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r supported Mirza Yahya, and was appointed his representative in Iran and his successor. During the persecutions against the Babis he recanted his faith. 7 The insignia of a mulla. 8 Qur'an 6:91. 9 Ustad 'Ali-Akbar, one of the staunch believers in Yazd. He designed the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of Ishqabad and his design was approved by 'Abdu'l-Baha. Ustad 'Ali-Akbar offered up his life as a martyr in Yazd in 1903. 10 Arabic. 11 Haji Mirza Haydar-'Ali, outstanding Persian Baha'i teacher and author. He spent nine years in prison and exile in Khartum, travelled extensively in Iran, and passed away in 1920 in the Holy Land. Western pilgrims knew him as the Angel of Mount Carmel. 12 Qur'an 34:12. 13 Jesus. 14 Haji Mulla Hadi Sabzivari, a renowned philosopher and poet of Iran contemporary with Baha'u'llah. He passed away in 1873. 15 Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, the Qa'im Maqam, a distinguished poet and scholar during the reign of Fath 'Ali Shah. He was a friend of Mirza Buzurg, father of Baha'u'llah. Qa'im Maqam became Prime Minister of Persia in 1821, but in 1835 he was put to death by order of Muhammad Shah, at the instigation of Haji Mirza Aqasi. 16 cf. Qur'an 4:129. 17 Qur'an 59:9. 18 Muhammad Javad-i-Qazvini, upon whom Baha'u'llah bestowed the title Ismu'llahi'l-Jud (The Name of God, Bounty). He transcribed numerous Tablets of Baha'u'llah during His Ministry, but subsequently broke the Covenant. (See God Passes By pages 247 and 319.) 19 A village near Isfahan. 20 Mirza Hadi Dawlat-Abadi, one of the divines of Isfahan, who became a follower of the Bab, later supported Mirza Yahya, and was appointed his representative in Iran and his successor. During the persecutions against the Babis he recanted his faith. 21 Mirza Ashraf, who was martyred in the city of Isfahan. (See God Passes By p. 201.) 22 The two Hands of the Cause of God, Haji Mulla 'Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi and Haji Abu'l-Hasan Ardakani, Amin-i-Ilahi (Trustee of Huququ'llah), were originally arrested in Tihran, imprisoned in Qazvin in the year 1891, and then transferred to prison in Tihran. 23 Prince Mahmud Mirza, the Jalalu'd'Dawlih, Governor of Yazd, Persia. 24 Jamalu'd-Din-i-Afghani. (See God Passes By pp. 296, 317.) 25 i.e., the lette
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