ge is a reference to the intrigues of a group of Azalis,
followers of Mirza Yahya (see note 190), associated with the city of
Kirman. They include Mulla Ja'far, his son S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Ahmad-i-Ruhi and
Mirza Aqa K{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}an-i-Kirmani (both sons-in-law of Mirza Yahya), as well as
Mirza Ahmad-i-Kirmani. They not only sought to undermine the Faith, but
involved themselves in political intrigues which culminated in the
assassination of Nasiri'd-Din S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ah.

178. Call ye to mind the s{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} whose name was Muhammad-Hasan #166

S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Muhammad-Hasan, one of the leading exponents of S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}i'ih Islam,
rejected the Bab. The author of voluminous writings on S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}i'ih
jurisprudence, he is reported to have died around 1850.

Nabil, in The Dawn-Breakers, describes the encounter that took place in
Najaf between Mulla 'Aliy-i-Bastami, one of the Letters of the Living, and
S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Muhammad-Hasan. During the meeting, Mulla 'Ali announced the
manifestation of the Bab and extolled the potency of His Revelation. At
the instigation of the s{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}, Mulla 'Ali was forthwith pronounced a
heretic and expelled from the assembly. He was put on trial, transported
to Istanbul, and condemned to hard labour.

179. a sifter of wheat and barley # 166

This is an allusion to Mulla Muhammad Ja'far Gandum-Pak-Kun, the first
person in Isfahan to accept the Faith of the Bab. He is mentioned in the
Persian Bayan and praised as one who "donned the robe of discipleship". In
The Dawn-Breakers, Nabil describes the unreserved acceptance of the
Message by the "sifter of wheat" and his zealous advocacy of the new
Revelation. He joined the company of the defenders of the Fort of
S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBININ