The castle of [_Ch_]ihríq is in the neighbourhood of Urúmíyyih, known today as Riḍá'íyyih. Its warden, Yaḥyá [_Kh_]án, was a Kurdish chieftain, whose sister was married to Muḥammad [_Sh_]áh. The son of this union was called `Abbás Mírzá, after the [_Sh_]áh's own father, and bore also his title, Náyibu's-Salṭanih (Viceroy or Regent). Because this child was such a favourite of Muḥammad [_Sh_]áh, the mother of the heir to the throne, Náṣiri'd-Dín Mírzá, was exceedingly jealous of him. Her jealousy put his life in jeopardy after the death of his father, but Colonel Farrant's intervention saved him.[DH] He was exiled to Qum, but even then he was not secure, for he was accused of being in league with the Bábís. Mírzá Ḥusayn-i-Mutavallí (Custodian) of Qum was forced, under torture, to sign a confession implicating `Abbás Mírzá in faked Bábí plots.[DI] This unfortunate prince spent many years of his life in exile, mostly in `Iráq. He was eventually allowed to return to Írán and was given the title of Mulk-Árá; but he was always close to misfortune and danger. [Footnote DH: `Abbás Mírzá was then nine years old. Farrant was the British chargé d'affaires in the absence of Sheil.] [Footnote DI: This man was in the fortress of [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ṭabarsí and betrayed his fellow-believers. Some years later in Ba[_gh_]dád he fell on evil days and Bahá'u'lláh gave him a monthly allowance.] Yaḥyá [_Kh_]án, the warden of [_Ch_]ihríq, was harsh and unpredictable, but before long he too felt unable to keep the gates of his castle closed against the Bábís. The same power, which had held `Alí [_Kh_]án of Máh-Kú spellbound, captured the heart of Yaḥyá [_Kh_]án. So many Bábís came to [_Ch_]ihríq that it was impossible to house them and rooms had to be found for them in Iskí-[_Sh_]ahr, which was not far away. Food and all other necessities were purchased in Iskí-[_Sh_]ahr. Once some honey was bought there for the Báb, but He found the quality to be inferior and the price exorbitant and had it returned. Honey of a superior quality [He said] could no doubt have been purchased at a lower price. I who am your example have been a merchant by profession. It behoves you in all your transactions to follow in My way. You must neither defraud your neighbour nor allow him to defraud you. Such was the way of your Master. The shrewdest and ablest of men were unable to deceive Him, nor did He on His part choose to act ungenerously towards the meanest and most helpless of creatures.[1]