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Gate of Naw, Tihrán. Archival photo. 34_ACT11
The fourteen 35_ACT11 who were arrested, were now tortured to give the information the police wanted and eventually to recant their faith. Nabíl records:
Every kind of ill treatment was inflicted upon them. Their persecutors sought, by every device, to induce them to supply the information they required, but failed to obtain a satisfactory answer. Among the captives was a certain Muhammad-Husayn-i-Marághi’í , who obstinately refused to utter a single word despite the severe pressure that was brought to bear upon him. They tortured him, they resorted to every possible measure in order to extort from him any hint that could serve their purpose, but failed to achieve their end. Such was his unswerving obstinacy that his oppressors thought him to be dumb. They asked Hájí Mullá Ismá’íl , who had converted him to his Faith, whether or not he could talk. … He replied that “he is fluent of speech and is free from any impediment.” He had no sooner called him by his name than the victim answered, assuring him of his readiness to abide by his will. 36_ACT11
We will see the two Bábí prisoners described above by Nabíl become two of the Seven Martyrs of Tihrán.
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