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Mírzá Muhammad Báqir, … was a close relative of the father of Nabíl-i-Akbar, and was the first in Mashhad to embrace the Cause 15_ACT10. It was he who built the Bábíyyih 16_ACT10 , and who devotedly served Quddús during his sojourn in that city. When Mullá Husayn hoisted the Black Standard, he, together with his child, Mírzá Muḥammad-Káẓim, eagerly enrolled under his banner and went forth with him to Mázindarán. That child was saved eventually and has now grown up into a fervent and active supporter of the Faith in Mashhad. It was Mírzá Muhammad Báqir who acted as the standard-bearer of the company, who designed the plan of the fort 17_ACT10, its walls and turrets and the moat which surrounded it 18_ACT10, who succeeded Mullá Husayn in organising the forces of his companions and in leading the charge against the enemy,19_ACT10 and who acted as the intimate companion, the lieutenant and trusted counsellor of Quddús until the hour when he fell a martyr in the path of the Cause. 20_ACT10
#8 Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Juvayní of Khurásán
Nabíl states:
[He was] a native of Sabzihvár [in the province of Khurásán], … distinguished for his literary accomplishments. … [At Tabarsí, he] was often entrusted by Mullá Husayn with the task of leading the charge against the assailants 21_ACT10 . His head and that of his fellow-companion, Mírzá Muhammad Báqir, were impaled on spears and paraded through the streets of Bárfurúsh, amid the shouts and howling of an excited populace. 22_ACT10 , 23_ACT10
#9 Qambar-‘Alí
Nabíl states:
The fearless and faithful servant of Mullá Husayn, who accompanied him on his journey to Máh-Kú 24_ACT10 and who suffered martyrdom on the very night on which his master fell a victim to the bullets of the enemy. 25_ACT10
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