Prologue
The stormy clouds of the Báb’s imprisonment, first in Máh-KĂş and then in ChihrĂq had gathered – now these clouds will only darken.
The thunderclap of the first BábĂ execution on Persian soil and the massacre in QazvĂn had sounded – now this is going to be repeated with increasing intensity elsewhere.
The lightning flash of the Conference of Badasht had blinded some but shown the new Day to others. This was only the first sign of a great storm in the making.
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