Then came a night when the father of Ibn-i-Álúsí called at the house of his son. He had a meeting with Táhirih and abruptly, without asking a single question, began to curse, mock and revile her. Embarrassed at his father’s behavior, Ibn-i-Álúsí apologized. Then he said: “The answer has come from Constantinople. The King has commanded that you be set free, but only on condition that you leave his realms. Go then, tomorrow, make your preparations for the journey, and hasten away from this land.” Accordingly Táhirih, with her women companions, left the muftí’s house, saw to arranging for their travel gear, and went out of Ba_gh_dád. When they left the city, a number of Arab believers, carrying arms, walked along beside their convoy. Among the escort were _Sh_ay_kh_ Sulṭán, _Sh_ay_kh_ Muḥammad and his distinguished son Muḥammad-Muṣṭafá, and _Sh_ay_kh_ Ṣáliḥ, and these were mounted. It was _Sh_ay_kh_ Muḥammad who defrayed the expenses of the journey. When they reached Kirman_sh_áh the women alighted at one house, the men at another, and the inhabitants arrived in a continuous stream to seek information as to the new Faith. Here as elsewhere the ‘ulamás were soon in a state of frenzy and they commanded that the newcomers be expelled. As a result the kad-_kh_udá or chief officer of that quarter, with a band of people, laid siege to the house where Táhirih was, and sacked it. Then they placed Táhirih and her companions in an uncovered howdah and carried them from the town to an open field, where they put the captives out. The drivers then took their animals and returned to the city. The victims were left on the bare ground, with no food, no shelter, and no means of traveling on. Táhirih at once wrote a letter to the prince of that territory, in which she told him: “O thou just Governor! We were guests in your city. Is this the way you treat your guests?” When her letter was brought to the Governor of Kirman_sh_áh he said: “I knew nothing of this injustice. This mischief was kindled by the divines.” He immediately commanded the kad-_kh_udá to return all the travelers’ belongings. That official duly surrendered the stolen goods, the drivers with their animals came back out of the city, the travelers took their places and resumed the journey. They arrived in Hamadán and here their stay was a happy one. The most illustrious ladies of that city, even the princesses, would come to visit, seeking the benefits of Táhirih’s teaching. In Hamadán she dismissed a part of her escort and sent them back to Ba_gh_dád, while she brought some of them, including _Sh_amsu’d-Ḍuḥá and _Sh_ay_kh_-Ṣáliḥ, along with her to Qazvín.