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Section Two: The Second Wave of Attacks [December 1848]
The Grand Vazír, the Amír-Kabír , was enraged when the news reached him of what had happened to ‘Abdu’lláh Khán and his forces. He ordered Prince Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá , one of the brothers of the recently deceased Muhammad Sháh, to mobilize his army and put an end to this Bábí enclave at this fort.
Prince Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá and his army lay siege to Fort Shaykh Tabarsí
Soon after the work on the moat surrounding the fort was completed, the news was received that Prince Mihdí-Qulí and his large army was close by. They first camped at the village of Shír-Gáh and then moved closer to the fort to the village of Vás-Kas
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