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extent that, in a letter to His wife written about two years later while He was imprisoned in Máh-Kú, the Báb writes:
Do not expect any assistance from thy brothers. They will not help; it is enough that they refrain from insults. Overlook their faults. Even our enemies have not caused the like of what resulted from the acts of Siyyid 118 [reference to one of these brothers] in Isfáhán. God grant that when the light of thine eyes, Mírzá Áqá reacheth maturity, he will be thy help and support. O God! Preserve him from all the evil of the envious and the contumacious. 18ACT5, 19ACT5
So as the Báb is leaving Shíráz in the summer of 1846, He does not have any support from anyone from His wife’s side of the family except for His wife’s sister. The Báb goes to visit His wife’s sister and her family and say good-bye before leaving Shíráz. What happens is described below.
Mírzá Áqá the Young Nephew: The Spiritual Insight of a Young Teenager
The Báb’s wife [Khadíjih Bagum] was very close to her only sister, Zahrá Bagum.20ACT5
Zahrá Bagum was married and had two sons at this time. It is reported that during the difficult period of the Báb’s arrest in Shíráz which had just occurred, Zahrá Bagum would dress as a beggar to visit her sister to support her.21ACT5
The letter of the Báb to His wife cited above, refers to a child “the light of thine eyes, Mírzá Áqá”. This
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