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Map of mid-northern part of Iran with focus on Mázindarán province. 20_ACT11
Táhirih was hoping to ultimately join the Bábís in Tabarsí, but with the fall of Tabarsí, she was arrested on charges of collaboration in the assassination of her uncle in Qazvín.21_ACT11 Reportedly she had also been listed by the central government as a wanted Bábí rebel. She was brought to Tihrán in January 1850,
Upon her arrival in Tihrán, Táhirih was interviewed by the Grand Vazír, the Amí- Kabír [Mírzá Taqí Khán]. She also had a brief audience with the young monarch, Násiri’d-Dín Sháh, who is reported to have said: “I like her look, leave her, and let her be.” 22_ACT11 She was then sentenced to imprisonment in the upper chamber of the house of Tihrán’s chief of police, Mahmúd Khán-i-Kalántar. 23_ACT11 She will now be held
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