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The back-story of the Siyyid brothers from Sang-sar was this: They were sons of a man of great learning and piety, Mír Muhammad-‘Alí of Sang-sar, who was a devoted follower of Siyyid Kázim. At the end of 1843, Mír Muhammad-‘Alí had taken two of his sons to Karbalá’ to meet Siyyid Kázim. However, by the time they got to Karbalá’, Siyyid Kázim had died. Mír Muhammad-‘Alí was sad and left to visit Imám ‘Alí’s shrine in nearby Najaf. While there, he had dream in which the Imám ‘Alí came to him and told him that after his death, his two sons who were with him would attain the presence of the promised Qá’im and would each suffer martyrdom in His path. On waking, he called his two sons and told them about the dream and that his last will and wish was that they fulfill this dream. He died seven days after that dream. The two sons, Siyyid Ahmad and Mír Abdu’l-Qásim, returned home to Sang-sar. They had another brother Siyyid Abú-Tálib who was in Sang-sar. A couple of years later first the two brothers [Siyyid Ahmad and Mír Abdu’l-Qásim] joined Mullá Husayn under the Black Standard and later the third brother also came to Fort Shaykh Tabarsí 100_ACT9 . Mír Abdu’l-Qásim met his death in Fort Shaykh Tabarsí on the same night as Mullá Husayn. Siyyid Ahmad and the third brother, Siyyid Abú-Tálib, now were prisoners in front of the Prince. 101_ACT9
The Prince was hesitant to execute these brothers from Sang-sar, as they were Siyyids [descendants of the Prophet Muhammad]. As the Prince was hesitatingly deciding what to do with them, Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí [the leading mujtahid of Sárí who had confined Quddús] 102_ACT9 together with seven other ‘ulamá of Sárí arrived at the Prince’s camp. In the words of Nabíl: “[They] set out from that town to share in the meritorious act of inflicting the punishment of death upon the companions of Quddús.”103_ACT9 When they found that most of the Bábís had already been put to death, Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí was quite disappointed and upset. He now urged the prince to reconsider his decision and to order the immediate execution of at least Siyyid Ahmad. The Prince decided to give Siyyid Ahmad and his brother Siyyid Abú-Tálib into the hands of Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí and the other ‘ulamá from Sárí. They were told to take them back to Sárí for a fair trial. Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí agreed, but as soon as they got away from the Prince’s camp, he, together with the other seven
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