1845, when Quddús came to Shíráz after completing the hajj with the Báb [see DB 8-9, Section 1]. The other two uncles, although caring for their sister and their Nephew, did not recognize the station of the Báb until several years after His martyrdom.
In 1846, as the Báb leaves Shíráz, He entrusts His mother and His wife to the middle uncle’s care, and in parting, the Báb also prophesies to him:
I will again meet you amid the mountains of Adhirbáyján , from whence I will send you forth to obtain the crown of martyrdom. I Myself will follow you, together with one of My loyal disciples, and will join you in the realm of eternity. 17ACT5
The Báb’s Wife’s Family: The Two Brother-in-laws
The Báb’s wife had two brothers and one sister. In 1846, these two brothers were not supporters of the Báb’s claims, and in fact quite hostile towards the Báb, to the
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