. 461.

108 "Gate of the Gate", a title of Mulla Husayn, the first to believe in
the Bab. For an account of his sister, cf. The Dawn-Breakers, p.
383, note.

109 "Solace of the Eyes."

110 Persian women of the day went heavily veiled in public.

111 Qur'an 7:7; 14:42; 21:48; 57:25, etc

112 Cf. Nabil, The Dawn-Breakers, chapter XV.

113 The reference is to Muhammad's daughter, Fatimih, "the bright and
fair of face, the Lady of Light."

114 Eldest son of the _Sh_ah and ruler over more than two-fifths of the
kingdom. He ratified the death sentence. Soon after these events, he
fell into disgrace. Cf. God Passes By, p. 200; 232.

115 The eighth Imam, poisoned by order of the Caliph Ma'mum, A.H. 203,
after the Imam had been officially designated as the Caliph's heir
apparent. His shrine, with its golden dome, has been called the
glory of the _Sh_i'ih world. "A part of My body is to be buried in
_Kh_urasan", the Prophet traditionally said.

116 Pronounced TA-heh-reh.

117 Cf. The Dawn-Breakers, p. 81, note 2, and p. 285, note 2. Certain
lines, there translated by Shoghi Effendi, are incorporated here.

118 A forerunner of the Bab, and first of the two founders of the
_Sh_ay_kh_i School. See glossary.

119 Qur'an 17:1; 30:56; 50:19; etc

120 The sixth Imam.

121 The "Ahsanu'l-Qisas," the Bab's commentary on the Surih of Joseph,
was called the Qur'an of the Babis, and was translated from Arabic
into Persian by Tahirih. Cf. God Passes By, p. 23.

122 Qur'an 3:54: "Then will we invoke and lay the malison of God on
those that lie!" The ordeal was by imprecation.

123 Qur'an 21:48; 19:37, etc. In Islam the Bridge of Sirat, sharp as a
sword and finer than a hair, stretches across Hell to Heaven.

124 Cf. The Dawn-Breakers, p. 276. The murderer was not a Babi, but a
fervent admirer of the _Sh_ay_kh_i leaders, the Twin Luminous
Lights.

125 Cf. The Dawn-Breakers, p. 278.

126 This refers to the doctrine that there are three ways to God: the
Law (_sh_ari'at), the Path (tariqat), and the Truth (haqiqat). That
is, the law of the orthodox, the path of the dervish, and the truth.
Cf. R. A. Nicholson, Commentary on the Ma_th_navi of Rumi, s.v.

127 The eighteenth Letter of the Living, martyred with unspeakable
cruelty in the market place at Barfuru_sh_,