ly due to the potency of the written message
entrusted by Him to Mulla Muhammad Mihdiy-i-Kandi and delivered to the Bab
while in the neighborhood of the village of Kulayn, that the soul of the
disappointed Captive was able to rid itself, at an hour of uncertainty and
suspense, of the anguish that had settled upon it ever since His arrest in
_Sh_iraz. He it was Who, for the sake of Tahirih and her imprisoned
companions, willingly submitted Himself to a humiliating confinement,
lasting several days--the first He was made to suffer--in the house of one
of the kad-_kh_udas of Tihran. It was to His caution, foresight and
ability that must be ascribed her successful escape from Qazvin, her
deliverance from her opponents, her safe arrival in His home, and her
subsequent removal to a place of safety in the vicinity of the capital
from whence she proceeded to _Kh_urasan. It was into His presence that
Mulla Husayn was secretly ushered upon his arrival in Tihran, after which
interview he traveled to A_dh_irbayjan on his visit to the Bab then
confined in the fortress of Mah-Ku. He it was Who unobtrusively and
unerringly directed the proceedings of the Conference of Bada_sh_t; Who
entertained as His guests Quddus, Tahirih and the eighty-one disciples who
had gathered on that occasion; Who revealed every day a Tablet and
bestowed on each of the participants a new name; Who faced unaided the
assault of a mob of more than five hundred villagers in Niyala; Who
shielded Quddus from the fury of his assailants; Who succeeded in
restoring a part of the property which the enemy had plundered and Who
insured the protection and safety of the continually harassed and much
abused Tahirih. Against Him was kindled the anger of Muhammad _Sh_ah who,
as a result of the persistent representations of mischief-makers, was at
last induced to order His arrest and summon Him to the capital--a summons
that was destined to remain unfulfilled as a result of the sudden death of
the sovereign. It was to His counsels and exhortations, addressed to the
occupants of _Sh_ay_kh_ Tabarsi, who had welcomed Him with such reverence
and love during His visit to that Fort, that must be attributed, in no
small measure, the spirit evinced by its heroic defenders, while it was to
His explicit instructions that they owed the miraculous release of Quddus
and his consequent association with them in the stirring exploits that
have immortalized the Mazindaran upheaval. It was for th